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
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A Diagnostic Guide for Volutella Blight Affecting Buxaceae [PDF]
Plant Health Progress, 2021 Volutella blight is a common disease of species in the plant family Buxaceae, specifically boxwood, pachysandra, and sarcococca. Even though the disease has been consistently found over the past 150 years in all continents except for Antarctica, there are numerous complications in its etiology, signs and symptoms, and taxonomy, morphology, isolation ...
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Reproductive structures and systematics of Buxaceae [PDF]
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002 Buxaceae belong to a grade of families near the base of eudicots. Flowers of these families are characterized by a variable number and arrangement of floral organs. In this study, the anthetic structure of the gynoecium and androecium of representatives of all genera of Buxaceae were comparatively studied, and observations on the flowering processes ...
MARIA VON BALTHAZAR, PETER K. ENDRESS
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<i>Buxus natalensis</i> (Oliv.) Hutch (Buxaceae) Exhibits Its Anticancer Potential by Stimulating ROS Production and Caspase-p53-BCL-2-Dependent Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Prostate Cancer Cell Lines. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciBuxus natalensis is recognized as a rich source of triterpenoidal alkaloids that are known to be effective in fighting different cancer types. Nevertheless, to date, no anticancer potential of B. natalensis extract has been yet described.
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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.
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Enhancing Urban and Suburban Green Spaces: Dendrological Diversity and Climate Adaptation. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournalThis study presents the first integrated, multicity assessment of urban green infrastructure in Armenia, focusing on three major cities, Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor, that represent contrasting climatic conditions. The study combines an analysis of the present climatic conditions and green‐space structure with a long‐term assessment of dendrological ...
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Seasonal and Organ-Specific Variations of Alkaloids in Buxus obtusifolia (Mildbr.) Hutch: A Multivariate LC/MS Study [PDF]
PlantsBuxus obtusifolia (Mildbr.) Hutch is an evergreen shrub endemic to East Africa and is traditionally used to treat chest ailments. Our recent investigation on the dichloromethane leaf extract of this species yielded several aminosteroid alkaloids, some of
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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.
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Not out of the box: phylogeny of the broadly sampled Buxaceae [PDF]
, 2020 Abstract The Buxaceae constitute a morphologically diverse phylogenetic lineage of six genera, which includes about 140 species. The most well-known genera are Buxus , Sarcococca , and Pachysandra.
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