Hintonia latiflora

Hintonia latiflora is a plant species in the genus Hintonia.[1]

Hintonia latiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
Tribe:
Catesbaeeae
Genus:
Hintonia
Species:
H. latiflora
Binomial name
Hintonia latiflora
(Sessé et Moc. ex DC.) Bullock
Synonyms

Hintonia standleyana
Portlandia pterosperma
Coutarea latiflora
Coutarea pterosperma
Hintonia latiflora var. leiantha

Hintonia latiflora contains the neoflavonoid coutareagenin (5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2H-benzo-1-pyran-2-ol), an antidiabetic active substance.[2][3]

References
  1. Hintonia on data.gbif.org
  2. Effects of the neoflavonoid coutareagenin, one of the antidiabetic active substances of Hintonia latiflora, on streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in rats. Korec R., Sensch K. H., Zoukas T., Symposium der Paul-Martini-Stiftung in Verbindung mit der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz , Germany (12/11/1999) 2000, vol. 50, no 2, pp. 189-224 (33 ref.), pp. 122-128
  3. Garcia, Michael. (2010). A Folk Remedy for NIDDM: Evidence of Antihyperglycemic Effects of H. Latiflora. UC Los Angeles: Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine.


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