A New Canthinone-Type Alkaloid Isolated from Ailanthus altissima Swingle
The present investigation of the chemical constituents of the stem barks of Ailanthus altissima has resulted in the isolation of six canthinone-type alkaloids, including a new compound, (R)-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-canthine-6-one (1), and five known compounds (
Hye Mi Kim +7 more
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Systematic anatomy of the woods of the Burseraceae
The author describes the anatomy of the Burseraceae log and compares it with that of Anacardiaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae and Meliaceae. The similarities in the structure of his logs suggest the possibility of a common origin; those of Meliaceae show ...
Irma Eleanor Schimdt Webber
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Flora Polínica da Reserva do Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga (São Paulo, Brasil) FAMÍLIA: 115-Simaroubaceae (atual Picramniaceae) [PDF]
(Pollen flora of "Reserva do Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga" (São Paulo, Brazil). Family: 115-Simaroubaceae (currently Picramniaceae)). In the present work, the pollen grains of three species belonging to the family Simaroubaceae (currently ...
Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz +2 more
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New genus and species of Schizomyiina (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil
A new gall midge genus, Distinctamyia gen. nov., and a new species Distinctamyia matogrossensis sp. nov. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) are herein described and illustrated (larvae, pupal exuviae, male and female). The new species induces conical, green, hairy
Barbara Proença, Valéria Cid Maia
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A Newly Discovered Large and Significant Population of Castela emoryi (Emory’s Crucifixion Thorn, Simaroubaceae) in California [PDF]
Castela emoryi is an understudied species, and recent visits to populations across California have shed new light on its distribution and biology, including recruitment, natural history, and herbivory. Field exploration in Rice Valley in Riverside County
Bell, Duncan S, Herskovits, Tasya
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Production of eurycomanone from cell suspension culture of Eurycoma longifolia
Context: Eurycomanone is found in the Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Simaroubaceae) tree, exhibits significant antimalarial activity, improves spermatogenesis, suppresses expression of lung cancer cell tumour markers and regulates signalling pathways involved
Nguyen Huu Nhan, Nguyen Hoang Loc
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Quassinoids neosergeolide and isobrucein B, obtained from Picrolemma sprucei, have proven in vitro antitumor, antimalarial, anthelminthic, cytotoxic, insecticide and leishmanicidal activities.
Ellen Cristina Costa da Silva +3 more
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Effect of Piper betle and Brucea javanica on the Differential Expression of Hyphal Wall Protein (HWP1) in Non-Candida albicans Candida (NCAC) Species [PDF]
The study aimed to identify the HWP1 gene in non-Candida albicans Candida species and the differential expression of HWP1 following treatment with Piper betle and Brucea javanica aqueous extracts.
Harun, Whaw +3 more
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New distribution record of Daceton boltoni Azorsa and Sosa-Calvo, 2008 (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
The presence of Daceton boltoni in Cotriguaçu municipality, state of Mato Grosso, southern Amazon is reported. Workers of D. boltoni were collected manually in nests on the branches of three Caxeta trees (Simarouba amara Aubl.
Ricardo Vicente +2 more
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Paleogene monsoons across India and South China: Drivers of biotic change [PDF]
Monsoonal climates at low latitudes (2. Fossil leaf form reveals that under such 'hothouse' conditions megathermal early Eocene to earliest Miocene forests were exposed to strong monsoonal climates typical of those experienced today arising from annual ...
Aleksandrova, Galina +13 more
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