Species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae
For the European plant also known as purple gromwell, see Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum.
Lithospermum erythrorhizon
Leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Boraginales
Family:
Boraginaceae
Genus:
Lithospermum
Species:
L. erythrorhizon
Binomial name
Lithospermum erythrorhizon
Siebold & Zucc. 1846
Lithospermum erythrorhizon, commonly called purple gromwell, red stoneroot, red gromwell, red-root gromwell and redroot lithospermum, is a plant species in the family Boraginaceae.[1] It is called zǐcǎo (紫草) in Chinese, jichi (지치) in Korean, and murasaki (ムラサキ; 紫) in Japanese.[1]
The dried root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon (lithospermum root or Lithospermi Radix) is a Chinese herbal medicine with various antiviral and biological activities, including inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).[2][3]
The genome of Lithospermum erythrorhizon has been sequenced and has facilitated the discovery of a putative retrotransposition-derived duplication event that produced a 4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase gene involved in alkannin biosynthesis.[4]
^ ab"Lithospermum erythrorhizon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
^Chen, X., et al. (2003). Shikonin, a component of Chinese herbal medicine, inhibits chemokine receptor function and suppresses human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 47(9), 2810-16.
^Gao, H., et al. (2011). Anti-adenovirus activities of shikonin, a component of Chinese herbal medicine in vitro. Biol Pharm Bull. 34(2) 197-202.
^Auber, Robert P.; Suttiyut, Thiti; McCoy, Rachel M.; et al. (2020-06-01). "Hybrid de novo genome assembly of red gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) reveals evolutionary insight into shikonin biosynthesis". Horticulture Research. 7 (1): 82. Bibcode:2020HorR....7...82A. doi:10.1038/s41438-020-0301-9. PMC 7261806. PMID 32528694.
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