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. 2020 Apr 6;2020:2460565. doi: 10.1155/2020/2460565

Table 1.

Distribution of common quinonoid plant resources [3, 4].

Type No. Latin name Families Quinonoids in plants
Benzoquinones 1 Embelia laeta Myrsinaceae Embelin
2 Ardisia oxyphylla Myrsinaceae Embelin, rapanone
3 Ardisia crenata Primulaceae Rapanone
4 Ailanthus altissima Simaroubaceae 2,6-Dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone
5 Dalbergia odorifera Papilionaceae Claussequinone
6 Acanthopanax senticosus Araliaceae 2,6-Dimethoxybenzoquinone

Naphthoquinones 1 Lithospermum erythrorhizon Boraginaceae β,β-Dimethylacrylshikonin, deoxyshikonin, acetylshikonin, L-shikonin
2 Catalpa Bignoniaceae Lapachol
3 Plumbago zeylanica Plumbaginaceae Plumbagin
4 Juglans regia Juglandaceae Juglone
5 Medicago sativa Leguminosae Vitamin K1
6 Salvia prionitis Hance Labiatae Saprorthoquinone, sapriparaquinone, salvicine

Phenanthrenequinones 1 Salvia miltiorrhiza Labiatae Nordanshenquinone, cryptosalvianoquinone, tanshinones I and IIA
2 Salvia aerea Labiatae Przewaquinone A-F
3 Salvia trijuga Labiatae Trijuganones A and B, tanshinones I and IIA
4 Rosmarinus officinalis Labiatae Cryptosalvianoquinone, horminone, taxodione
5 Asparagus cochinchinensis Asparagaceae Dioscoreanone
6 Dendrobium nobile Orchidaceae Denbinobin

Anthraquinones 1 Rheum palmarum Polygonaceae Emodin, physcion, and rhein
2 Fallopia multiflora Polygonaceae Emodin, physcion, and rhein
3 Reynoutria japonica Polygonaceae Fallacinolw-O-acetate, emodin
4 Morinda officinalis Rubiaceae Physcion, rubiadin
5 Rubia cordifolia Rubiaceae Munjistindimethylether
6 Arisaema erubescens Rubiaceae Digitoquinone
7 Folium Sennae Leguminosae Emodin and sennosides A, B, C, and D
8 Semen cassiae Leguminosae Emodin, chrysophanol, rhein, and physcion
9 Astragalus propinquus Schischkin Leguminosae Aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol, and physcion
10 Polygonatum sibiricum Liliaceae Polygonaquinone
11 Ophiopogon japonicus Liliaceae Emodin and chrysophanol
12 Aloe vera Asphodelaceae Aloe-emodin and aloin
13 Tripterygium wilfordii Celastraceae 1,8-Dihydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl anthraquinone
14 Curcuma longa Zingiberaceae 2-Hydroxymethylhydrazine
15 Sargentodoxa cuneata Lardizabalaceae Chrysophanol