Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
Species: | Z. zanthoxyloides
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Binomial name | |
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler, 1981
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Synonyms | |
Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam.
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Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, also called Senegal prickly-ash or artar root,[1] is a plant species in the genus Zanthoxylum.
The plant contains isomeric divanilloylquinic acids (3,4-O-divanilloylquinic acid or burkinabin A, 3,5-O-divanilloylquinic acid or burkinabin B and 4,5-O-divanilloylquinic acid or burkinabin C).[2] Burkinabin C, a type of hydrolysable tannin can be found in the root bark of F. zanthoxyloides.[3] It also contains fagaronine, a benzophenanthridine alkaloid.[4]
A study by Williams, Soelberg and Jäger (2016) showed than ethanolic extracts of Z. zanthoxyloides have in vitro anthelmintic properties against the nematode Ascaris suum, a swine parasite that is closely related to the human parasite A. lumbricoides. The half maximal effective concentration (EC50) values were 94 μg/mL and 132 μg/mL, for roots and root bark, respectively. The authors concluded that these results encourage further investigation of the use of this plant as complementary treatment options for ascariasis.[5]