Liquidambar styraciflua

Despite the difficulties in extracting and identifying colorless catabolic products that are extremely labile and detectable only in trace amounts, several of the mysteries of chlorophyll catabolism have been revealed and about 14 non-fluorescent chlorophyll catabolytes (NCCs) from higher plants, mainly in senescent leaves, have been detected and analyzed structurally. Among them, NCCs from rapeseed (Bms-sica napus) from Liquidambar styraciflua, from Cercidiphyllum japonicum, five NCCs from degreened leaves of spinach Spinacia oleracea) and, more recently, two NCCs from tobacco Nicotiana rusticd) and five NCCs from Arabidopsis thaliana have been identified. 

In China, the plant affords a tonic remedy particularly recommended for chest complaints. Indonesians use the leaves medicinally because they are strongly aromatic. The pharmacological potentials of this plant are, to date, unknown. Note that 6 3-hydroxy-3-oxo-lup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid and 3,1 l-dioxoolean-12-en-28-oic acid from the stem bark of Liquidambar styraciflua, as well as 25-acetoxy-3a-hydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid, inhibited the growth of several cancer cell lines (43). What is the activity of 25-acetoxy-3a-hydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid against topoisomerase ... 

SULTANA Jmpatiens sultani Hook) SUNFLOWER Helianthus annus L.) SWEETCUM Liquidambar styraciflua L.) SYCAMORE Pkuanus occidentalis L.)... 

Fig. 6.2.4. High performance liquid chromatogram of nitrobenzene oxidation mixture from lignin in sweetgum wood (Liquidambar styraciflua) with m-mecomn as internal standard See Section 6 2 2 > 2 for HPLC conditions...

Figure 2. Minute anatomy of the typical angio-sperm Liquidambar styraciflua L. Each type of wood cell is depicted in transverse (A), tangential (B), and radial (C) view the walls of the fiber tracheid cells (FT), vessel segments (VS), and ray cells (R) comprise the bulk of the wood substance sclariform plates (SP) and pit pairs ( ) between adjacent cells permit movement of fluids from one cell to another...

Figure 9. Longitudinal section of sweet-gum sapwood (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) decayed by Polyporus versicolor L. Note essentially complete dissolution of cell-wall substance both near the hypha and at some distance (in terms of hyphal diameters)...

Altered roots These are produced upon flooding, and are morphologically different from original roots. For example, in sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) the new roots produced are more succulent and clearer in appearance than original roots. 

Shen JY 1981 Cultivation of Liquidambar styraciflua L. and preliminary report on its application. Chung TsAo Yao 12 33-38... 

Storax oil, american Liquidambar styraciflua Balsam WD Esters of cinnamic acid... 

Liquidambar styraciflua (sweet gum or red gum) is a deciduous tree with five to seven... 

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