The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Buxus megistophylla Levl. (Buxaceae Dumort.) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Buxus megistophylla Levl. is one of the most common green horticultural plants in the city presently. Here, we assembled and annotated the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of B. megistophylla.
Xiaoyan Yao +6 more
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The Alkaloid-Enriched Fraction of Pachysandra terminalis (Buxaceae) Shows Prominent Activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 In the course of our studies on antiprotozoal natural products and following our recent discovery that certain aminosteroids and aminocycloartanoid compounds from Holarrhena africana A. DC. (Apocynaceae) and Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae), respectively,
Dagmar Flittner +4 more
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Comparative genomic analysis reveals contraction of gene families with putative roles in pathogenesis in the fungal boxwood pathogens Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Boxwood blight disease caused by Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata is of ecological and economic significance in cultivated and native ecosystems worldwide.
Layne W. Rogers +4 more
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Leveraging off higher plant phylogenetic insights for antiplasmodial drug discovery [PDF]
Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2023 The antimalarial drug-resistance conundrum which threatens to reverse the great strides taken to curb the malaria scourge warrants an urgent need to find novel chemical scaffolds to serve as templates for the development of new antimalarial drugs. Plants
Phanankosi Moyo +7 more
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Characterization of the complete chloroplast genomes of two Pachysandra species in the family Buxaceae [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesPachysandra is a small genus with only three species. In the present study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of two species in Pachysandra was assembled and annotated using the data sequenced by the Illumina HiSeq 2500 Sequencing System.
Yimin Wang +4 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Buxus sinica var. parvifolia (Buxaceae) and its phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesBuxus sinica var. parvifolia is a shrub or small arbor of the Buxaceae family, rich in various medicinal alkaloids and of great horticultural value. In this study, we sequenced, assembled, and annotated the complete chloroplast genome of B.
Yue Yin, Tao Xiao, Yonghong Zhang
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Seasonal, Organ-, and Location-Dependent Variations in the Alkaloid Content of Pachysandra terminalis Investigated by Multivariate Data Analysis of LC-MS Profiles [PDF]
PlantsPachysandra terminalis (P. terminalis), a plant belonging to the Buxaceae family, is known as a great source of aminosteroid alkaloids. In a previous communication, we reported on the isolation of a variety of aminosteroids from P.
Lizanne Schäfer +2 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2013 La familia Buxaceae es reconocida en el Perú por presentar un género, Styloceras, y tres especies (Brako & Zarucchi, 1993; Ulloa Ulloa et al., 2004), todos arbustos. En este trabajo reconocemos un endemismo.
Blanca León
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Antiprotozoal Aminosteroids from Pachysandra terminalis [PDF]
MoleculesTrypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (Tbr) and Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) are protozoan parasites that cause severe diseases, namely, Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Malaria.
Lizanne Schäfer +4 more
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