Plumbagin or 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone is an organic compound with the chemical formula C
11H
8O
3. It is regarded as a toxin[1] and it is genotoxic[2] and mutagenic.[3]
Plumbagin is a yellow dye,[1] formally derived from naphthoquinone.
It is named after the plant genus Plumbago, from which it was originally isolated.[4] It is also commonly found in the carnivorous plant genera Drosera and Nepenthes.[5][6] It is also a component of the black walnut drupe.
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References
- ^ a b Black Walnut. Drugs.com.
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- ^ S B Farr; D O Natvig & T Kogoma (1985). "Toxicity and mutagenicity of plumbagin and the induction of a possible new DNA repair pathway in Escherichia coli". J Bacteriol. 164 (3): 1309–1316. doi:10.1128/JB.164.3.1309-1316.1985. PMC 219331. PMID 2933393.
- ^ van der Vijver; L. M. (1972). "Distribution of Plumbagin in the Plumbaginaceae". Phytochemistry. 11 (11): 3247–3248. Bibcode:1972PChem..11.3247V. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)86380-3.
- ^ Wang, W.; Luo, X.; Li, H. (2010). "Terahertz and Infrared Spectra of Plumbagin, Juglone, and Menadione". Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 39 (3): 82–88. doi:10.55360/cpn393.ww544.
- ^ Rischer, H.; Hamm, A.; Bringmann, G. (2002). "Nepenthes insignis Uses a C2-Portion of the Carbon Skeleton of L-Alanine Acquired via its Carnivorous Organs, to Build up the Allelochemical Plumbagin". Phytochemistry. 59 (6): 603–609. Bibcode:2002PChem..59..603R. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00003-1. PMID 11867092.