Peganum
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Peganum
A genus of plants in the family Zygophyllaceae. The plants contain β-carboline alkaloids, e.g. harmine, harmalol which cause incoordination and paralysis; includes P. harmala (African rue), P. mexicana (Mexican rue).
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Peganum
| Peganum | |
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| Syrian Rue (Peganum harmala) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Nitrariaceae |
| Genus: | Peganum L. |
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Peganum L. is a genus under the recently separated family Nitrariaceae (Sheahan & Chase 1996). Formerly it used to be included in the family Zygophyllaceae.
The genus has five species, occurring in warm temperate to subtropical regions across the world:
- Peganum harmala L. - Harmal or Syrian Rue (Mediterranean region east to India) (the terms esfand svanta and haoma are sometimes considered to refer to this plant, but this is conjectural and disputed)
- Peganum mexicanum Gray (Mexico)
- Peganum nigellastrum Bunge (China)
- Peganum rothschildianum F.Buxbaum (Tunisia)
- Peganum texanum M.E.Jones (southern North America)
References
- ^ a b c "Alkaloids and phenylpropanoids from Peganum nigellastrum". Phytochemistry 53 (8): 1075–8. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00440-9. PMID 10820833. http://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f7777772e736369656e63656469726563742e636f6d2f736369656e63653f5f6f623d41727469636c6555524c265f7564693d42365448372d343031484747542d3152265f757365723d3130265f72646f633d31265f666d743d265f6f7269673d736561726368265f736f72743d6426766965773d63265f616363743d43303030303530323231265f76657273696f6e3d31265f75726c56657273696f6e3d30265f7573657269643d3130266d64353d6631346535636632633161653335346164393536316232336262646533643236. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- Sheahan, M. C. & Chase, M. W. (1996). A phylogenetic analysis of Zygophyllaceae R. Br. based on morphological anatomical and rbcL DNA sequence data. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122: 279-300
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