Geranium niveum is a plant species in the genus Geranium.

Geranium niveum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. niveum
Binomial name
Geranium niveum

It is a medicinal herb widely used by the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.[1]

Geranin A (epi-afzelechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), geranin B (epi-catechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), mahuannin B, reynoutrin, hyperin, methyl gallate and 3-beta-caffeoyl-12-oleanen-28-oic acid can be found in G. niveum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Maldonado, PD; Rivero-Cruz, I; Mata, R; Pedraza-Chaverrí, J (2005). "Antioxidant activity of A-type proanthocyanidins from Geranium niveum (Geraniaceae)". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 53 (6): 1996–2001. doi:10.1021/jf0483725. PMID 15769126.
  2. ^ Calzada, F; Cerda-García-Rojas, CM; Meckes, M; Cedillo-Rivera, R; Bye, R; Mata, R (1999). "Geranins a and B, new antiprotozoal A-type proanthocyanidins from Geranium niveum". Journal of Natural Products. 62 (5): 705–9. doi:10.1021/np980467b. PMID 10346950.
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