- Peganum
image_caption = Syrian Rue ("Peganum harmala")
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Sapindales
familia =Nitrariaceae
genus = "Peganum"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Peganum" L. is a
genus under the recently separated familyNitrariaceae (Sheahan & Chase 1996). Formerly it used to be included in the familyZygophyllaceae .The genus has five species, occurring in warm temperate to subtropical regions across the world:
* "Peganum harmala " L. -Harmal ,Esfand svanta ,Haoma or Syrian Rue (Mediterranean region east to India)
* "Peganum mexicanum " Gray (Mexico)
* "Peganum nigellastrum " Bunge (China)
**Canthin -6-one alkaloids: cite journal|title=Alkaloids and phenylpropanoids from Peganum nigellastrum|journal=Phytochemistry|date=|first=|last=|coauthors=|volume=|issue=|pages=|id= |url=http://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f7777772e736369656e63656469726563742e636f6d2f736369656e63653f5f6f623d41727469636c6555524c265f7564693d42365448372d343031484747542d3152265f757365723d3130265f72646f633d31265f666d743d265f6f7269673d736561726368265f736f72743d6426766965773d63265f616363743d43303030303530323231265f76657273696f6e3d31265f75726c56657273696f6e3d30265f7573657269643d3130266d64353d6631346535636632633161653335346164393536316232336262646533643236|format=|accessdate=2008-01-12 ]
***Luotonin C
***Luotonin D
**Phenylpropanoids :
***Dihydrosinapyl ferulate
***Dihydroconiferyl ferulate
**Aerial parts
**Other alkaloids:
***Harmine
***3-phenylquinoline ,
***3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)quinoline and
***3-(1H-indol-3-yl)quinoline
* "Peganum rothschildianum " F.Buxbaum (Tunisia)
* "Peganum texanum " M.E.Jones (southern North America)References
*Sheahan, M. C. & Chase, M. W. (1996). A phylogenetic analysis of Zygophyllaceae R. Br. based on morphological anatomical and rbcL DNA sequence data. "Bot. J. Linn. Soc". 122: 279-300
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