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Catharanthus

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Definition: A plant genus of the family Apocynaceae. It is the source of VINCA ALKALOIDS, used in leukemia chemotherapy.  coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATION or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manual    Other names roseus, Catharanthus; roseas, Vinca; rosea, Vinca; Vinca roseas; Madagascar Periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea; Periwinkle, Madagascar
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Catharanthus roseus Linn. extract  0   *Plant Extracts *Catharanthus. Acta Eur Fertil 1985;16(3):203
pericyclivine  975-77-9   *Alkaloids Catharanthus. J Nat Prod 1981;44(3):335
strictosidine  20824-29-7 (2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta(R*)))- 3-ethenyl-2-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-3,4-dihydro-4-((2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido(3,4-b)indol-1-yl) methyl)-2H-pyran-5-carboxylic acid, methyl ester  *Vinca Alkaloids Catharanthus. Biochemistry 18(17):3760;1979

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