author(s) : Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, Fahem A. Ahmed and Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk
description
The family Fumariaceae have been treated as subfamily Fumarioideae in the Papaveraceae (the Poppy family), since the Fumariaceae family is closely related to it.
Fumariacea (including Hypecoaceae) has abundant 17 genera and about 530 species, north temprate, few tropical African mountains and South Africa (Boulos, 1999).
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represented in egypt with Genera
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represented in egypt with Species
– Isoquinoline Alkaloids: Species of the two genera Fumaria L. and Corydalis Medik. are known to produce isoquinoline alkaloids derived from phenylalanine and tyrosine (Orhan et al., 2007).
The phytochemical study of Corydalis crispa resulted in the isolation of nine isoquinoline alkaloids: protopine (1), 13-oxoprotopine (2), 13-oxocryptopine (3), stylopine (4), coreximine (5), rheagenine (6), ochrobirine (7), sibiricine (8) and bicuculline (9) (Wangchuk et al., 2012)….
Species of the genus Corydalis are a rich source of isoquinoline alkaloids that mediate chemical defence against a variety of micro-organisms and herbivores. While few plant species of this genus were reported for cattle and sheep poisoning, many species are regarded as non-toxic and are being used in Asian folklore medicines for…
Crude extracts of Corydalis crispa exhibited anti-inflammatory and acetylcholine-esterase inhibitory activities (Wangchuk et al., 2012). Corydalis heterocarpa has been shown to possess UVB-protection, anti-tumor, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects (Kim et al., 2015).
Significant acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity was observed for extracts of Corydalis solida subsp. solida (Orhan et 1al., 2004), Corydalis cava, Corydalis intermedia, Corydalis solida ssp. laxa and Corydalis solida ssp. slivenensis (Adsersen et al., 2006)….
- Fumaria
- Hypecoum
location
egypt