Callerya nitida

Callerya nitida is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to south-central and southeast mainland China, Hainan and Taiwan.[1] It was first described by George Bentham in 1842 as Millettia nitida.[2]

Callerya nitida
In cultivation in Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Callerya
Species:
C. nitida
Binomial name
Callerya nitida
(Benth.) R.Geesink[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Callerya tomentosa (Vogel) Endl. ex Walp.
  • Canavalia taiwaniana S.S.Ying
  • Marquartia tomentosa Vogel
  • Millettia kueichouensis Hu
  • Millettia nitida Benth.
  • Phaseoloides nitidum (Benth.) Kuntze

Callerya nitida produces a number of compounds among which genistein-8-C-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, calycosin, isoliquiritigenin, formononetin, gliricidin, 8-O-methylretusin, dihydrokaempferol, biochanin, afromosin and hirsutissimiside F interact with thrombin, while sphaerobioside, formononetin-7-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, genistein-5-methylether-7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, retusin-7,8-O-β-D-diglucopyranoside, symplocoside, ononin, genistin, afromosin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, lanceolarin, liquiritigenin, 7,2-dihydroxy,4-methoxyisoflavan and sphaerobioside have no binding to thrombin.[3]

References

  1. "Callerya nitida (Benth.) R.Geesink", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-10
  2. "Callerya nitida (Benth.) R.Geesink", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-10
  3. Interactions between thrombin and natural products of Millettia nitita var. hirsutissima using capillary zone electrophoresis. Shuyu Zhang, Jun Cheng, Wenjing Chen, Xiaomei Ling, Yuying Zhao, Jie Feng, Cheng Xiang and Hong Liang, Journal of Chromatography B, Volume 877, Issue 32, 15 December 2009, pages 4107-4114, doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.10.033
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