Ephedra frustillata
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Ephedra frustillata, the Patagonian ephedra, is a plant species in the genus Ephedra
found in Patagonia.
E. frustillata contains apigeninidin
, a 3-deoxyanthocyanidin.
Ephedra (genus)
Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales. Ephedra grows in dry climates over wide areas of the northern hemisphere, including southwestern North America, Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia, and, in the southern...
found in Patagonia.
E. frustillata contains apigeninidin
Apigeninidin
Apigeninidin is a chemical compound belonging to the 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and that can be found in the Patagonian plant Ephedra frustillata and in the soybean. Projects in Burkina Faso have been led in 1994 to use a red desoxy-3-anthocyanin pigment identified as apigenidin from Sorghum in the...
, a 3-deoxyanthocyanidin.