BACKGROUND Lycoris aurea, also called Golden Magic Lily, is an ornamentally and medicinally important species of the Amaryllidaceae family. To date, the sequencing of its whole genome is unavailable as a non-model organism. Transcriptomic information is also scarce for this species. In this study, we performed de novo transcriptome sequencing to produce the first comprehensive expressed sequenc...

Lycoris aurea (L' Hér.) Herb, a perennial grass species, produces a unique variety of pharmacologically active Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. However, the key enzymes and their expression pattern involved in the biosynthesis of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (especially for galanthamine) are far from being fully understood. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), a commonly used method...

Large areas in the Pantanal wetland are covered by monodominant formations, e.g. typical landscapes with local names such as "paratudal", dominated by T. aurea. Studies on structure of these formations generally include only woody strata, consequently the species richness registered is usually low due to the absence of the 'ground layer' of herbaceous and others low species. We recorded 13 spec...

The study of the secondary metabolites contained in the organic extract of Caribbean sponge Smenospongia aurea led to the isolation of smenothiazole A (3) and B (4), hybrid peptide/polyketide compounds. Assays performed using four solid tumor cell lines showed that smenothiazoles exert a potent cytotoxic activity at nanomolar levels, with selectivity over ovarian cancer cells and a pro-apoptoti...

Stereocilia-staircase spacing is influenced by myosin III motors and their cargos espin-1 and espin-like Seham Ebrahim1, Matthew R. Avenarius2, M’hamed Grati1, Jocelyn F. Krey2, Alanna M. Windsor1, Aurea D. Sousa1, Angela Ballesteros1, Runjia Cui1, Bryan A. Millis1, Felipe T. Salles1, Michelle A. Baird3, Michael W. Davidson3,z, Sherri M. Jones4, Dongseok Choi5, Lijin Dong6, Manmeet H. Raval7, C...

Ressenya del llibre: Flos sanctorum o Vides dels sants pares. Legenda aurea en català. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia Montserrat, volum I i II. ISBN 9788491912156, 304 pp.

C. La Casa, M. J. Martin Calero, C. Alarcon de la Lastra, V. Motilva, M. J. Ayuso, C. Martin Cordero and A. Lopez Vergara Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnologfa Farmaceutica. Laboratorio de Farmacologfa, Faeultad de Farmacia, C/Prof. Garcia Gonzalez s/n. 41012-Sevilla. Spain Z. Naturforsch. 50c, 854-861 (1995); received June 1/August 15, 1995 Cytoprotection, Bidens aurea , Sulfhydryl Groups, Aur...

Herbivores can affect plants not only directly through browsing and trampling, but also indirectly through other species. For example, herbivores could affect the interaction between plants and their pollinators. Because plant population density may affect plant–pollinator interactions and plant reproductive success, we hypothesized that herbivores could affect pollination and plant reproductio...