Ostryopsis nobilis

Ostryopsis nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Ostryopsis
Species: O. nobilis
Binomial name
Ostryopsis nobilis
Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. 1914
Synonyms

Ostryopsis davidiana Decaisne var. cinerascens Franchet

Ostryopsis nobilis (Chinese: 滇虎榛 dian hu zhen) is a shrub species in the genus Ostryopsis found in China. It is an endemic Chinese medicinal plant. It forms thickets on sunny mountain slopes between 1500 and 3000 m. It is found in South West Sichuan and North West Yunnan.

Two cyclic diarylheptanoids, named ostryopsitrienol and ostryopsitriol, can be isolated from the stems of O. nobilis.[1]

References

  1. Two new cyclic diarylheptanoids from the stems of Ostryopsis nobilis. Yan-Xia Zhang, Bing Xia, Yan Zhou, Li-Sheng Ding and Shu-Lin Peng, Chinese Chemical Letters, Volume 24, Issue 6, June 2013, Pages 512–514, doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2013.03.035
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