Steganotaenia araliacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon,[1] Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Steganotaenia |
| Species: | S. araliacea
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| Steganotaenia araliacea | |
Active compounds
editPlant contains a number of substances with antimitotic and antitubulin activity on various lines of neoplasmic cells:[3]
- Steganacin
- Stegangin
- Steganolide A
- Steganol
- Steganone
- Epistegangin (Steganone ketone)
- Steganoate B
References
edit- ^ D.H. Fulton, J.E. Bower, P.D. Landry, J. Boulet, G. Escoffier, G.B. McLeroy, "Inventaire de ressources du Nord du Cameroun, Afrique", United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service et Fonds d'Aide et de Coopration, France en Cooperation avec le United States Department of State, Agency for International Development, U.S. Government Printing Office: 1978-269-362/15., p. 190 (In PDF 213). On arborescent plants list.
- ^ Agroforestry Database 4.0 (Orwa et al. 2009) http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Steganotaenia_araliacea.pdf
- ^ R.W. Wang, L.I. Rebhum, S.M. Kupchan „Antimitotic and antitubulin activity of the tumor inhibitor steganacin.”, Cancer Res, VIII 1977, Vol. 37 (9), pp. 3071-9. http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/37/9/3071