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    recognized Catharanthus roseus var. roseus Synonymy for this variety Catharanthus roseus var. angustus Steenis ex Bakhuizen f. Catharanthus roseus var. albus...
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    Madagascar Catharanthus ovalis Markgr. – Madagascar Catharanthus pusillus (Murray) G.Don. – India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas Catharanthus roseus (L.) G...
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    vinca alkaloid that can be obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus. Vincristine is delivered via intravenous infusion for use in various...
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    (see below). Alkaloid-producing species like Rauvolfia serpentina, Catharanthus roseus, and Tabernanthe iboga are likewise the source of compounds with...
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    chemotherapy agent vincristine is extracted from a closely related species, Catharanthus roseus, and is used to treat some leukemias, lymphomas, and childhood cancers...
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    anti-microtubule alkaloid agents originally derived from the periwinkle plant Catharanthus roseus (basionym Vinca rosea) and other vinca plants. They block beta-tubulin...
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  • Periwinkle Catharanthus a genus of flowering plants, the species of which are commonly called, as with Vinca species, Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus, an annual...
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    alkaloid found naturally in various plants such as Rauvolfia spp., Catharanthus roseus, and Mitragyna speciosa. Ajmalicine is structurally related to yohimbine...
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    P-glycoprotein. Vinblastine may be isolated from the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), its only known biological producer, along with several of its precursors...
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    the family Apocynaceae (thus an "apocynaceae alkaloid"), including Catharanthus roseus and Rauvolfia serpentina. Vinervine Akuammicine Monforte-González...
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  • C. roseus may refer to: Carpodacus roseus, the Pallas's rosefinch, a bird species Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, a plant species endemic...
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    and quinine (Cinchona), vincamine (Vinca minor), and vincristine (Catharanthus roseus). The opium poppy Papaver somniferum is the source of the alkaloids...
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    Tabersonine is a terpene indole alkaloid found in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and also in the genus Voacanga (both taxa belonging to the alkaloid-rich...
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    because they are extracted from vinca plants such as Vinca rosea (Catharanthus roseus); these are called vinca alkaloids. Alkaloid-containing plants have...
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    alkaloids naturally produced within the Madagascar periwinkle plant (Catharanthus roseus) whose dimerization produces the anti-cancer drugs vinblastine and...
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    1998 Catharanthus flavonoids on Schroeder page, uni. Freiburg, Germany Piovan, Anna; Filippini, Raffaella (2007). "Anthocyanins in Catharanthus roseus in...
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    commonly chewed, produces a stimulant effect. Vincristine Catharanthus roseus Catharanthus roseus is (perhaps unpleasantly) "hallucinogenic."[unreliable...
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    Camptotheca (happy tree). Catharanthus roseus Vinca alkaloids were originally manufactured by extracting them from Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle)...
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  • several alkaloid-producing plants from the family Apocynaceae (e.g. Catharanthus roseus, Voacanga africana). The systematic name of this enzyme class is...
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    agronomists and American political ecologists studied the production of Catharanthus roseus around Fort Dauphin and Ambovombe and its export as a natural source...
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    Louisiana. Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of Crinum, Catharanthus roseus, Petunia and Saponaria officinalis. The larvae feed on Ludwigia (including...
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    purification of the precursors vindoline and catharanthine from the plant Catharanthus roseus, which are then chemically converted into vinblastine. The biosynthetic...
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    Catharanthine is a terpene indole alkaloid produced by the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and Tabernaemontana divaricata. Catharanthine is derived from strictosidine...
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  • name for the caddisfly larva Tegula pfeifferi Catharanthus or Madagascar periwinkles Catharanthus roseus or rosy periwinkle Vinca or European periwinkles...
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    citrifolia Gene discovery in the biosynthesis of medicinal alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus Bowers, M. Deane (March 1981). "Unpalatability as a Defense Strategy...
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  • condition. There are commercial sisal plantations near this town. Catharanthus roseus is endemic to this region of southern Madagascar and is produced...
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    16-Methoxytabersonine is a terpene indole alkaloid produced by the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. 16-methoxytabersonine is synthesized by methylation of the hydroxyl...
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    metastasise. Vinca alkaloids are derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, formerly known as Vinca rosea. They bind to specific sites on tubulin...
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    plant families: Apocynaceae Here especially in Rhazya stricta and Catharanthus roseus. Loganiaceae Rubiaceae Icacinaceae Nyssaceae Alangiaceae Recent efforts...
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    and quinine (Cinchona), vincamine (Vinca minor), and vincristine (Catharanthus roseus). The opium poppy Papaver somniferum is the source of the alkaloids...
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