Veratrum album subsp. oxysepalum




Family Melanthiaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Tribe Melanthieae
Scientific name Veratrum album L. subsp. oxysepalum (Turczaninow) Hultén
Synonyms Veratrum album L. var. grandiflorum Maximovicz ex Miquel; Veratrum album L. var. grandiflorum Maximovicz ex Baker; Veratrum album L. var. oxysepalum (Turczaninow) Miyabe & Kudô; Veratrum bracteatum Batalin var. tibeticum Loesener; Veratrum grandiflorum (Maximovicz ex Baker) O. Loesener; Veratrum lobelianum Bernhardi var. asiaticum O. Loesener; Veratrum oxysepalum Turczaninow; Veratrum patulum O. Loesener; Veratrum puberulum O. Loesener; Veratrum sikokianum Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) baikei-sou (バイケイソウ, 梅蕙草 [meaning: plum flower and hemp-palm leaf weed])
(English common name) white false hellebore
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, USA (Alaska)
Habitat (Hokkaido) forest; (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) mountane wet forest
Chromosomal number 2n=32, 64
Description Plants electing 60-150cm tall. Leaves 15-30cm long. Flowers green, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Veratrum album var. oxysepalum (Turczaninow) Miyabe & Kudô
Veratrum grandiflorum (Maximowicz ex Baker) Loesener
Veratrum grandiflorum (Maxim. ex Baker) Loes.
Development of microsatellite markers in a large perennial herb, Veratrum album ssp. oxysepalum
Structure of a New Ester-Alkaloid from Veratrum grandiflorum (MAXIM.) LOESENER fil. : Alkaloids of Japanese Veratrum Genus Plants. IV.
Recovery and/or purification of protoveratrine from veratrum album (US Patent 2720520/1955)
Process for obtaining a germine adduct from germine values (US Patent /1974)
Wart treatment (US Patent 5006338/1991)
Drug delivery neural stimulation device for treatment of cardiovascular disorders (US Patent 6178349/2001)
Drugs, foods and oral compositions containing stilbene-type compounds (US Patent 7163961/2007)
Use of steroidal alkaloids to reverse multidrug resistance (WIPO Patent WO/2001/049279)
Composition for skin whitening (WIPO Patent WO/2003/057183)



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June 2008
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June 2008
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