Peganum nigellastrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Nitrariaceae
Genus: Peganum
Species:
P. nigellastrum
Binomial name
Peganum nigellastrum
Bunge 1835

Peganum nigellastrum (Chinese: 骆驼蒿; pinyin: luo tuo hao) is a plant species in the genus Peganum. "Peganum nigellastrum is distributed in China (west and west north of Pekin) and east Siberia (near Khyagt village). This species has also been recorded in the subprovinces of Mongolia and Tsinhai" [1] and is found in the Hami region, a prefecture-level city, of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. [2]

Biochemistry

The plant contains phytochemicals:

  • Canthin-6-one alkaloids:[3]
    • Luotonin C
    • Luotonin D
  • Phenylpropanoids:[3]
    • Dihydrosinapyl ferulate
    • Dihydroconiferyl ferulate

In aerial parts:

  • Other alkaloids:[3]
    • Harmine
    • 3-phenylquinoline,
    • 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)quinoline and
    • 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)quinoline

Dispersal

Peganum nigellastrum is stoloniferous and grows in patches from 100 to 200 m wide. Seeds are dispersed by wind, a form of dispersal known as anemochory and by humans in steppe, forest-steppe habitats; around cities and can be dispersed at least 300 km away from desert steppe by human activities.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Narantsetseg Amartuvshin, Shagdar Dariimaa, and Gonchig Tserenbaljid. 2006. Taxonomy of the Genus Peganum L. (Peganaceae Van Tieghem) in Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 2006 Vol. 4(2): 9-13.
  2. ↑ Wang Changhong, Liu Jun, Zheng Leiming. 2002. An Investigation on the Species, Distribution, and Ecotope of Peganum harmala in Xinjiang. Guangdong Trace Elements Science Guangdong Trace Elements Science(此处原为空白) 9(3):46-50.
  3. 1 2 3 Ma, Zhong-Ze; Hano, Yoshio; Nomura, Taro; Chen, Ying-Jie (2000). "Alkaloids and phenylpropanoids from Peganum nigellastrum". Phytochemistry. 53 (8): 1075–8. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00440-9. PMID 10820833. Retrieved 2008-01-12.


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