- Lindera aggregata
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Lindera aggregata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Magnoliids Order: Laurales Family: Lauraceae Genus: Lindera Species: L. aggregata Binomial name Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kosterm. Lindera aggregata is a plant species belonging to the Lindera genus.
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Other names
Engl.: evergreen lindera, Japanese evergreen spicebush.
TCM: trad.烏樂, simpl. 乌药 or 乌乐, pinyin : wūyào.
Bot. syn.: Benzoin strychnifolium (Sieb. & Zucc.) Kuntze, Daphnidium strychnifolium Sieb. & Zucc., Laurus aggregata Sims, Lindera eberhardtii Lecomte, Lindera strychnifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Fern.Use
乌药, radix lindera, is present in the Kampo herb list. It is an ingredient in the traditional Chinese medicine pill Chaihu Shugan Wan against "stagnation of liver qi, distension of chest and hypochondria, indigestion, and acid eructation", and in the Lindera Combination Teapills (simpl. 天台乌药丸, trad. 天臺烏藥丸, pinyin : tiāntái wūyào wán), a Chinese classic herbal formula.
Biochemistry
An A type proanthocyanidin trimer (epicatechin-(4β→8,2β→O→7)-entcatechin-(4β-8)-catechin) can be found in Lindera aggregata.[1] This compound shows cytoprotective action against ethanol-induced gastric injury.[2]
Four alkaloids (boldine, norboldine, reticuline and linderegatine) can also be found in L. aggregata.[3]
References
- ^ Feng, Zhang Chao; Shi, Sun Qi; Tao, Wang Zheng; Hattori, Masao (2003). "One New A-type Proanthocyanidin Trimer from Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kosterm". Chinese Chemical Letters 14 (10): 1033–6. http://www.imm.ac.cn/journal/ccl/1410/141015-1033-02-781-p4.pdf.
- ^ Cytoprotective Effect of Lindera aggregata Roots Against Ethanol-Induced Acute Gastric Injury. M. Zhu; C. T. Luk; T. H. Lew, Pharmaceutical Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3 July 1998 , pages 222 - 226
- ^ Simultaneous determination of four alkaloids in Lindera aggregata by ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Zheng Han, Yunliang Zheng, Na Chen, Lianjun Luan, Changxin Zhou, Lishe Gan and Yongjiang Wu, Journal of Chromatography A, Volume 1212, Issues 1-2, 28 November 2008, Pages 76-81
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