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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023 Floral thermogenesis is an interesting and important field in evolutionary biology and plant ecology. This is the first study to compare thermogenic and non‐thermogenic plants and explain floral thermogenesis by evolutionary ecology through ecological niche modeling and phylogeographic analysis of chloroplast and genome‐wide single nucleotide ...
Mitsuhiko P. Sato +7 more
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 7, Page 3655-3674, July 2023., 2023 Nelumbo nucifera is an important plant that has been used for therapeutic purposes and is an important part of human food. Leaves, roots, and seeds of this plant have been explored for extracting polysaccharides using different techniques and, in some studies, monosaccharide composition and structure have been determined.
Mohib Ullah Kakar +10 more
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Nelumbo nucifera Lotus, Sacred Lotus
EDIS, 2007 This document provides an overview of Nelumbo nucifera, commonly known as the Sacred Lotus. It describes the plant’s physical characteristics, including its large, round leaves and fragrant pink or white flowers.
Edward Gilman
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Leaf cuticular morphology links Platanaceae and Proteaceae [PDF]
, 2005 Int. J. Plant Sci. 166(5):843–855. © 2005 by The University of Chicago.The leaf cuticular morphology of extant species of Platanus was investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy.
Carpenter, R., Hill, R., Jordan, G.
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 RNA viruses have been the most destructive due to their transmissibility and lack of control measures. Developments of vaccines for RNA viruses are very tough or almost impossible as viruses are highly mutable. For the last few decades, most of the epidemic and pandemic viral diseases have wreaked huge devastation with innumerable fatalities. To combat
Anamika Paul +11 more
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Cells, 2022 Nelumbo nucifera is one of the most valuable medicinal species of the Nelumbonaceae family that has been consumed since the ancient historic period. Its stamen is an indispensable ingredient for many recipes of traditional medicines, and has been proved ...
Duangjai Tungmunnithum +2 more
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The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities of selected medicinal plant practices by a traditional healer of the Newar community in Itum Bahal, Kathmandu, Nepal. The antibacterial activities of the methanolic extract (1 mg/disc) of fifteen medicinal plants were screened against two Gram‐positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ...
Ravin Bhandari +7 more
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Molecules, 2022 Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., or the so-called sacred lotus, is a useful aquatic plant in the Nelumbonaceae family that has long been used to prepare teas, traditional medicines as well as foods.
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The Plant Journal, Volume 112, Issue 1, Page 172-192, October 2022., 2022 SUMMARY Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is a basal eudicot plant with a unique lifestyle, physiological features, and evolutionary characteristics. Here we report the unique profile of transposable elements (TEs) in the genome, using a manually curated repeat library. TEs account for 59% of the genome, and hAT (Ac/Ds) elements alone represent 8%
Stefan Cerbin +4 more
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Identification of a R2R3-MYB gene regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis and relationships between its variation and flower color difference in lotus (Nelumbo Adans.) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The lotus (Nelumbonaceae: Nelumbo Adans.) is a highly desired ornamental plant, comprising only two extant species, the sacred lotus (N. nucifera Gaerten.) with red flowers and the American lotus (N. lutea Willd.) with yellow flowers. Flower color is the
Shan-Shan Sun +3 more
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