Tulip, Tulipa

Occurrence Non-proteinogenic amino acid, widely distributed in plants, e.g., in peanut shoots (Arachis hypogaea) together with its 4-amide, in shoots of Amorpha fruticosa, tulips Tulipa gesneriana), Phyl-litis scolopendrium (Pteridophytae), Tetrapleura let-raptera (Mimosaceae), in the tubers of Lilium can-... 

Tulipa edulis Bak. T. gesneriana L. Shan Ci Yu Jin Xian (Tulip) (bulb) Colchicine, alkaloids, starch.48 Relieve swelling, lymphatic gland infection, throat infection. 

Tulipa lectins (agglutinins) Tulipa sp. (tulip) (Liliaceae) Man... 

Plate 10. Spoiled American Beauty . Leaf tips of this beautiful tulip strain (Tulipa gesneriana L.) burnt by accumulation of air bom fluoride. Cologne, W. Germany, April 29, 1971. 

Tubers, discolored or rotted, 401-2 Tuberworms, potato. See Potato tuberworms Tulipa. 241-42 lilies and, 142 problems of, 242 viruses and, 351 Tulip bulb aphids, 51,242 Tulip fire, 242... 

Nakajima, K. et al. Screening method of carbohydrate-binding proteins in biological sources by capillary affinity electrophoresis and its apphcation to determination of Tulipa gesneriana agglutinin in tulip bulbs. Glycobiology, 14, 793, 2004. 

C5H6O2, Mr 98.10, liquid, bp. (0.27 kPa) 56-57 °C. Skin-irritating, weakly antibacterially active compound from tulip bulbs Tulipa gesneriana, Erythro-nium americanum). 

Tuliposides are widespread in the genera Tulipa, Ery-thronium, Gagea, Bomarea, and Alstroemeria (Liliaceae) (Hegnauer, 1973 Slob et al., 1975). The %q us Alstroemeria is sometimes placed in the family Alstroemeriaceae, but resembles the Liliaceae in the content of tuliposides. Tuliposide A (89) occurs in large amounts in tulips (Slob et al., 1975). 

Tuliposide is a prohapten contained in tulip bulbs and in alstroemerias Tulipa spp. Alstroemeria spp. Lili-um spp.). It is rapidly hydrolyzed to Tulipalin A and represents a common occupational problem among workers in the European tulip industry. 

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