Leguminosae family

In 1988, alexine (65), a polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloid, was isolated from the pods of legume Alexa Idopetala [56]. Although the broad class of pyrrolizidine alkaloids bear a carbon substituent at C-1 [57,58], alexine is the first example of a pyrrolizidine alkaloid with a carbon substituent at C-3. At about the same time, australine (66) was isolated from the seeds of C. australe and found to be 7a-epi-alexine by X-ray crystallographic analysis [59]. The isolation of 1-epi-australine (67), 

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Copals, sometimes referred to as immature amber, originate from Africa, Asia or central American countries and derive from the Araucariaceae and Leguminosae families. Polymerised communic acid and agathic acid are found as the main compounds in these fossil resins. The extreme hardness of copal results from polymers of resin acids such as ozoic acid, an enantiomer of communic acid that can polymerize and thus enable fossilization [86]. They are still commonly used today for varnishing and protecting wood. 

Dastidar et al. [21] determined the antimicrobial activities of eight prenylflavanones isolated from the root of genus Sophora of Leguminosae family... 

Carob Ceratonia siliqua L), a tree in the Leguminosae family, is widely cultivated in the south and east of the Mediterranean region. The pulp tastes sweet and is used as a food source (50). The seed germ contains about 5% oil. Oleic acid... 

The quinolizidine alkaloids (lupine alkaloids) occur in the Leguminosae family, subfamily Faboideae, where they are restricted to the Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, and Genisteae tribes (1). They have been previously reviewed by Leonard (2) in these volumes. The present review is complete to the end of 1965. 

There are numerous plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and they mainly belong to the Boraginaceae, Compositae and Leguminosae families [31,47, 48],... 

The lupin alkaloids are found most abundantly in genera within the Leguminosae family and especially within the Papilionaceae, leguminous sub-family, but certain of the lupin alkaloids are also found in the plants of other families, such as the Chenopodiaceae, Berberidaceae, and... 

Pulses, i.e. peas, beans, lentils etc., are the seeds of the large Leguminosa family. Pulses are grown in almost every part of the world and most people regularly eat one type or another. When cooked they contain about 6% of protein but its content of the S-containing amino acids is low and its quality correspondingly poor. However, since pulses are usually relatively rich in lysine, they make a useful combination with cereals which though low in lysine contain valuable quantities of cysteine and methionine. 

Isoflavones are a class of phytoestrogens with estrogenic activity. They are related to isoflavonoids. Isoflavones are produced almost exclusively by members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family. Soy products and soybeans are the richest sources of isoflavones that humans consiune [43]. Recent surveys suggest that the average dietary isoflavone intake in Asian countries ranges from 25-50 mg/day [44]. Dietary isoflavone intakes are considerably lower in Western countries, where on average intake is as low as 2 mg/day. Soy products that are... 

The chemistry of the pigments of the insoluble red woods has attracted the attention of many chemists for more than 150 years (3, 4, 5, 6, 95, 96). These woods form a group of dye woods from Pterocarpus spp. R santalinus, red sandalwood of Southeast Asia) and Baphia spp. B, nitida, cam wood of West Africa) of the Leguminosae family. The structures of some of the pigments - e.g.. 

More than 40 species of grain legumes belonging to the Leguminosae family are grown throughout the world and unlike other crops do not need nitrogen fertiliser... 

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