Saturday, 19 August 2017

Myriophyllum spicatum (Gallic acid) dược liệu kháng L1210

Myriophyllum spicatum (Gallic acid) dược liệu kháng L1210

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Myriophyllum spicatum
Cleaned-Illustration Myriophyllum spicatum.jpg
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Saxifragales
Family:Haloragaceae
Genus:Myriophyllum
Species:M. spicatum
Binomial name
Myriophyllum spicatum
L.
Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil[1] or spiked water-milfoil) is native to EuropeAsia, and north Africa. It is a submerged aquatic plant, and grows in still or slow-moving water.

Description[edit]

Eurasian watermilfoil has slender stems up to 175 cm long. The submerged leaves (usually between 15–35  mm long) are borne in pinnate whorls of four, with numerous thread-like leaflets roughly 4–13 mm long. Plants are monoecious with flowers produced in the leaf axils (male above, female below) on a spike 5–15 cm long held vertically above the water surface, each flower inconspicuous, orange-red, 4–6 mm long. Eurasian water milfoil has 12- 21 pairs of leaflets while northern watermilfoil M. sibiricum only has 5–9 pairs. The two can hybridize and the resulting hybrid plants can cause taxonomic confusion as leaf characters are intermediate and can overlap with parent species.[2]

Distribution[edit]

Myriophyllum spicatum is now found on all continents except Australia, where there have been only anecdotal sightings, and Antarctica.

Introduced areas[edit]

Myriophyllum spicatum was likely first introduced to North America in the 1940s[3] where it has become an invasive species in some areas. By the mid 1970s, watermilfoil had also covered thousands of hectares in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada.[4]Eurasian watermilfoil is now found across most of Northern America where it is recognized as a noxious weed.[5]

Impact[edit]

In lakes or other aquatic areas where native aquatic plants are not well established, the Eurasian plant can quickly spread. It has been known to crowd out native plants and create dense mats that interfere with recreational activity. Eurasian watermilfoil can grow from broken off stems which increases the rate in which the plant can spread and grow. In some areas, the Eurasian Watermilfoil is an Aquatic Nuisance Species. Eurasian watermilfoil is known to hybridize with the native northern watermilfoil (M. sibiricum) and the hybrid taxon has also become invasive in North America. It is known from across the USA upper midwest (Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin) and in the Northwest (Idaho, Washington).[6]

Control[edit]

The aquatic moth Acentria ephemerella, the water veneer moth, feeds upon and damages this water milfoil. It has been used as an agent of biological pest control against the plant in North America. The milfoil weevil (Euhrychiopsis lecontei) has also been used as biocontrol. Another method for biocontrol is Grass Carp, (one of the Asian Carp species) which have been bred as sterility, is sometimes released into affected areas, since these fish primarily feed on aquatic plants and have proven effective at controlling the spread. However, the carp prefer many native species to the milfoil and will usually decimate preferred species before eating the milfoil. In Washington State the success rate of Grass Carp has been less than expected. They were used in 98 lakes and 39 percent of them had no submerged plant life left after only a short time.[7]
Since roughly 2000, hand-harvesting of invasive milfoils has shown much success as a management technique. Several organizations in the New England states have undertaken large scale, lake-wide hand-harvesting management programs with extremely successful results. Acknowledgment had to be made that it is impossible to completely eradicate the species once it is established. As a result, maintenance must be done once an infestation has been reduced to affordably controlled levels. Well trained divers with proper techniques have been able to effectively control and then maintain many lakes, especially in the Adirondack Park in Northern New York where chemicals, mechanical harvesters, and other disruptive and largely unsuccessful management techniques are banned. After only three years of hand harvesting in Saranac Lake the program was able to reduce the amount harvested from over 18 tons to just 800 pounds per year.[8]

Chemistry[edit]

Myriophyllum spicatum produces ellagicgallic and pyrogallic acids and (+)-catechin, allelopathic polyphenols inhibiting the growth of blue-green alga Microcystis aeruginosa.[9]

Cynomorium (Gallic acid) dược liệu kháng L1210

Cynomorium  (Gallic acid) dược liệu kháng L1210

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  (Redirected from Cynomorium coccineum)
Cynomorium coccineum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
Order:incertae sedis
Family:Cynomoriaceae
Endl. ex Lindl.[1]
Genus:Cynomorium
L.
Species:C. coccineum
Binomial name
Cynomorium coccineum
L.
Cynomorium is a genus of parasitic perennial flowering plants in the family Cynomoriaceae. The genus consists of only one speciesCynomorium coccineum (although one of its subspecies is sometimes treated as a separate species[2]). Its wider relationships are uncertain. Common names include the misleading Maltese fungus or Maltese mushroom; also desert thumbred thumbtarthuth (Bedouin) and suo yang (Chinese). A rare or local species, it grows in dry, rocky or sandy soils, often in salt marshes or other saline habitats close to the coast. It has had a wide variety of uses in European, Arabic and Chinese herbal medicine.[3][4][5]

Description[edit]

This plant has no chlorophyll and is unable to photosynthesise. It is a geophyte, spending most of its life underground, in the form of a rhizome, which is attached to the roots of its host plant; it is a holoparasite, i.e. totally dependent on its host. The low-growing inflorescence emerges (in spring, following winter rain), on a fleshy, unbranched stem (most of which is underground) with scale-like, membranous leaves. Dark-red or purplish, the inflorescence consists of a dense, erect, club-shaped mass, some 15–30 cm long (6–12 in), of minute scarlet flowers, which may be male, female or hermaphrodite.[6] It is pollinated by flies, attracted to the plant by its sweet, slightly cabbage-like odour. Once pollinated, the spike turns black.[4] The fruit is a small, indehiscent nut.[7]
In the Mediterranean region, Cynomorium is a parasite of salt-tolerant plants in the Cistaceae (cistus family) or Amaranthaceae (amaranth family); elsewhere it parasitizes AmaranthaceaeTamaricaceae (tamarisks) and, in China, Nitrariaceae,[8] especially Nitraria sibirica. Other authorities suggest the host plants are saltbushes (Atriplex species, Amaranthaceae).[4]
DNA studies suggest that Cynomorium is not a member of the Balanophoraceae, as previously thought, but more probably belongs to the Saxifragales, possibly near Crassulaceae (stonecrop family).[9] or Rosales[10]

Distribution[edit]

Cynomorium coccineum var. coccineum[11] is found in Mediterranean regions, from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and Mauritania through Tunisia and Bahrain in the south; SpainPortugal, southern ItalySardiniaSicilyGozoMalta and the Eastern Mediterranean. Its range extends as far east as AfghanistanSaudi Arabia and Iran.
Cynomorium coccineum var. songaricum[12] is found in Central Asia and Mongolia, where it grows at high altitudes. Several authorities consider this to be a separate species, C. songaricum; it is called "suo yang" in China, where it is extensively collected as a herbal remedy for illnesses including sexual worries and nocturnal emissions.[9][13]

History and historical uses[edit]

Sir David Attenborough has suggested that, following the reasoning of the "Doctrine of signatures", the phallic shape of the inflorescence suggested to early herbalists that Cynomorium should be used as a cure for erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems. Its colour suggested that it would cure anaemia and other diseases of the blood.[4] It has been used for similar purposes in the east and west of its range: crusaders carried dried spikes to help them recover from their wounds.[4]
Other traditional uses have included treatments for apoplexydysenterysexually transmitted diseaseshypertension, vomiting and irregular menstruation.[4]
A city in China, near Anxi in what is now Gansu Province, was named Suoyang (the Chinese name for Cynomorium) after the 7th-century general Xue Rengui and his army survived a siege there by eating the plant.[4] Much later, it was "introduced" (or imported?) to China from Mongolia during the Yuan Dynasty as a medicinal plant, and is first mentioned by Zhu Danxi in Bencao Yanyi Buyi (Supplement and Expansion of Materia Medica) in 1347. It was an ingredient in his recipe for Huquian Wan (Hidden Tiger Pills) used for impotence and/or weak legs.[4]
During the 16th century, the Knights of Malta greatly prized the plant and sent samples of it to European royalty. They incorrectly believed it to be a fungus, and it became known as "fungus melitensis", "Maltese Mushroom". The Knights jealously guarded "Fungus Rock" (a large rock formation, on whose flat top it grew in abundance) just off the coast of Gozo. They even tried smoothing the outcrop's sides to prevent theft of the plants, which was said to be punishable by death. The only access was by a precarious cable car, which was maintained into the early 19th century. The rock is now a nature reserve, so access is still strictly limited.[4]
In the Middle Ages, Arabic physicians called it "tarthuth" and "the treasure of drugs". An aqrabadhin, or medical formulary, compiled by Al-Kindi in the 9th century lists tarthuth as an ingredient in a salve to relieve skin irritation; later, Rhazes (Al-Razi) recommended it to cure piles, nosebleeds, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding.[4]
In Saudi Arabia, where Cynomorium is also called "tarthuth", in addition to the uses detailed above an infusion made from the ground, dried mature spike has been used to treat colic and stomach ulcers. It was eaten on long journeys by the Bedouin people, who would clean and peel the fresh spikes and eat the crisp white interior, which is said to be succulent and sweet, with a flavour of apples and a pleasantly astringent effect. It is also relished by camels.[4]
It has often been used as a "famine food" (last reported during the 19th century in the Canary Islands). Among many other uses it has been used as a contraceptive, a toothpaste, and a non-fading crimson fabric dye.[4]

Active ingredients[edit]

Cynomorium contains anthocyanic glycosidestriterpenoid saponins, and lignans.[4]
Cynomorium coccineum var. coccineum from Sardinia was found to contain gallic acid and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside as the main constituents.[14]