Taxonomic Notes on an Endemic Variety of Portulaca oleracea [Portulacaceae] Found in India is suppose to Promote as Separate Species Portulaca linearifolia

Taxonomic reexamination of Portulaca okinawensis (Portulacaceae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan based on molecular and morphological data

We used molecular phylogenetic and morphological data to reexamine the taxonomic status of Portulaca okinawensis (≡ P. pilosa subsp. okinawensis) endemic to the central Ryukyu islands, southwestern Japan. Our molecular analyses showed that P. okinawensis is monophyletic, sister to the clade of P. psammotropha and P. tuberosa and it is not closely related to P. pilosa subsp. pilosa. Two subclade...

Portulaca oleracea L.: A Review of Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Effects

Portulaca oleracea L., belonging to the Portulacaceae family, is commonly known as purslane in English and Ma-Chi-Xian in Chinese. It is a warm-climate, herbaceous succulent annual plant with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is eaten extensively as a potherb and added in soups and salads around the Mediterranean and tropical Asian countries and has been used as a folk medicine in many countries....

Vegetative Reproduction Potential of Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Antibacterial Attributes of Apigenin, Isolated from Portulaca oleracea L.

The flavonoid apigenin was isolated from aerial part of P. oleracea L. The dried sample of plant was powdered and subjected to soxhlet extractor by adding 80 mL of ethanol : water (70 : 30). The extract was centrifuged at 11000 rpm for 30 min; supernatant was taken for further use. The fraction was concentrated and subjected to PTLC. The R f value of isolated apigenin was calculated (0.82). Pur...

A New Tricyclic Alkaloid from Portulaca oleracea L

A new tricyclic alkaloid named portulacatone (1), i.e., 5,6-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxy-11H-pyrrolo[2,1b] [3]benzazepin-11-one, together with eight known compounds, methyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (2), phydroxybenzaldehyde (3), vanillin (4), protocatechualdehyde (5), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (6), iseluxine (7), oleracein E (8), and (þ)-(R)-feruloyl malate (9) were isolated from aerial parts of Portulaca o...