Zanthoxylum gilletii

Zanthoxylum gilletii, the East African satinwood, is a tree species in the genus Zanthoxylum found in Africa. The fruits are used to produce the spice uzazi.

Zanthoxylum gilletii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Zanthoxylum
Species:	Z. gilletii
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P.G.Waterman (1975)
Synonyms
Fagara amaniensis Engl. Fagara gilletii De Wild. Fagara inaequalis Engl. Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl. Fagara tessmannii Engl. Zanthoxylum macrophyllum Oliv.

Chemistry

The alkaloid nitidine can be isolated from the plant.^[2]

The amide alkaloids N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)octacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)hexacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)decanamide, N-vanilloyltyramine and N-[O-docosanoylvanilloyl]tyramine can be isolated from the stem bark.^[3] The lignan sesamin, the N-isobutylamide γ-sanshool, the acridone alkaloids 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylacridone, arborinine, xanthoxoline and 1-hydroxy-3-methoxyacridone can also be extracted from the bark^[4] as well as the alkaloids oblongine, tembetarine and magnoflorine and the flavonoid hesperidin.^[5]