Tephrosia spinosa is a flowering plant species in the genus Tephrosia native from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Tephrosia spinosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species:
T. spinosa
Binomial name
Tephrosia spinosa
(L. f.) Pers. 1807

Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, a glycoside of the flavonol eupalitin, can be isolated from T. spinosa.[1] Tephrospinosin (3′,5′-diisopentenyl-2′,4′-dihydroxychalcone), a prenylated chalcone, can be isolated from the root.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside from Tephrosia spinosa. Vanangamudi A., Gandhidasan R. and Raman P. V., Fitoterapia, 1997, vol. 68, no6, p. 560, INIST 2113413
  2. ^ A prenylated chalcone from the roots of Tephrosia spinosa. V.M. Sharma and P.S. Rao, Phytochemistry, August 1992, Volume 31, Issue 8, Pages 2915–2916, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(92)83666-M
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