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Anabasis aphylla

Anabasis aphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Anabasis
Species:
A. aphylla
Binomial name
Anabasis aphylla
Synonyms[1]
  • Anabasis tatarica Pall.

Anabasis aphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the region surrounding the Caspian Sea, Central Asia, and Xinjiang and western Gansu provinces of China.[1] A many-branched shrub usually found growing in alluvial fans and dune swales, it is sometimes planted to catch blowing soil and stabilize sand dunes.[2] The alkaloid anabasine was named for this toxic species, from which it was first isolated by Orechoff and Menschikoff in the year 1931. Anabasine was widely used as an insecticide in the former Soviet Union until 1970.[3]

Anabaseine & Anabasamine are other alkaloids found to exist in the plant.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Anabasis aphylla L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ Fern, Ken (30 July 2021). "Useful Temperate Plants Anabasis aphylla". temperate.theferns.info. Temperate Plants Database. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ujváry, István, Pest Control Agents from Natural Products - Chapter 3 of Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology (Third Edition), ed. Robert Krieger, pub. Academic Press 2010.
  4. ^ Du H, Wang Y, Yan C, Zhou LG, Hao XJ. Alkaloids from Anabasis aphylla L. J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2008 Nov-Dec;10(11-12):1093-5. doi: 10.1080/10286020802318966. PMID: 19031252.
  5. ^ Tilyabaev, Z., Abduvakhabov, A. A. (May 1998). "Alkaloids of Anabasis aphylla and their cholinergic activities". Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 34 (3): 295–297. doi:10.1007/BF02282405.


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