- Serratula
Taxobox
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Serratula tinctoria "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Angiospermae
unranked_classis =eudicot
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
tribus =Cynareae
genus = "Serratula"
genus_authority = L."Serratula" is a genus of at least 17 [cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=3&start_taxon_id=130181 | title = Serratula | work = Chinese Plant Names ] species in the daisy family native to the
old world . [cite web | url = http://dictionary.die.net/serratula | title = serratula | work = die.net online dictionary] "Serratula" as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal whithin the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus "Klasea ". [cite journal | title = Systematic position of the genera Serratula and Klasea within Centaureinae (Cardueae, Asteraceae) inferred from ETS and ITS sequence data and new combinations in Klasea | author = Martins, Ludwig; Hellwig, Frank H. | journal = Taxon | volume = 54 | issue = 3 | date = August 2005 | pages = 632–638 ]Various species contain
apigenin ,luteolin ,quercetin , otherflavonoid s andecdysteroid s. [cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.fitote.2003.12.009 | year = 2004 | month = Mar | author = Báthori, M; Zupkó, I; Hunyadi, A; Gácsné-Baitz, E; Dinya, Z; Forgó, P | title = Monitoring the antioxidant activity of extracts originated from various Serratula species and isolation of flavonoids from Serratula coronata | volume = 75 | issue = 2 | pages = 162–7 | pmid = 15030920 | journal = Fitoterapia ]References
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