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Belamcanda

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Noun1.Belamcanda - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
genus Belamcanda
liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
family Iridaceae, Iridaceae, iris family - large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Belamcanda chinensis, blackberry-lily, leopard lily - garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
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Experts at the University of Goettingen said that in laboratory tests, tectorigenin, obtained from roots of Belamcanda chinensis, stopped cancer cells growing and in animal tests it had slowed the spread of the cancer.
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The "Blackberry Lily," Belamcanda, is a cold hardy member of the iris family that blooms with clear yellow or burnt-orange flowers that are followed by showy, long-lasting blackberry-like seed clusters.
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Abstract Belamcanda chinensis (BC) belongs to the family of iridaceae and the isoflavone tectorigenin has been isolated from the rhizome of this plant.
Belamcanda chinensis and the thereof purified tectorigenin have ... by Seidlova-Wuttke, D.; Hesse, O.; Jarry, H.; Rimoldi, G.; Thelen, P.; Christoffel, V.; Wuttke, W. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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