Taxillus kaempferi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Taxillus |
| Species: | T. kaempferi |
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Taxillus kaempferi (Chinese: 小叶钝果寄生; pinyin: xiao ye dun guo ji sheng) is a parasitic plant species in the genus Taxillus found in China (Anhui, Fujian, W Hubei, S Jiangxi, Sichuan, S Zhejiang), Bhutan and Japan. Its host is Pinus thunbergii.[1]
The flavonol avicularin can be produced from T. kaempferi.[2] Other flavonoids constituents of the plant are hyperin, quercitrin and taxillusin.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b The constituents of Taxillus kaempferi and the host, Pinus thunbergii. I. Catechins and flavones of Taxillus kaempferi. Konishi T, Nishio T, Kiyosawa S, Fujiwara Y and Konoshima T, Yakugaku Zasshi., February 1996, volume 116, issue 2, pages 148-157 (article in Japanese)
- ^ Avicularin, a plant flavonoid, suppresses lipid accumulation through repression of C/EBPα-activated GLUT4-mediated glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 cells. Fujimori K and Shibano M, J Agric Food Chem., 29 May 2013, volume 61, issue 21, pages 5139-5147, doi:10.1021/jf401154c, PMID 23647459
- ^ Chemical studies on the mistletoe. V. The structure of taxillusin, a new flavonoid glycoside isolated from Taxillus kaempferi. Atsushi Sakurai and Yasuaki Okumura, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1983, volume 56, issue 2, pages 542-544, doi:10.1246/bcsj.56.542