Giant reed, Arundo

Table 1 In vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), acid detergent lignin (ADL), and ethanol production of leaf and stem tissues of 12-week-old bermudagrass (Cynodon sp.), mature napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum) and giant reed (Arundo donax) grown at Tifton, GA. 2004.

C24H30N2, Mr 346.52, cryst.,mp. 169-170 C. Unusual cyclobutane derivative from the giant reed Arundo do-nax, Poaceae). The compound, whose structure has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography does not fit in any known biosynthetic scheme. 

Cross-section of the stem wall of giant reed (Arundo dona)d. 

The hollow stems of the giant reed (Arundo donax) offer another astonishing sort of core a sophisticated, weight-optimized structure with a material optimized to dynamic loads. The stems are composed of strengthening elements such as vascular bundles and accompanying fiber caps, which are embedded in a matrix of basic parenchyma (see Fig. 9.6). In cross-section, at least four structural gradients on different hierarchical levels can be found, which meet also all theoretical considerations and needs of technical composite structures. 

Spatz, H.-Ch., H. Beismann, E Bruechert, A. Emanns, and T. Speck. 1997. Biomechanics of the giant reed Arundo donax. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, Biological Sciences 352 1-10. 

Speck, O., and H.-CH. Spatz. 2004. Damped oscillations of the giant reed Arundo donax (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 91 789-796. 

Fig. 6.2 Some toxicity symptoms and tolerant of Se on giant reed (Arundo donax L., Hungarian ecotype 20SZ) in solid media after about 2, 5, 7 and 10 weeks (from top to bottom, respectively) from clusters transfer at 20 mg Se kg (Photos by H. El-Ramady)...

The giant river reed, Arundo donax for example, occurs in India and its roots contain DMT. See S. Ghosal, S. K. Dutta, A. K. Sanyal, and Bhattacharya, "Arundo donex L. (Graminae), Phytochemical and Pharmacological Evaluation," in the Journal of Medical Chemistry, vol. 12 (1969), p. 480.]... 

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