| Caragana sinica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Caragana |
| Section: | Frutescentes |
| Species: | C. sinica |
| Binomial name | |
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Caragana sinica (Buc'hoz) Rehder |
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Caragana sinica (Chinese 金鵲根 : Jīn què-gēn) is a species belonging to the genus Caragana.
Caragana sinica is known to produce the stilbenoid trimers α-viniferin, showing acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity, and miyabenol C, a protein kinase C inhibitor and two stilbene tetramers kobophenol A, and carasinol B.