| Family |
Oleaceae |
| Tribe |
Forsythieae |
| Scientific name |
Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl |
| Synonyms |
Ligustrum suspensum Thunberg; Forsythia fortunei Lindley; Forsythia suspensa
(Thunberg) Vahl forma pubescens Rehder; Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl
var. fortunei (Lindley) Rehder; Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl var.
latifolia Rehder; Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl var. sieboldii Zabel;
Rangium suspensum (Thunberg) Ohwi; Syringa suspensa (Thunberg) Thunberg
ex Murray |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) rengyo (レンギョウ, 連翹 [meaning: Japanese pronunciation
of Chinese common name]) |
| (English common name) forsythia, goldenbells, weeping forsythia, weeping goldenbells |
| Distribution |
(Japan) garden plants |
| (Other nations) China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=28 |
| Description |
Plants 2-3m tall. Leaves 4-8cm long. Flowers yellow corollas 2.5cm across,
flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference |
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl |
| Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl |
| Caractérisation cytologique du Forsythia (S.Boulay et A.Cadic) |
| Deodorant and filter using same, as well as method of producing the deodorant (US Patent 5240699/1993) |
| Antiviral agent containing crude drug (US Patent 5411733/1995) |
| Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (US Patent 5451514/1995) |
| Method for obtaining deodorant extract from tissue culture of plants in family oleaceae (US Patent 5380521/1995) |
| Skin care compositions containing a polycyclic triterpene carboxylic acid and a retinoid (US Patent 5723139/1998) |
| Antiviral and antimicrobial herbal complex (US Patent 5834000/1998) |
| Use of plant extracts for treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV infections (US Patent 5837257/1998) |
| Compositions with analgesic, antipyretic and antiinflammatory properties (US Patent 5908628/1999) |
| Compositions of matter useful in the treatment of viral infections derived from plant extracts (US Patent 5989556/1999) |
| Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (US Patent 6066780/2000) |
| Inhibition of abnormal accumulation of extra-cellular matrices (US Patent 6068845/2000) |
| Pharmaceutical compositions and method of using same (US Patent 6083921/2000) |
| Process for preparing an anti-viral medicinal product from plant extracts (US Patent 6214350/2001) |
| Essential oil composition (US Patent 6280751/2001) |
| Herbal chinese joint complex (US Patent 6350476/2002) |
| Skin care composition (US Patent 6440434/2002) |
| Combinations of diterpene triepoxide lactones and ditepene lactones or triterpenes for synergistic inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (US Patent 6629835/2003) |
| Composition comprising extracts of flos lonicerae, fructus forsythiae and radix scutellariae, uses and preparation thereof (US Patent 6787165/2005) |
| Transdermal delivery system for alkaloids of aconitum species (US Patent 6896898/2005) |
| Complex prescription of chinese medicine for the treatment of extensive cancer (US Patent 7005146/2006) |
| Chocolate composition as delivery system for nutrients and medications (US Patent 7048941/2006) |
| Herbicide-tolerant plants through bypassing metabolic pathway (US Patent 7304209/2007) |
| Composition for treatment of asthma (US Patent 7255884/2007) |
| Compositions that treat or inhibit pathological conditions associated with inflammatory response (US Patent 7270835/2007) |
