The effect of squash domestication on a belowground tritrophic interaction
Plant-Environment Interactions, 2022 The domestication of plants has commonly resulted in the loss of plant defense metabolites, with important consequences for the plants' interactions with herbivores and their natural enemies.
Charlyne Jaccard +6 more
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Herbivory reduces plant interactions with above- and belowground antagonists and mutualists. [PDF]
, 2012 Herbivores affect plants through direct effects, such as tissue damage, and through indirect effects that alter species interactions. Interactions may be positive or negative, so indirect effects have the potential to enhance or lessen the net impacts of
Adler, L.S. +4 more
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Ciência Rural, 2008 Diabrotica speciosa (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) é uma importante praga polífaga na América Latina. Seu controle é realizado com inseticidas sintéticos, o que causa problemas ambientais.
Adriana Yatie Mikami +1 more
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Anticancer effects of SH003 and its active component Cucurbitacin D on oral cancer cell lines via modulation of EMT and cell viability. [PDF]
Oncol ResOral cancer remains a significant global health challenge, as it has high morbidity and mortality rates. Current treatments show limited efficacy and have severe side effects, prompting searches for new therapeutic agents. SH003, a traditional herbal formulation comprising Astragalus membranaceus, Angelica gigas, and Trichosanthes kirilowii, has ...
Choi HS, Ku JK, Ko SG, Yun PY.
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Grayanotoxin I Intoxication in Pet Pigs [PDF]
, 2018 Contaminated honey is a common cause of grayanotoxin intoxication in humans. Intoxication of animals, especially cattle, is usually due to ingestion of plants of the Ericaceae family, such as Rhododendron. Here, we report the ingestion of Pieris japonica
Köster, Nils +5 more
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Relationship between triterpenoid anticancer drug resistance, autophagy, and caspase-1 in adult T-cell leukemia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 We previously reported that the inflammasome inhibitor cucurbitacin D (CuD) induces apoptosis in human leukemia cell lines. Here, we investigated the effects of CuD and a B-cell lymphoma extra-large (Bcl-xL) inhibitor on autophagy in peripheral blood ...
Tsukasa Nakanishi +7 more
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Cucurbitacin E has neuroprotective properties and autophagic modulating activities on dopaminergic neurons [PDF]
, 2014 Natural molecules are under intensive study for their potential as preventive and/or adjuvant therapies for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Arel-Dubeau, Anne-Marie +8 more
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Migrastatics—anti-Metastatic and Anti-invasion Drugs:Promises and Challenges [PDF]
, 2017 In solid cancers, invasion and metastasis account for more than 90% of mortality. However, in the current armory of anticancer therapies, a specific category of anti-invasion and antimetastatic drugs is missing.
Gandalovičová, Aneta +9 more
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Anti-Cancer Effect of Sesquiterpene and Triterpenoids from Agarwood of Aquilaria sinensis
Molecules, 2022 Two new guaiane sesquiterpenes, aquisinenoids A and B (1 and 2), two new eudesmane-type sesquiterpenoids, aquisinenoids C and D (3 and 4), one new cucurbitacin, aquisinenoid E (5), and five known cucurbitacins (6–10) were isolated from agarwood of ...
Lili Chen +4 more
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018 Background Cucumis prophetarum var. prophetarum is used in Saudi folk medicine for treating liver disorders and grows widely between Abha and Khamis Mushait City, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrhman Alsayari +5 more
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