About Callerya nitida (Benth.) R.Geesink
Callerya nitida (Benth.) R.Geesink is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to south-central and southeast mainland China, as well as Hainan and Taiwan. George Bentham first described this species in 1842 under the scientific name Millettia nitida. This plant produces a wide range of chemical compounds. Ten of these compounds—genistein-8-C-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, calycosin, isoliquiritigenin, formononetin, gliricidin, 8-O-methylretusin, dihydrokaempferol, biochanin, afromosin, and hirsutissimiside F—interact with thrombin. Fourteen other compounds produced by the plant—sphaerobioside, formononetin-7-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, genistein-5-methylether-7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, retusin-7,8-O-β-D-diglucopyranoside, symplocoside, ononin, genistin, afromosin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, lanceolarin, liquiritigenin, 7,2-dihydroxy,4-methoxyisoflavan, and a second instance of sphaerobioside—do not bind to thrombin.
