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Genome survey sequencing for the characterization of genetic background of Dracaena cambodiana and its defense response during dragon's blood formation.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Dragon's blood collected from the genus Dracaena is used as a renowned traditional medicine in various cultures worldwide. However, the genetics of the genus Dracaena and the formation mechanism of dragon's blood remain poorly understood.
Xupo Ding, Wenli Mei, Shengzhuo Huang, Hui Wang, Jiahong Zhu, Wei Hu, Zehong Ding, Weiwei Tie, Shiqing Peng, Haofu Dai   +9 more
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A Systematic Review of the Botanical, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Profile of Dracaena cochinchinensis, a Plant Source of the Ethnomedicine “Dragon’s Blood”

Molecules, 2014
“Dragon’s blood” is the name given to a deep red resin obtained from a variety of plant sources. The resin extracted from stems of Dracaena cochinchinensis is one such source of “dragon’s blood”. It has a reputation for facilitating blood circulation and
Jia-Yi Fan, Tao Yi, Chui-Mei Sze-To, Lin Zhu, Wan-Ling Peng, Ya-Zhou Zhang, Zhong-Zhen Zhao, Hu-Biao Chen   +7 more
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Dragon’s Blood Inhibits Chronic Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain Responses by Blocking the Synthesis and Release of Substance P in Rats

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012
As a traditional Chinese medicine, dragon’s blood (DB) is widely used in treating various pains for thousands of years due to its potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
Yu-Sang Li, Jun-Xian Wang, Mei-Mei Jia, Min Liu, Xiao-Jun Li, He-Bin Tang   +5 more
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Three New Biflavonoids from Chinese Dragon's Blood,

Natural Product Communications, 2012
Three new biflavonoids, named (2 R γ S )-3′-methoxy-8-methylsocotrin-4′-ol ( 1 ), (2 S γ R )-3′-methoxy-8-methylsocotrin-4′-ol ( 2 ), and (2 R γ R )-8-methylsocotrin-4′-ol ( 3 ), were isolated from Chinese Dragon's blood [Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.)
Jing Guan, Shun-Xing Guo
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'Mountains, rivers, and the whole earth' : Koan interpretations of female zen practitioners [PDF]

, 2018
Though recent years have seen a critical reappraisal of Buddhist texts from the angle of performance and gender studies, examinations of Zen Buddhist encounter dialogues (better known under their edited form as “koan”) within this framework are rare.
Van Overmeire, Ben
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New Homoisoflavanes, a New Alkaloid and Spirostane Steroids from the Roots of Herreria montevidensis Klotzsch ex Griseb. (Herreriaceae)

Molecules, 2016
The roots of the South American vine Herreria montevidensis Klotzsch ex Griseb. (Herreriaceae) are used in traditional medicine by several Amerindian groups of the Paraguayan Chaco.
María Dutra-Behrens, Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann   +1 more
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Pharmacological effects of dragon’s blood from Dranaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C. Chen and its application in cardiovascular diseases

Medicine in Drug Discovery
Dragon’s blood (Resina Draconis) is the red resin of Dracaena spp, which has a variety of biological activities and pharmacological effects, including anti-thrombotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, analgesic, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor, and ...
Hui-juan Zhang, Kai-xuan Lin, Li-dan Fu, Francis Chanda, Abdallah Iddy Chaurembo, Jian-yuan Huang, Yun-jing Xu, Chi Shu, Ke Yang, Na Xing, Wei-bo Dai, Han-bin Lin   +11 more
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“Falling into the sky”: gravity and levity in Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon [PDF]

, 2020
My argument follows geographer Gunnar Olsson when he asks “What is geography if it is not the drawing and interpreting of a line? And what is the drawing of a line if it is not also the creation of new objects?” Using Thomas Pynchon’s 1997 novel Mason ...
Adorno T., Adorno T., Certeau M. de, Critchley S., Deleuze G., Doug Haynes, Fanon F., Farinelli F., Foucault M., Foucault M., Freud S., Freud S., García-Caro P., Jarvis B., Lefebvre H., Marx K., Olsson G., Pickles J., Pratt M. L., Pynchon T., Pynchon T., Pynchon T., Seed D., Soja E. W., Thomas S., Vološinov V. N., Žižek S.   +26 more
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Longxuetongluo Capsule Improves Erythrocyte Function against Lipid Peroxidation and Abnormal Hemorheological Parameters in High Fat Diet-Induced ApoE−/−Mice [PDF]

, 2015
Chinese dragon’s blood, the red resin ofDracaena cochinchinensis, one of the renowned traditional medicines, has been used to facilitate blood circulation and disperse blood stasis for thousands of years.
Binglin Liu, Jiao Zheng, Jun Li, Pengfei Tu, Qixing Lun, Wei Xiao, Weijuan Yao, Wenzhe Huang, Yonghua Wang, Yunfang Zhao   +9 more
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We are what we eat: food in the process of community formation and identity shaping among African traders in Guangzhou and Yiwu [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper we analyze two African communities in Guangzhou and Yiwu, China, arguing that among Guangzhou Africans on the one hand, Black Africans, particularly West Africans, have a tighter community and interact more with each other than Black ...
Bodomo, A, Ma, E
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