Piper marginatum

Piper marginatum, the cake bush, Anesi wiwiri, marigold pepper, Ti Bombé in Creole or Hinojo, is a plant species in the genus Piper found in moist, shady spots in the Amazon rainforest in Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.

Piper marginatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:
P. marginatum
Binomial name
Piper marginatum
Synonyms
  • Schilleria marginata
  • Artanthe marginata
  • P. caudatum
  • Schilleria caudata
  • Artanthe caudata
  • P. anisatum

The leaves contain flavonoids such as vitexin and marginatoside (6 -O-β gentiobiosyl vitexin).[1] The plant also contains 3,4-Methylenedioxypropiophenone, 2,4,5-Trimethoxypropiophenone,[2] 2-Methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxypropiophenone, 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl)propan-1-ol (Marginatumol), 5,4′-Dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone and 5,7-Dihydroxy-4′-methoxyflavanone.[3]

An essential oil can be produced from the plant[4] showing deterrent and larvicidal activities against Aedes aegypti.[5]

References
  1. Tillequin, F; Paris, M; Jacquemin, H; Paris, RR (1978). "Flavonoids from Piper marginatum isolation of a new flavonoid, the marginatoside (author's transl)". Planta Medica. 33 (1): 46–52. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1097357. PMID 635037., doi:10.1055/s-0028-1097357 (Article in French)
  2. Oliveira Santos, Bárbara Viviana; Oliveira Chaves, Maria Célia (1999). "2,4,5-Trimethoxypropiophenone from Piper marginatum". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 27 (5): 539–541. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00109-4.
  3. Reigada, Juliana B.; Tcacenco, Celize. M.; Andrade, Leandro H.; Kato, Massuo J.; Porto, André L.M.; Lago, João Henrique G. (2007). "Chemical constituents from Piper marginatum Jacq. (Piperaceae)—antifungal activities and kinetic resolution of (RS)-marginatumol by Candida antarctica lipase (Novozym 435)". Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 18 (9): 1054–1058. doi:10.1016/j.tetasy.2007.05.006.
  4. Ramos, L. S.; Da Silva, M. L.; Luz, A. I. R.; Zoghbi, M. G. B.; Maia, J. G. S. (1986). "Essential Oil of Piper marginatum". Journal of Natural Products. 49 (4): 712–713. doi:10.1021/np50046a033.
  5. Autran, E; Neves, I; Dasilva, C; Santos, G; Camara, C; Navarro, D (2009). "Chemical composition, oviposition deterrent and larvicidal activities against Aedes aegypti of essential oils from Piper marginatum Jacq. (Piperaceae)". Bioresource Technology. 100 (7): 2284–8. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.055. PMID 19070480.


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