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Geranium niveum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21 : 421. 1886 Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems tufted, scape-like, erector ascending, 2-5 dm. long, copiously retrorse-strigillose with white hairs, the first node elongate ; leaf-blades reniform in outline, 4-7 cm. broad, 5-7-parted, the divisions parted into linear, permanently silky-canescent lobes which are not impressed-veined above ; petioles elongate, pubescent like the stem ; pedicels stout, more or less glandular-pubescent, with spreading hairs ; sepals awned, the outer ones 10-12 mm. long, the bodies oblong or nearly so, finely pubescent and ciliate; petals pink-purple, 14-16 mm. long; style-column 25-30 mm. long, minutely glandular-pubescent, purple ; carpel-bodies 4-4.5 mm. long, pubescent with purple hairs ; seed reticulate.
Type locality : Norogachi, Mexico. Distribution : Northern Mexico.
- citação bibliográfica
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Geranium niveum
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Geranium niveum is a plant species in the genus Geranium.
It is a medicinal herb widely used by the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.[1]
Geranin A (epi-afzelechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), geranin B (epi-catechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), mahuannin B, reynoutrin, hyperin, methyl gallate and 3-beta-caffeoyl-12-oleanen-28-oic acid can be found in G. niveum.[2]
References
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^ Maldonado, PD; Rivero-Cruz, I; Mata, R; Pedraza-Chaverrí, J (2005). "Antioxidant activity of A-type proanthocyanidins from Geranium niveum (Geraniaceae)". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 53 (6): 1996–2001. doi:10.1021/jf0483725. PMID 15769126.
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^ Calzada, F; Cerda-García-Rojas, CM; Meckes, M; Cedillo-Rivera, R; Bye, R; Mata, R (1999). "Geranins a and B, new antiprotozoal A-type proanthocyanidins from Geranium niveum". Journal of Natural Products. 62 (5): 705–9. doi:10.1021/np980467b. PMID 10346950.
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Geranium niveum: Brief Summary
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Geranium niveum is a plant species in the genus Geranium.
It is a medicinal herb widely used by the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.
Geranin A (epi-afzelechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), geranin B (epi-catechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-afzelechin), mahuannin B, reynoutrin, hyperin, methyl gallate and 3-beta-caffeoyl-12-oleanen-28-oic acid can be found in G. niveum.
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