Flueggea suffruticosa

Flueggea suffruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Flueggea
Species:	F. suffruticosa
Binomial name
	Flueggea suffruticosa; (Pall.) Baill.
Synonyms
	Pharnaceum suffruticosum Pall.; Securinega ramiflora Müll. Arg.; Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder;

Flueggea suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub that is widely distributed in Asia, America, Europe, and Africa.^[2] It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name yī yè qiū (Chinese: 一叶秋).^[3]

Uses

F. suffruticosa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, where its twigs and leaves are used for the treatment of lumbago, limb numbness, and indigestion.^[2] However, there is no scientific evidence that it has any clinical effect.

Flueggea suffruticosa contains various alkaloids, such as securinine.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Flueggea suffruticosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c Zhou, Li; Zhao, Bing-Xin; Jiang, Ren-Wang; Huang, Xiao-Jun; Wu, Zhen-Long; Wang, Ying; Ye, Wen-Cai (3 June 2014). "Securinega alkaloids from the fruits of Flueggea suffruticosa". Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 16 (6). Informa UK Limited: 593–601. doi:10.1080/10286020.2014.930443. ISSN 1028-6020. PMID 24957326. S2CID 722367.
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^ Wang, Dan-Shu; Fang, Lian-Hua; Du, Guan-Hua (2018). "Securinine". Natural Small Molecule Drugs from Plants. Springer Singapore. pp. 325–330. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8022-7_54. ISBN 978-981-10-8021-0.
^ Horii ZI, Ikeda M, Tamura Y, Saito S, Kotera K, Iwamoto T (November 1965). "Isolation of securinol A,B, and C from Securinega suffruticosa Rehd. and the structures of securinol A and B". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 13 (11): 1307–11. doi:10.1248/cpb.13.1307. PMID 5864721.
^ Raj, D.; Łuczkiewicz, M. (2008). "Securinega suffruticosa". Fitoterapia. 79 (6): 419–427. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.02.011. ISSN 0367-326X. PMID 18534774. S2CID 43122113.

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