Abacopteris penangiana

Abacopteris penangiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Athyriales
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Abacopteris
Species: A. penangiana
Binomial name
Abacopteris penangiana
(Hook.) Ching

Abacopteris penangiana is a fern species in the genus Abacopteris.

Flavan-4-ols glycosides, abacopterins A, B, C and D together with triphyllin A and 6,8-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-4‘-methoxyanthocyanidin-5-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, can be isolated from a methanol extract of the rhizomes of A. penangiana.[1]

References

  1. Flavan-4-ol Glycosides from the Rhizomes of Abacopteris penangiana. Zhao Zhongxiang, Ruan Jinlan, Jin Jing, Zou Jian, Zhou Daonian, Fang Wei and Zeng Fanbo, J. Nat. Prod., 2006, 69 (2), pp 265–268 doi:10.1021/np050191p

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