Scyphocephalium

Scyphocephalium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Scyphocephalium; Warb.

Scyphocephalium is a genus of plants in family Myristicaceae native to west Africa, containing two species.^[1] One species contains chemicals with significant in vitro antibacterial activity.^[2]

Species

Scyphocephalium mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Warb. - Cameroon to Gabon

Scyphocephalium ochocoa Warb. - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

References

↑ Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium
↑ Hu, J.-F.; Garo, E.; Yoo, H.-D.; Cremin, P.A.; Goering, M.G.; O'Neil-Johnson, M.; Eldridge, G.R. (2005). "Cyclolignans from Scyphocephalium ochocoa via high-throughput natural product chemistry methods". Phytochemistry. 66 (9): 1077–1082. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.014. PMID 15896378.

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[1] Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium

[2] Hu, J.-F.; Garo, E.; Yoo, H.-D.; Cremin, P.A.; Goering, M.G.; O'Neil-Johnson, M.; Eldridge, G.R. (2005). "Cyclolignans from Scyphocephalium ochocoa via high-throughput natural product chemistry methods". Phytochemistry. 66 (9): 1077–1082. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.014. PMID 15896378.