Balanophora japonica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Balanophoraceae |
| Genus: | Balanophora |
| Species: | B. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Balanophora japonica Makino 1902
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Balanophora japonica (Japanese:ツチトリモチ; Chinese:日本蛇菰) is a species of flowering plant species in the family Balanophoraceae.[1][2]. It is endemic to Japan.
Balanophonin is a neo-lignan that can be found in B. japonica.[3] It also contains ellagitannins, lignan glycosides,[4] caffeoyl, coumaroyl, galloyl, hexahydroxydiphenoyl glucoses[5] and the hydrolyzable tannins balanophotannin D, E, F and G that contain an oxidized hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP) group.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Balanophora japonica Makino". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "Balanophora japonica Makino". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ Balanophonin, a new neo-lignan from Balanophora japonica Makino, Haruna Mitsumasa, Koube Tomoko, Ito Kazuo and Murata Hiroyuki, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 25-04-1982, 30(4), pages 1525-1527 (abstract)
- ^ Ellagitannins and lignan glycosides from Balanophora japonica (Balanophoraceae). Jiang ZH, Tanaka T, Iwata H, Sakamoto S, Hirose Y and Kouno I, Chem Pharm Bull, March 2005, volume 53, issue 3, pages 339-341, PMID 15744112
- ^ Caffeoyl, coumaroyl, galloyl, and hexahydroxydiphenoyl glucoses from Balanophora japonica. Jiang ZH, Hirose Y, Iwata H, Sakamoto S, Tanaka T and Kouno I, Chem Pharm Bull, July 2001, volume 49, issue 7, pages 887-892, PMID 11456097
- ^ Cytotoxic hydrolyzable tannins from Balanophora japonica. Zhi-Hong Jiang, Xiao-Yun Wen, Takashi Tanaka, Shao-Yu Wu, Zhongqiu Liu, Hiromi Iwata, Yoko Hirose, Shuguang Wu and Isao Kouno, Journal of Natural Products, 01-04-2008, PMID 18302336
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