CurculigoYousif, Ragheed Hussam, et al. "Exploring the Molecular Interactions between Neoculin and the Human Sweet Taste Receptors through Computational Approaches." Sains Malaysiana 49.3 (2020): 517-525. APA is a flowering plant genus in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1788. It is widespread across tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China Vol. 24 Page 271 仙茅属 xian mao shu Curculigo Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 63. 1788.
Curculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin, curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however, unlike miraculin, it also exhibits a sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin, water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as or ; English: 'weevil-wort'.
Species Plants of the World Online includes: Curculigo annamitica Gagnep. – Vietnam Curculigo breviscapa S.C.Chen – China (Guangxi, Guangdong) Curculigo capitulata Curculigo conoc Gagnep. – Vietnam Curculigo crassifolia Curculigo disticha Gagnep. – Vietnam Curculigo ensifolia R.Br. – Australia Curculigo erecta Lauterb. – Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Curculigo fabrei Curculigo fakimensis Curculigo gracilis Curculigo janarthanamii R.D. Gore & S.P.Gaikwad – IndiaGore & S.P.Gaikwad (2018) Phytotaxa 357(1): 72. Curculigo latifolia Curculigo maharashtrensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra Curculigo maheensis Curculigo oligantha Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. – China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Micronesia Curculigo pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. – tropical Africa, Madagascar Curculigo prainiana Curculigo racemosa Ridl. – Borneo Curculigo rhizophylla Curculigo sabui S.P. Gaikwad & Gore – IndiaS.P.Gaikwad & Gore (2019) Nordic J. Bot. 37(7)-e02340: 2. Curculigo savantwadiensis M.R.Almeida & S.Yadav – Maharashtra Curculigo scorzonerifolia (Lam.) Baker – southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America Curculigo seychellensis Bojer ex Baker – Seychelles Curculigo sinensis S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan) Curculigo tonkinensis Gagnep. – Vietnam Curculigo trichocarpa
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