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Genus of flowering plants
Biophytum is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial
herbaceous plants in the family
Oxalidaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.
[1] The annual
Biophytum sensitivum is a traditional medicine in
Nepal.
[2]
[3]
Biophytum petersianum (also known as Biophytum umbraculum
[4]) is a medicinal plant in
Mali.
[5]
Species include:
References
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Biophytum.
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"2. Biophytum Candolle". Flora of China.
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doi:
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PMID
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^ Puri, D (Nov 2001), "The insulinotropic activity of a Nepalese medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum: preliminary experimental study", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78 (1): 89–93,
doi:
10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00306-3,
ISSN
0378-8741,
PMID
11585694
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^ Lourteig, Alicia (1981), "Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae)", Brittonia, 33 (3): 451–452,
doi:
10.2307/2806436,
JSTOR
2806436
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^ Inngjerdingen, M; Inngjerdingen, Kt; Patel, Tr; Allen, S; Chen, X; Rolstad, B; Morris, Ga; Harding, Se; Michaelsen, Te; Diallo, D; Paulsen, Bs (Dec 2008), "Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells", Glycobiology, 18 (12): 1074–84,
doi:
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PMID
18809620