Species of flowering plant
Hypericum mysorense is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. It is primarily found at high elevations in the Western Ghats of India and the mountains of Sri Lanka ,[ 1] but was also reported from Socotra by Isaac Bayley Balfour in the 19th century.[ 2] It was studied to improve understanding of endosperm formation in Hypericum ,[ 3] and the identification of a number of xanthone derivatives from this species contributed to the chemotaxonomic description of subfamily Hypericoideae .[ 4] [ 5]
Hypericum mysorense has been used to treat wounds as part of the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine .[ 6] Some research into the possibility of antiherpetic properties in H. mysorense extracts has been performed.[ 7] [ 8]
References
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^ Balfour IB (1888). Botany of Socotra . Robert Grant & Son. p. lxvii.
^ Swamy BGL. (1946). "Endosperm in Hypericum mysorense Heyne". Annals of Botany . 10 (2): 165–169. doi :10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a083127 .
^ Gunatilaka AA, Balasubramaniam S, Kumar V (1979). "2,3-Dimethoxyxanthone from Hypericum mysorense ". Phytochemistry . 18 (1): 182–183. Bibcode :1979PChem..18..182G . doi :10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90946-4 .
^ Gunatilaka AAL; De Silva AMYJ; Sotheeswaran S. (1982). "Minor xanthones of Hypericum mysorense ". Phytochemistry . 21 (7): 1751–1753. Bibcode :1982PChem..21.1751L . doi :10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85053-X .
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