Zanthoxylum gilletii

Zanthoxylum gilletii, the East African satinwood, is a tree species in the genus Zanthoxylum found in Africa. The fruits are used to produce the spice uzazi.

Zanthoxylum gilletii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. gilletii
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum gilletii
(De Wild.) P.G.Waterman (1975)
Synonyms
  • Fagara amaniensis Engl.
  • Fagara gilletii De Wild.
  • Fagara inaequalis Engl.
  • Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl.
  • Fagara tessmannii Engl.
  • Zanthoxylum macrophyllum Oliv.

Chemistry

The alkaloid nitidine can be isolated from the plant.[1]

The amide alkaloids N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)octacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)hexacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)decanamide, N-vanilloyltyramine and N-[O-docosanoylvanilloyl]tyramine can be isolated from the stem bark.[2] The lignan sesamin, the N-isobutylamide γ-sanshool, the acridone alkaloids 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylacridone, arborinine, xanthoxoline and 1-hydroxy-3-methoxyacridone can also be extracted from the bark[3] as well as the alkaloids oblongine, tembetarine and magnoflorine and the flavonoid hesperidin.[4]

References
  1. Torto, F.G.; Mensah, I.A. (April 1970). "Alkaloids of Fagara macrophylla". Phytochemistry. 9 (4): 911–4. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85206-1.
  2. Wansi JD, Nwozo SO, Mbaze LM, Devkota KP, Donkwe Moladje SM, Fomum ZT, Sewald N (April 2009). "Amides from the stem bark of Fagara macrophylla". Planta Med. 75 (5): 517–521. doi:10.1055/s-0029-1185327.
  3. Spatafora, Carmela; Tringali, Corrado (May 1997). "Bioactive Metabolites from the Bark of Fagara macrophylla". Phytochemical Analysis. 8 (3): 139–142. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199705)8:3<139::AID-PCA341>3.0.CO;2-P.
  4. Tringali, Corrado; Spatafora, Carmela; Calı, Valeria; Simmonds, Monique S.J (June 2001). "Antifeedant constituents from Fagara macrophylla". Fitoterapia. 72 (5): 538–543. doi:10.1016/S0367-326X(01)00265-9. PMID 11429249.


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