A PRELIMINARY CHEMOTAXONOMIC REVIEW OF KOPSIA (APOCYNACEAE)

Citation
T. Sevenet et al., A PRELIMINARY CHEMOTAXONOMIC REVIEW OF KOPSIA (APOCYNACEAE), Journal of ethnopharmacology, 41(3), 1994, pp. 147-183
Citations number
64
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
ISSN journal
03788741
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
147 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-8741(1994)41:3<147:APCROK>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The present paper is the result of a botanical and chemical study of t he Indo-Pacific genus Kopsia (Plumerioideae-Rauvolfieae) Apocynaceae. Some of the species of this genus possess medicinal uses. A survey of the accepted taxa and their synonymy, based on the study of types, is presented. Studies on alkaloids provides chemotaxonomic information. I ndeed, in some cases, chemical relationships occur between species bel onging to the same botanical group.