Zanthoxylum gilletii

Zanthoxylum gilletii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species: Z. gilletii
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum gilletii
(De Wild.) P.G.Waterman (1975)
Synonyms
  • Fagara amaniensis Engl.
  • Fagara gilletii De Wild.
  • Fagara inaequalis Engl.
  • Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl.
  • Fagara tessmannii Engl.
  • Zanthoxylum macrophyllum Oliv.

Zanthoxylum gilletii, the East African satin wood, is a tree species in the genus Zanthoxylum found in Africa. The fruits are used to produce the spice uzazi.

Chemistry

The alkaloid nitidine can be isolated from the plant.[1]

The amide alkaloids N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)octacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)hexacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)decanamide, N-vanilloyltyramine and N-[O-docosanoylvanilloyl]tyramine can be isolated from the stem bark.[2] The lignan sesamin, the N-isobutylamide γ-sanshool, the acridone alkaloids 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylacridone, arborinine, xanthoxoline and 1-hydroxy-3-methoxyacridone can also be extracted from the bark[3] as well as the alkaloids oblongine, tembetarine and magnoflorine and the flavonoid hesperidin.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Alkaloids of Fagara macrophylla. F.G. Torto and I.A. Mensah, Phytochemistry, April 1970, Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 911–914, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85206-1
  2. ↑ Amides from the stem bark of Fagara macrophylla. Wansi JD, Nwozo SO, Mbaze LM, Devkota KP, Donkwe Moladje SM, Fomum ZT and Sewald N, Planta Med., April 2009, volume 75, issue 5, pages 517-521, doi:10.1055/s-0029-1185327
  3. ↑ Bioactive Metabolites from the Bark of Fagara macrophylla. Carmela Spatafora and Corrado Tringali, Phytochemical Analysis, May 1997, Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 139–142, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199705)8:3<139::AID-PCA341>3.0.CO;2-P
  4. ↑ Antifeedant constituents from Fagara macrophylla. Corrado Tringali, Carmela Spatafora, Valeria Calı and Monique S.J Simmonds, Fitoterapia, June 2001, Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 538–543, doi:10.1016/S0367-326X(01)00265-9

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