Biophytum

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Biophytum
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Biophytum sensitivum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Biophytum
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B. reinwardtii in Kerala, India Biophytum reinwardtii at Kadavoor.jpg
B. reinwardtii in Kerala, India

Biophytum is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Oxalidaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. [1] The annual Biophytum sensitivum is a traditional medicine in Nepal. [2] [3] Biophytum petersianum (also known as Biophytum umbraculum [4] ) is a medicinal plant in Mali. [5]

Species include:

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References

  1. ↑ "2. Biophytum Candolle". Flora of China.
  2. ↑ Guruvayoorappan, C; Kuttan, G (Mar 2008), "Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC inhibits tumor cell invasion and metastasis through a mechanism involving regulation of MMPs, prolyl hydroxylase, lysyl oxidase, nm23, ERK-1, ERK-2, STAT-1, and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in metastatic lung tissue", Integrative Cancer Therapies, 7 (1): 42–50, doi: 10.1177/1534735407313744 , PMID   18292594
  3. ↑ Puri, D (Nov 2001), "The insulinotropic activity of a Nepalese medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum: preliminary experimental study", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78 (1): 89–93, doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00306-3, ISSN   0378-8741, PMID   11585694
  4. ↑ Lourteig, Alicia (1981), "Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae)", Brittonia, 33 (3): 451–452, doi:10.2307/2806436, JSTOR   2806436
  5. ↑ Inngjerdingen, M; Inngjerdingen, Kt; Patel, Tr; Allen, S; Chen, X; Rolstad, B; Morris, Ga; Harding, Se; Michaelsen, Te; Diallo, D; Paulsen, Bs (Dec 2008), "Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells", Glycobiology, 18 (12): 1074–84, doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwn090 , PMID   18809620


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