Fumaria parviflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common names fineleaf fumitory, fine-leaved fumitory[1] and Indian fumitory. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is common and widely distributed in many other parts of the world. It is sometimes weedy. The small flowers are dull white with purple tips. The fruit is a rounded nutlet with a central crest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Fumaria |
| Species: | F. parviflora
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Fumaria parviflora was found to have numerous alkaloidal chemical constituents. The major alkaloids isolated from Fumaria parviflora were protopine and adlumidiceine, whereas the minor alkaloids isolated from Fumaria parviflora were parfumine, fumariline, dihydrofumariline, cryptopine, (-)-stylopine, 8-oxocoptisine, sanguinarine, and oxysanguinarine.[2]
References edit
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Popova, M.; Šimánek, V.; Dolejš, L.; Smysl, B.; Preininger, V. (1982). "Alkaloids from Fumaria parvifloraandF. Kralikii". Planta Medica. 45 (6): 120–122. doi:10.1055/s-2007-971259. PMID 17396798.
External links edit
Media related to Fumaria parviflora at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment
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