Tropical plants

I ntoiia CuTnara is a tropical plant, common In -lava, Farther ludia, the Pbilippinea and New Caledonia, Itacon haa examinod the oil distilled Irom the l(>aves, aud loourl it to have the following ohar-... 

Tropen-frucht, /. tropical fruit, -gewachs, n., -pflanze, /. tropical plant, -kraftstoff, m. tropical motor fuel. 

The family Myrsinaceae consists of 30 genera and about a 1000 species of tropical plants that have attracted a great deal of interest for their quinones and saponins, which have exhibited a large spectrum of pharmacological activities. About 40 species of plants classified within the family Myrsinaceae are medicinal in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly for the treatment of inflammatory conditions. One of these medicinal herbs is Ardisia villosa Roxb. 

Furthermore, it has been observed that placental PGP is of great importance in limiting the fetal penetration of various potentially harmful or therapeutic compounds [64]. High PGP levels may have a role in the protection of fetuses from harmful tropical plant metabolites (from which many drugs are derived). An originally balanced polymorphism may have been preferentially selected by improved prenatal growth and development as well as improved postnatal health. This selective pressure may maintain the C allele in populations of African descent. 

Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) is found in the fruit and rind of the mangosteen oil tree plant (Garcinia campogia). This tropical plant, native to India, bears yellowish pumpkin-shaped fruit (Figure 6.4). In animal studies, HCA was shown to decrease... 

Miean KH and Mohamed S. 2001. Flavonoid (myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, luteolin, and apigenin) content of edible tropical plants. J Agric Food Chem 49 3106-3112. 

Salleh MN, Runnie I, Roach, PD, Mohamed S and Abeywardena MY. 2002. Inhibition of low-density lipoprotein oxidation and up-regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor in HepG2 cells by tropical plant extracts. J Agric Food Chem 50(13) 3693-3697. 

Liu DL, Christians NE (1994) Isolation and identification of rootinhibiting compounds from corn gluten hydrolysate. J Plant Growth Reg 1 227-230 Luo SM, Lin XL, Zeng RS, Kong CH, Cao PR (1995) Allelopathy of tropical plants in agroecosystem of South China. Ecol Sci 2 114-128... 

Table V. Weights and Protein Contents of Leaves from Four Tropical Plants [from Nagy et al. (4 )]...

Nat. Acad. Sci. "Underexploited Tropical Plants With Promising Economic Value" National Academy of Sciences Washington,... 

Bolser RC, Hay ME (1996) Are tropical plants better defended Palatability and defenses of temperate versus tropical seaweeds. Ecology 77 2269-2286 Boudouresque CF, Lemme R, Mari X, Meinesz A (1996) The invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia is not a suitable diet for the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Aq Bot 53 245-250 Briggs JC (1974) Marine zoogeography. McGraw-Hill, New York... 

Fruits from Jamaican ackee tree - Blighia sapida, Sapindaceae sp., and other tropical plants... 

The design of safe sweeteners is very important for people who are afiected by diabetes, hyperlipemia, caries and other diseases that are linked to sugar consumption. Sweet proteins, which are found in several tropical plants, are many times (100-100,000) sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis. Only a few sweet proteins are known miraculin, monellin, thaumatin, curculin, mabinlin. 

K.-P. In "Natural Pesticides from the Neem Tree (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) and Other Tropical Plants" Schmutterer, H. Ascher, K.R.S., Eds. German Agency for Technical Cooperation Eschborn, Germany, 1984 pp. 153-161. 

Witherup KM, Ransom RW, Graham AC, Bernard AM, Salvatore MJ, Lumma WC, Anderson PS, Pitzenberger SM, Varga SL (1995) Martinelline and martinellic acid, novel G-protein linked receptor antagonists from the tropical plant Martinella iquitosensis (Bignoniaceae). J Am Chem Soc 117 6682-6685... 

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