Cuscuta reflexa

Gupta M, Mazumder UK, Pal DK, Bhattacharya S Anti-steroidogenic activity of methanolic extract of Cuscuta reflexa roxb. stem and Corchorus olitorius Linn, seed in mouse ovary. Indian J Exp Biol 2003 41 641-644. 

Snyder, A.M., Clark, B.M., Robert, B., Ruban, A.V., and Bungard, R.A. 2004. Carotenoid specificity of light-harvesting complex II binding sites Occurrence of 9-cis violaxanthin in the neoxanthin-binding site in the parasitic angiosperm cuscuta reflexa. J. Biol. Chem. 279 5162-5168. 

Anis E, Anis 1, Ahmed S, Mustafa G, Malik A, Afza N. (2002) a-Glucosidase inhibitory constituents from Cuscuta reflexa Emm ANIS. Chem Pharm Bull 50 112-114. 

Certain flavonoids are used by plants to protect them from invasion by parasites. For example, poplar (Populus spp.) cultivars produce a chemical barrier to parasitization by mistletoe (Viscum album).Resistant poplar cultivars were significantly higher in flavonols and flavones compared to susceptible cultivars. Likewise, in Streblus asper the bark and wood of trees that are resistant to the parasite Cuscuta reflexa hold higher levels of flavonoids, as well as steroids and alkaloids. 

Julie, S. and Daniel, M., Chemical changes induced by Cuscuta reflexa on Streblus asper Lour., Natl Acad. Scl Lett., 19, 185, 1996. 

The herb Cuscuta reflexa has traditionally been used to treat blood infections. The active compounds have been isolated from the crude... 

N1 - CUSCUTA REFLEXA Roxb., extract excluding root ... 

Widespread as aglycone glycosides Cuscuta reflexa (Convolvulaceae) [seed, stem], Pisum sativum (Fabaceae),... 

Widespread as aglycone glycosides Agadirachta indica (Meliaceae), Cuscuta reflexa (Convolvulaceae), Delphinium consolida (Ranunculaceae), Citrus paradisi (Rutaceae), Kbelreuteria henryi (Sapindaceae) glycosides in Hippocastanaceae, Fabaceae [wood, leaf]... 

Plants of the parasite Cuscuta reflexa (Cuscutaceae or Convolvulaceae) acquire quinolizidine alkaloids from the host Spartium junceum (Hartmann, 1991). The species Cuscuta reflexa and C. platyloba take up alkaloids from a variety of legume host plants, including Cytisus praecox, Chamae-cytisus hirsutus, Petteria ramentacea, md Spartium junceum (Baumel et al., 1994). 

The subcellular location of the activities of choline kinase and ethanolamine kinase have not been definitely determined. The study of choline kinase from dodder (Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.) indicated that the activity was primarily mitochondrial (Setty and Krishnan, 1972). On the other hand experiments on spinach leaves showed choline kinase and ethanolamine kinase activities to be cytoplasmic (Macher and Mudd, 1976). Lord et al. (1972), Johnson and Kende (1971), and Morre et al. (1970) all found choline kinase to be cytoplasmically located. 

Free-hanging vines of Cuscuta reflexa were obtained and segments from the desired regions were treated with hormones or inhibitors, and incubated as described earlier [ 19,21 ]. Procedures for the determination of PAL or a-amylase activity and lignin content are given in Tables 1, 6 and 5. Lignification was microscopically visualized as described in Fig. 2. 

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