Garcinia hanburyi is a plant species in the genus Garcinia, native to Indochina; it is one of the gamboge producing trees.

Garcinia hanburyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species:
G. hanburyi
Binomial name
Garcinia hanburyi
Hook.f., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14:485. 1875

Cytotoxic xanthonoids (gambogin, morellin dimethyl acetal, isomoreollin B, moreollic acid, gambogenic acid, gambogenin, isogambogenin, desoxygambogenin, gambogenin dimethyl acetal, gambogellic acid, gambogic acid, isomorellin, morellic acid, desoxymorellin, hanburin[1]) and isomorellinol[2] can be isolated from the dry latex of G. hanburyi.

References edit

  1. ^ Asano, J.; Chiba, K.; Tada, M.; Yoshii, T. (1996). "Cytotoxic Xanthones from Garcinia hanburyi". Phytochemistry. 41 (3): 815–820. Bibcode:1996PChem..41..815A. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(95)00682-6. PMID 8835458.
  2. ^ Zhou, Y.; Liu, X.; Yang, J.; Han, Q.; Song, J.; Li, S.; Qiao, C.; Ding, L.; Xu, H. (2008). "Analysis of Caged Xanthones from the Resin of Garcinia hanburyi using Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography/electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry". Analytica Chimica Acta. 629 (1–2): 104–118. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2008.09.044. PMID 18940327.