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Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Medicago sativa L. Infected by Cuscuta sp. [PDF]
LifeThis study aims to elucidate the physiological and biochemical alterations induced by parasitic Cuscuta sp. (dodder) in lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), a key forage crop.
Hümeyra Ayvacı +2 more
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Evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro safety profile of Cuscuta epithymum ethanolic extract [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2021 Objective: Cuscuta epithymum (CE) is one of the most popular medicinal plants in the world. However, detailed information about its toxicity is not available.
Mohammad Reza Abedini +5 more
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New records of Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) in Central-West Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2020 The genus Cuscuta L. (Convolvulaceae) are holoparasitic plants with cosmopolitan distributions, and they are usually difficult to identify. Based on several new field collections, we present three new floristic records from this genus in Central-West ...
Carol De Moura Costa +6 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Background and Objective: Many biological activities and pharmacological usages have been revealed for the Cuscuta species. The present study aimed to assess the beneficial effects of Cuscuta on removing skin dark spots in healthy individuals, which is ...
Masoumeh Roohaninasab +6 more
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Tissue adhesion between distant plant species in parasitism and grafting
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2021 Plant grafting is generally performed between closely related species. Recently, we have discovered that Nicotiana species of Solanaceae show the ability to graft with distantly related plant species beyond the family.
Koji Okayasu +3 more
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Turczaninowia, 2021 Numerous narrow xylem tracheary elements (tracheids and vessels) are present in liana stems, along with a few wide vessels that perform the main water-conducting function.
Евгения Вячеславовна Горемыкина +3 more
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The genus Cuscuta (Convolvolaceac): An updated review on indigenous uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2019 Cuscuta, commonly known as dodder, is a genus of family convolvolaceace. Approximately 170 species of Cuscuta are extensively distributed in temperate and subtropical areas of the world.
Shazia Noureen +4 more
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Agriculture, 2022 Cuscuta campestris is a parasitic weed species with noxious effects in broadleaf crops worldwide. The control of Cuscuta in the majority of crops affected is limited or non-existing. We tested, for the first time, the effect of eighteen metabolites in in
Antonio Moreno-Robles +7 more
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Dodder (Cuscuta sp.) Extract Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis in Bile Duct-Ligated Rats
European Journal of Biology, 2022 Objective: The aim is to examine the possible protective effect of Cuscuta sp. extract against liver damage induced by biliary obstruction in rats.
Ömercan Albayrak +8 more
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Cytotaxonomic studies in the Iberian species of the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2002 Cuscuta is a genus of parasitic plants with great diversity in size, number and type of chromosomes. All the species included in Cuscuta subgenus Cuscuta are characterized by the holocentric chromosomes whereas they are monocentric in the species of ...
Miguel Ángel García +1 more
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