Genus of flowering plants
Miliusa is a genus of plants in family Annonaceae . Species have been recorded from tropical and subtropical Asia to northern Australia.[ 1]
Accepted species
Miliusa dioeca
Miliusa tomentosa
Miliusa paithalmalayana
Plants of the World Online currently includes:[ 1]
Unresolved species
Miliusa sinensis Finet & Gagnep is a possible synonym of M. balansae Finet & Gagnep . Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents, were extracted from M. sinensis . They are potential anticancer lead molecules.[ 7]
References
^ a b Plants of the World Online: Miliusa Lesch. ex A.DC. (retrieved 16 May 2021)
^ Kamperdick, Christine (December 2002). "Constituents from Miliusa balansae (Annonaceae)". Phytochemistry . 61 (8): 991– 994. Bibcode :2002PChem..61..991K . doi :10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00374-6 . PMID 12453532 .
^ Huong, DT; Kamperdick, C; Sung, TV (2004). "Homogentisic Acid Derivatives from Miliusa balansae". Journal of Natural Products . 67 (3): 445– 447. doi :10.1021/np030195z . PMID 15043427 .
^ Chaowasku, Tanawat (2013). "Seven new species of Miliusa(Annonaceae) from Thailand". Nordic Journal of Botany . 31 (6): 680– 699. doi :10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01785.x . S2CID 83625731 .
^ "Miliusa macropoda" .
^ "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2014] Miliusa pumila | ระฆังน้ำพราย • A New Species (Annonaceae) from southern Thailand" . 2015-01-10.
^ Zhang, HJ; Ma, C; Nguyen, VH; Nguyen, MC; Tan, GT; Santarsiero, BD; Mesecar, AD; Soejarto, DD; Pezzuto, JM; Fong, HH (Jan 2006). "Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents from Miliusa sinensis". J Med Chem . 49 (2): 693– 708. doi :10.1021/jm0509492 . PMID 16420055 .
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