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Plants of the Amaryllidaceae family are promising therapeutic tools for human diseases and have been used as alternative medicines. The specific secondary metabolites of this plant family, called Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AA), have attracted considerable
Darja Koutová +6 more
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Comparative karyotype studies in species of Miltinea Ravenna, Phycella Lindl. and Rhodophiala C. Presl (Amaryllidaceae) from Chile [PDF]
La familia Amaryllidaceae se encuentra distribuida en diversas regiones de Chile y Sudamérica. De los 11 géneros reconocidos por Ravenna, al menos tres de ellos presentan un reconocido potencial ornamental: Miltinea Ravenna, endémico de Chile y ...
Almendras, Felipe +3 more
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Fil: Rodriguez Mata, Orlando Abrahan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical.
Daviña, Julio Rubén +6 more
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This literature‐based method estimates human appreciation of flower colours on target grasslands. Step 1: search literature sources (floristic surveys, national floras, web datasets and preference studies). Step 2: flower trait extraction (flower colour and area, flowering period and human colour appreciation scale).
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Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa [PDF]
We present Red List assessments of threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. We evaluated the status of taxa using categories and criteria adopted by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in ...
Dold, A P, Victor, A E
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Narcissus tazetta L., a bulbous plant belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, contains alkaloid galantamine (GAL) with acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity which has been recently considered to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Majid Rahimi Khonakdari +3 more
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Seasonal variation in wild pig (Sus scrofa) diet revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Using DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, we investigated the diet of wild pigs at an extensive bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem within Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arkansas. We found that wild pig diet was highly diverse and included at least 74 plant families and 106 genera and 23 species of vertebrates.
Kenneth C. Wilson +3 more
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Cytotoxicity Studies of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
The plant family Amaryllidaceae is recognizable for its esthetic floral characteristics, its widespread usage in traditional medicine as well as its unique alkaloid principles.
Jerald J. Nair +2 more
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Disassortative mating prevails in style-dimorphic Narcissus papyraceus despite low reciprocity and compatibility of morphs [PDF]
Evolution to reduce inbreeding can favor disassortative (inter-morph) over assortative (intramorph) mating in hermaphroditic sexually polymorphic plant species.
Arroyo, Juan +2 more
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GC/MS Analysis of Three Amaryllidaceae Species and Their Cholinesterase Activity
Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by the death of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex, is the most common subtype of dementia. Despite the exponential growth in the number of AD patients, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are currently used to ...
Lucie Cahlíková +4 more
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