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The ethnobotany and chemistry of the genus Clivia (Amaryllidaceae)
NR Crouch, DA Mulholland, TL Pohl, E Ndlovu
Abstract
The herbaceous genus Clivia Lindl.
(Amaryllidaceae) comprises four species, all of which are employed in traditional
medicine. Two lesser-known ethnomedicinal members, C. gardenii Hook.
and C. caulescens R.A.Dyer are phytochemically characterised, revealing
a variety of isoquinoline alkaloids. Hippeastrine, haemanthamine, (11S)-11-hydroxyvittatine,
lycorine and sterbergine were isolated from C. caulescens, and haemanthamine,
haemanthidine in its free base and quaternary salt form, and the quaternary
salt of tazettine from C. gardenii. The traditional use of the genus Clivia in
southern Africa is overviewed.
South African Journal of Botany 2002, 69(2):
144–147
(Amaryllidaceae) comprises four species, all of which are employed in traditional
medicine. Two lesser-known ethnomedicinal members, C. gardenii Hook.
and C. caulescens R.A.Dyer are phytochemically characterised, revealing
a variety of isoquinoline alkaloids. Hippeastrine, haemanthamine, (11S)-11-hydroxyvittatine,
lycorine and sterbergine were isolated from C. caulescens, and haemanthamine,
haemanthidine in its free base and quaternary salt form, and the quaternary
salt of tazettine from C. gardenii. The traditional use of the genus Clivia in
southern Africa is overviewed.
South African Journal of Botany 2002, 69(2):
144–147
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South African Journal of Botany. ISSN: 0254-6299