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Curculigo orchioides 
Curculigo orchioides Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Hypoxidaceae Genus: Curculigo Species: C. orchioides Binomial name Curculigo orchioides
Gaertn., 1788Synonyms - Curculigo ensifolia R. Br.[1]
Curculigo orchioides (commonly called Golden Eye-grass or Xian Mao)[1] is a flowering plant species in the genus Curculigo. I. In C. orchidoides, curculigoside A, B, C and D[2] and curculigine A and D[3] can be found.
Curculigosides are natural phenols found in C. orchioides that could be useful against β-amyloid aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease.[4]
References
- ^ a b USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.". Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). Beltsville, Maryland, USA: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402561. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Two new benzylbenzoate glucosides from Curculigo orchioides. Josep Valls, Tristan Richard, Fabienne Larronde, Véronique Leblais, Bernard Muller, Jean-Claude Delaunay, Jean-Pierre Monti, K.G. Ramawat and Jean-Michel Mérillon, Fitoterapia, Volume 77, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 416-419, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2006.05.013
- ^ Antiosteoporotic activity of phenolic compounds from Curculigo orchioides. Lei Jiao, Da-Peng Cao, Lu-Ping Qin, Ting Han, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Zheng Zhu and Fei Yan, Phytomedicine, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 874-881, doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2009.01.005
- ^ New polyphenols active on β-amyloid aggregation. Céline Rivière, Tristan Richard, Xavier Vitrac, Jean-Michel Mérillon, Josep Valls and Jean-Pierre Monti, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 18, Issue 2, 15 January 2008, Pages 828-831, doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.028
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