Viola arvensis

Viola arvensis
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Faimily:	Violaceae
Subfaimily:	Violoideae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. arvensis
Binomial name
Viola arvensis Murray

Viola arvensis is a speshies o viole kent bi the common name field pansy. It is native tae Europe, wastren Asie, an North Africae, an it is kent on ether continents as an introduced species an a weed o disturbed an cultivatit auries.

Viola arvensis wis shown tae contain cyclotides, a class o peptides foond in plants. The peptide cycloviolacin O2 in particular haes shown tae possess cytotoxic activity against human cancer cells an is therefore leuked at as a potential drug lead.^[1]