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triterpenoid saponins
LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA
LINNAEUS
Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales Family: Myrsinaceae
Common name: Golden creeping fenny, money wort
Distribution: Europe, North America
Habitat: Sides of streams, marshes, ponds
Description: This is a low, creeping, submersed or immersed, golden color
plant that forms evergreen ground cover with rounded, ovate, and yellow
leaves. Many cup-shaped bright yellow lowers are present.
Compounds and activities: The cytotoxic bioactive compounds isolated from
this species include ursane-type triterpenoid saponins, viz., clethroidosides
