Steganotaenia araliacea

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]

Steganotaenia araliacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Genus:
Steganotaenia
Species:
S. araliacea
Binomial name
Steganotaenia araliacea

Active compounds

Plant 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
  1. 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.
  2. Agroforestry Database 4.0 (Orwa et al. 2009) http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Steganotaenia_araliacea.pdf
  3. 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
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