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Zornia latifolia: a smart drug being adulterated by Stylosanthes guianensis

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Legal Medicine, January 2018
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Title
Zornia latifolia: a smart drug being adulterated by Stylosanthes guianensis
Published in
International Journal of Legal Medicine, January 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00414-018-1774-z
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Authors

L. Cornara, A. P. Fortuna-Perez, I. Bruni, A. Salis, G. Damonte, B. Borghesi, M. Clericuzio

Abstract

Dried herbal preparations, based on "Zornia latifolia," are commonly sold on web, mainly for their supposed hallucinogenic properties. In this work, we demonstrate that these commercial products contain a different Fabacea, i.e., Stylosanthes guianensis, a cheaper plant, widely cultivated in tropical regions as a fodder legume. We were provided with plant samples of true Zornia latifolia from Brazil, and carried out a thorough comparison of the two species. The assignment of commercial samples was performed by means of micro-morphological analysis, DNA barcoding, and partial phytochemical investigation. We observed that Z. latifolia contains large amounts of flavonoid di-glycosides derived from luteolin, apigenin, and genistein, while in S. guianensis lesser amounts of flavonoids, mainly derived from quercetin, were found. It is likely that the spasmolytic and anxiolytic properties of Z. latifolia, as reported in traditional medicine, derive from its contents in apigenin and/or genistein.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 15 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 13%
Student > Master 2 13%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 13%
Unknown 6 40%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 April 2022.
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#7,297,348
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#366
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#149,782
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Legal Medicine
#11
of 57 outputs
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