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. 2023 Feb 4;12(4):694. doi: 10.3390/plants12040694

Table 1.

Xanthones in Plants.

Plants Xanthone Organ/Tissue References
Acanthaceae Oxygenated xanthones Root
Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.)Nees [34,35]
Anacardiaceae Xanthone glycosides Fruit peel
Mangifera indica L. [36,37]
Annonaceae Oxygenated xanthones
Prenylated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Fruit, resin, leaf, heartwood
Anaxagorea luzonensis A.Gray [38]
Orophea corymbosa Miq. [39]
Asparagaceae Xanthone glycosides, oxygenated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Rootstock, apical part, bulb, tuber
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge [40,41,42]
Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton [43]
Ledebouria graminifolia (Baker) Jessop [44]
Asteraceae Oxygenated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Leaf
Senecio mikanioides Otto ex Harv. [45]
Bignoniaceae Xanthone glycosides Apical part
Arrabidaea samydoides (Cham.) Sandwith [46]
Bombacaceae Xanthone glycosides Leaf, flower
Bombax ceiba L. [47,48]
B. malabaricum DC. [49]
Bonnetiaceae Xanthone glycosides Apical part
Bonnetia dinizii Huber [50]
Calophyllaceae
Calophyllum apetalum Willd.
Oxygenated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Heartwood stem bark, seed, root, wood [51]
C. austroindicum Kosterm. ex P.F.Stevens [52]
C. bracteatum Thwaites [53]
C. brasiliense Vesque [53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60]
C. calaba L. [53,61]
C. canum Hook.f. ex T.Anderson [62]
C. caledonicum Vieill. ex Planch. & Triana [63,64,65,66,67]
C. castaneum P.F.Stevens [9]
C. fragrans Ridl. [68]
C. inophyllum L. [69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78]
C. moonii Wight [79]
C. neo-ebudicum Guillaumin [80]
C. ramiflorum O.Schwarz [81]
C. sclerophyllum Vesque [82]
C. scriblitifolium M.R.Hend. & Wyatt-Sm. [83]
C. tetrapterum Miq. [84]
C. tomentosum Wight [85,86]
C. zeylanicum Kosterm. [87]
Caraipa densiflora Kubitzki [88,89]
Haploclathra leiantha Benth. [90,91]
H. paniculata Benth. [92,93]
Kielmeyera coriacea Mart. & Zucc. [88]
K. ferruginea A.P.B.Santos & Trad [94]
K. rupestris Duarte [95,96,97]
K. speciosa A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess. [98]
K. variabilis Mart. & Zucc. [99]
Mesua ferrea L. [78,100]
Cannabaceae Bisxanthones Bark
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume [101]
Caryophyllaceae Oxygenated xanthones Apical part
Saponaria vaccaria L. [102,103]
Celastraceae Xanthone glycoside Root
Salacia reticulata Wight [104]
Clusiaceae Prenylated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Bisxanthones
Oxygenated xanthones
Heartwood, stem bark, fruit, seeds, leaf, root
Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. [105,106]
A. monticola Mildbr. ex Engl. [107,108]
Garcinia cowa Roxb. [109,110]
G. echinocarpa Thwaites [111]
G. forbesii King [112]
G. mangostana L. [113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123]
G. nobilis Engl. [124]
G. opaca King [125]
G. ovalifolia Oliv. [126]
G. paucinervis Chun & F.C.How [117]
G. pedunculata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. [127]
G. quadrifaria Baill. ex Pierre [128]
G. staudtii Engl. [128]
G. terpnophylla Thwaites [113]
G. vieillardii Pierre [129]
G. xanthochymus Hook.f. [130]
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine [131]
Symphonia globulifera L.f. [132,133]
Eriocaulaceae Oxygenated xanthones Apical part
Leiothrix curvifolia (Bong.) Ruhland [134]
L. flavescens (Bong.) Ruhland [134]
Fabaceae Xanthone glycosides
Prenylated xanthones
Shoot
Baphia kirkii Baker [135]
Cyclopia genistoides (L.) R.Br. [136]
C. intermedia E.Mey. [136]
C. maculata (Andrews) Kies [136]
C. sessiliflora Eckl. & Zeyh. [136]
Gentianaceae Oxygenated xanthones
Xanthone glycosides
Seed, root, leaf, rhizome
Canscora decussata Schult. [78]
Centaurium erythraea Raf. [137,138,139]
C. cachanlahuen B.L.Rob. [140]
C. linarifolium (Lamark) G. Beck
Frasera caroliniensis Walter
[78,141]
[142]
Gentiana acaulis L. [143]
G. lutea L.
G. rhodantha Franch.
[144,145,146]
[147]
Gentianella turkestanorum (Gand.) Holub
Hoppea fastigiata Griseb.
[148]
[149]
Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [150,151]
S. mileensis T.N.Ho & W.L.Shih [152]
S. punicea Hemsl. [153,154]
S. purpurascens Wall. [155]
S. randaiensis Hayata [156]
S. japonica Makino [156]
S. swertopsis Makino [156]
S. davidii Franch. [154,157]
Hypericaceae Prenylated
xanthones
Oxygenated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Miscellaneous xanthones
Fruit, stem bark, root, leaf
Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume [158,159]
C. formosum (Jack) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Dyer [117,159,160]
C. pruniflorum Kurz [161]
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir. [71]
Hypericum androsaemum L. [162]
H. canariensis L. [163]
H. geminiflorum Hemsl.
H. japonicum Thunb
[164]
[165]
H. maculatum Crantz [166]
H. oblongifolium Choisy
H. patulum Thunb.
[167]
[168,169,170,171]
H. perforatum L. [13,172]
H. reflexum L.f. [173]
H. riparium A.Chev. [174]
H. roeperianum G.W.Schimp. ex A.Rich.
H. sampsonii Hance
[175]
[176,177,178]
H. subalatum Hayata [179]
Psorospermum adamauense Engl.
Vismia guaramirangae Huber
[180]
[181]
Iridaceae Xanthone glycosides Apical part
Iris adriatica Trinajstić ex Mitić [182]
I. albicans Lange [183]
I. florentina L. [184]
I. germanica L. [185]
I. nigricans Dinsm. [186]
Lamiaceae Oxygenated xanthones Roots
Premna microphylla Turcz. [187]
Lecythidaceae Oxygenated xanthones Wood, bark
Gustavia hexapetala (Aubl.) Sm. [188]
Moraceae Oxygenated xanthones
Prenylated xanthones
Xantholignoids
Xanthone glycoside
Root, twig, bark
Cudrania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Yakuro Kudo & Masam.
Monnina obtusifolia Kunth
Tovomita brasiliensis Mart.
[189]
[78,117]
[190]
Nyssaceae Oxygenated xanthones Flower, fruit, stem, leaf
Camptotheca acuminata Decne. [191]
Poaceae Xantholignoids Apical part
Chionochloa flavicans Zotov [192]
Polygalaceae
Polygala caudata Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Oxygenated xanthones Root [193]
P. sibirica L. [194]
P. tenuifolia Willd. [195]
P. vulgaris L. [196]
Polypodiaceae Xanthone glycoside Whole plant
Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) Ching [154]
Rubiaceae Xanthone glycoside Leaf
Coffea pseudozanguebariae Bridson [32,197]
Thymeleaceae Xanthone glycoside Leaf, stem
Gnidia involucrata Steud. ex A.Rich. [198]
Zingiberaceae Prenylated xanthones Rhizome
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl. [199]