Voacanga grandifolia

Voacanga grandifolia is a plant found in many countries including Papua New Guinea.[1] It is native to Malesia to Queensland.[2] It is also introduced to India.[3]

Description

Its grows into small tree and produces flowers and fruits. It produces milky exudate when cut or damaged similar to many Apocynaceae plants.[4]

Chemical composition

Voacanga alkaloids are predominant alkaloid in this plant which includes Voacangine, Voacamine, Vobtusine.[1] Voacinol is a new and intriguing stereochemically symmetrical bisindole alkaloid present in leaves along with desacetylvindoline.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Erowid Voacanga africana Vault : Info #1".
  2. "Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe Plants of the World Online Kew Science".
  3. "Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe Plants of the World Online Kew Science".
  4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Voacanga grandifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. Hussain, Hidayat; Hussain, Javid; Al-Harrasi, Ahmed; Green, Ivan R. (2012). "Chemistry and biology of the genusVoacanga". Pharmaceutical Biology. 50 (9): 1183–1193. doi:10.3109/13880209.2012.658478. ISSN 1388-0209. PMID 22834977. S2CID 24733359.
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