Artocarpus dadah

Artocarpus dadah
fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Artocarpeae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species: A. dadah
Binomial name
Artocarpus dadah
Miq., 1861

Artocarpus dadah is a tree species in the genus Artocarpus found in Sumatra. It is of pacific origin and is a sub-species of the Mulberry family, Moraceae. Most species are restricted only to Southeast Asia.

The chemical compounds oxyresveratrol, (+)-catechin, afzelechin-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside, (−)-epiafzelechin, dihydromorin, epiafzelechin-(4beta→8)-epicatechin, dadahol A and dadahol B, resveratrol, steppogenin, moracin M, isogemichalcone B, gemichalcone B, norartocarpetin and engeletin can be found in A. dadah.[1]


References

  1. Su, BN; Cuendet, M; Hawthorne, ME; Kardono, LB; Riswan, S; Fong, HH; Mehta, RG; Pezzuto, JM; Kinghorn, AD (2002). "Constituents of the bark and twigs of Artocarpus dadah with cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity". Journal of Natural Products 65 (2): 163–9. doi:10.1021/np010451c. PMID 11858749.

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