Hypericum mysorense

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Hypericum mysorense is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. It is primarily found at high elevations in the Western Ghats of India and the mountains of Sri Lanka, but was also reported from Socotra by Isaac Bayley Balfour in the 19th century. It was studied to improve understanding of endosperm formation in Hypericum, and the identification of a number of xanthone derivatives from this species contributed to the chemotaxonomic description of subfamily Hypericoideae.

Hypericum mysorense has been used to treat wounds as part of the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine. Some research into the possibility of antiherpetic properties in H. mysorense extracts has been performed.

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{{cite book |author=Balfour IB |title=Botany of Socotra |publisher=Robert Grant & Son |year=1888 |page=lxvii}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Gunatilaka AA, Balasubramaniam S, Kumar V |title=2,3-Dimethoxyxanthone from Hypericum mysorense |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=18 |issue=1 |year=1979 |pages=182–183 |doi=10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90946-4|bibcode=1979PChem..18..182G }}

{{cite journal |author1=Gunatilaka AAL |author2=De Silva AMYJ |author3=Sotheeswaran S. |title=Minor xanthones of Hypericum mysorense |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=21 |issue=7 |year=1982 |pages=1751–1753 |doi=10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85053-X|bibcode=1982PChem..21.1751L }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Khan MT, Ather A, Thompson KD, Gambari R |title=Extracts and molecules from medicinal plants against herpes simplex viruses |journal=Antiviral Research |volume=67 |issue=2 |year=2005 |pages=107–119 |doi=10.1016/j.antiviral.2005.05.002|pmid=16040137 }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Kumar B, Vijayakumar M, Govindarajan R, Pushpangadan P |title=Ethnopharmacological approaches to wound healing—Exploring medicinal plants of India |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |volume=114 |issue=2 |year=2007 |pages=103–113 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.010 |pmid=17884316}}

{{cite journal |author=Meher-Homji VM. |title=Phytogeography of the South Indian Hill Stations |journal=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club |volume=94 |issue=4 |year=1967 |pages=230–242 |doi=10.2307/2483901|jstor=2483901 }}

{{cite journal |author=Swamy BGL. |title=Endosperm in Hypericum mysorense Heyne |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=10 |issue=2 |year=1946 |pages=165–169|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a083127 }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Vijayan P, Raghu C, Ashok G, Dhanaraj SA, Suresh B |title=Antiviral activity of medicinal plants of Nilgiris |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research |volume=120 |issue=1 |year=2004 |pages=24–29 |pmid=15299228 |url=http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2004/0702.pdf}}

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mysorense

Category:Flora of Sri Lanka

Category:Plants described in 1831

Category:Flora of the Western Ghats