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| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Carpesium divaricatum Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Synonyms | Canyzodes divaricatum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kuntze; Carpesium atkinsonianum Hemsley; Carpesium divaricatum var. pygmaea Miquel; Carpesium erythrolepis H. Léveillé |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) gan-kubi sou (ガンクビソウ, 雁首草 [meaning: tobacco pipe head weed]), ki-bana gan-kubi sou (キバナガンクビソウ, 黄花雁首草 [meaning: yellow flower tobacco pipe head weed]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Habitat | Forest, forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
| Description | Plants electing 30-150cm tall. Leaves 7-20cm long. Flowers involucres 5-6mm long, 6-8mm wide, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Carpesium divaricatum Siebold & Zucc. |
| Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. & Zucc. | |
| Sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium divaricatum | |
| Antiplasmodial activity of isolated compounds from Carpesium divaricatum | |
| Suppression by a sesquiterpene lactone from Carpesium divaricatum of inducible nitric oxide synthase by inhibiting nuclear factor-κB | |
| Thymol derivatives having anti-tumor activity, and anti-cancer agent comprising the same (US Patent 6255517/2001) | |
| Compositions and methods of treatment comprising plant extracts (WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/112819) |
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| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
