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Identification and comparison of anti-inflammatory ingredients from different organs of Lotus nelumbo by UPLC/Q-TOF and PCA coupled with a NF-κB reporter gene assay. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Lotus nelumbo (LN) (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an aquatic crop that is widely distributed throughout Asia and India, and various parts of this plant are edible and medicinal.
Mengge Zhou, Min Jiang, Xuhui Ying, Qingxin Cui, Yanqi Han, Yuanyuan Hou, Jie Gao, Gang Bai, Guoan Luo   +8 more
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu, Pei‐yan Wang, Ya‐nan Li, Nan Hu, Yun‐yuan Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic and controlled stretching of macroscopic crystalline membranes towards unprecedented levels

Materials Today Advances
Imposing and controlling strain in materials such as semiconductors or ferroelectrics is a promising way to obtain new or enhance existing properties.
T.U. Schülli, E Dollekamp, Z Ismaili, N. Nawaz, T. Januel, T. Billo, P. Brumund, H. Djazouli, S.J. Leake, M. Jankowski, V. Reita, M. Rodriguez, L. André, A. Aliane, Y.M. Le Vaillant   +14 more
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Soluble and insoluble-bound phenolics and antioxidant activity of various industrial plant wastes [PDF]

, 2019
The potential of selected industrial food wastes from juice and nut production including apple peel, apple pomace, pomegranate peel, pomegranate seed, chestnut shell, and black carrot pomace as resources for natural antioxidants was investigated. Soluble
Gulsunoglu, Zehra, Karbancioglu-Guler, Funda, Kilic-Akyilmaz, Meral, Raes, Katleen   +3 more
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Comparison of Conventional, Rake, and Sonar‐Based Biophysical Habitat Measurements in a Shallow Ontario River

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Knowledge of habitat availability is critically important for the management and recovery of freshwater species. Quantifying habitat availability often requires fine‐scale sampling at point‐based locations across a large geographic extent, which can be laboursome.
Karl A. Lamothe, Jason Barnucz, D. Andrew R. Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing genomic and molecular biology resources for genetic improvement of lotus: current achievements and future directions

Horticulture Advances
Lotus, an economically significant aquatic crop within the genus Nelumbo (family Nelumbonaceae), includes the two extant species Nelumbo nucifera and Nelumbo lutea.
Heng Sun, Jia Xin, Heyun Song, Lin Chen, Dong Yang, Hui Yang, Xianbao Deng, Juan Liu, Rui Cui, Yanyan Su, Gangqiang Dong, Mei Yang   +11 more
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Phosphodiesterase 5 and Arginase Inhibitory Activities of the Extracts from Some Members of Nelumbonaceae and Nymphaeaceae Families

Molecules, 2023
The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the effect of extracts from some plants in the families Nelumbonaceae and Nymphaeaceae on phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) and arginase, which have been used in erectile dysfunction treatment, and (2) to ...
Teerapap Panklai, Nungruthai Suphrom, Prapapan Temkitthawon, Perle Totoson, Krongkarn Chootip, Xiao-Liang Yang, Hui-Ming Ge, Zhu-Jun Yao, Nattiya Chaichamnong, Kornkanok Ingkaninan, Corine Girard   +10 more
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Complete chloroplast genome of Macadamia integrifolia confirms the position of the Gondwanan early-diverging eudicot family Proteaceae [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Sequence data from the chloroplast genome have played a central role in elucidating the evolutionary history of flowering plants, Angiospermae.
Abdul Baten, Catherine J Nock, Graham J King   +2 more
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Structural Elucidation and Engineering of the (S)‐scoulerine 2‐O‐Methyltransferase Enabling Regioselective Epiberberine Biosynthesis in Coptis chinensis

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Protoberberine alkaloids are a characteristic group of natural products in Coptis plants known for their notable pharmacological activities. However, the structural similarity and the substrate promiscuity of their biosynthetic enzymes have left the precise synthetic pathways remain unclarified, posing challenges to regulate product formation.
Jun Song, Di Liu, Shi Chen, Yufeng Tan, Siyu Wang, Shihan Li, Yutong Qin, Guofeng Li, Xufang Tian, Lan Yang, Chong Yuan, Junbo Gou, Wei Huang, Shilin Chen, Yifei Liu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of the Alkaloid Nuciferine. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
RATIONALE:The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) contains many phytochemicals and has a history of human use. To determine which compounds may be responsible for reported psychotropic effects, we used in silico predictions of the identified phytochemicals ...
Martilias S Farrell, John D McCorvy, Xi-Ping Huang, Daniel J Urban, Kate L White, Patrick M Giguere, Allison K Doak, Alison I Bernstein, Kristen A Stout, Su Mi Park, Ramona M Rodriguiz, Bradley W Gray, William S Hyatt, Andrew P Norwood, Kevin A Webster, Brenda M Gannon, Gary W Miller, Joseph H Porter, Brian K Shoichet, William E Fantegrossi, William C Wetsel, Bryan L Roth   +21 more
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