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Hypoxis hemerocallidea



Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: H. hemerocallidea
Binomial name
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Fisch.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Synonyms
  • Hypoxis rooperi

Hypoxis hemerocallidea (African star grass, African potato) is an medicinal plant native to South Africa in the Hypoxidaceae family. This plant is the best known member of this genus, and it has significantly inhibit metabolism of anti-HIV (AIDS virus).

References

  • Gillmer, M. & Symmonds, R. 1999. Seed collection and germination: Hypoxis hemerocallidea. Plantlife 21: 36, 37.
  • Mills E et al. Impact of African herbal medicines on antiretroviral metabolism. AIDS 19: 95 – 97, 2005.
 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hypoxis_hemerocallidea". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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