Dianthus chinensis is a perennial herbaceous plant with great ornamental, botanical, ecological, and medicinal value. The pistil of D. chinensis is composed of two fused carpels with free central placenta and two separate styles. The placenta is a columnar structure extending about two-thirds the length of the maturing fruit, which is typical of the Caryophyllaceous. Traditionally, free central...

Saururus chinensis is a core member of Saururaceae, a perianthless (lacking petals or sepals) family. Due to its basal phylogenetic position and unusual floral composition, study of this plant family is important for understanding the origin and evolution of perianthless flowers and petaloid bracts among angiosperm species. To isolate genes involved in S. chinensis flower development, subtracte...

Previous studies have shown that compounds in the form of precipitate (CFP) from Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang (HLJDT) were stable, and the CFP content reached 2.63% of the whole decoction and had good neuroprotective effects. However, there has been no research on their specific source. In this study, it was found that HLJDT CFP mainly came from the reaction of Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis chin...

Previous studies have indicated that some species of Cuscuta possess anticancer activity on various cell lines. Due to the lack of detailed researches on the cytotoxic effects of Cuscuta chinensis and Cuscuta epithymum, the aim of the present study was to evaluate cytotoxic effects of chloroform and hydroalcoholic extracts of these plants on the human breast carcinoma cell line (MDA-MB-468), hu...

Evidence was presented in a previous paper' that a hybrid substance, encountered after an antigenic character (ch4) of Streptopelia chinensis was transferred to S. risoria, resulted from the interaction of nonallelic genes. Specifically, the cha4 cellular antigen from chinensis showed no hybrid substance when present in backcross individuals that were homozygous for an independently inherited c...

the antioxidant activity and phytoconstituents of the hydromethanolic extract of litchi chinensis (helc) fruit was explored in the present study. the antioxidant potential of extract has been evaluated using several antioxidant models and results were compared to standards. fruit extract showed effective reducing power and free radical scavenging activity in a dose-dependent manner. in case of ...

Inflammation and oxidative stress play crucial roles in the etiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this study, we examined the anti-diabetic effects of triterpenoid saponins extracted from Stauntonia chinensis on stimulating glucose uptake by insulin-resistant human HepG2 cells. The results showed that saponin 6 significantly increased glucose uptake and glucose catabolism. Saponin 6 also enh...

The effects of pulse treatment with gibberellin A3 (GA3), silveT thiosulfate complex (STS), and with or without sucrose on chlorophyll degTadation and vase life of cut flowers of Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis were investigated. The 20-hr pulsing treatment with STS extended the vase life of cut fiowers of IVL tazetta var. chinensis, Pulse treatments with GA3 delayed degradation of chlorophyll...

Flavonoids from Trollius chinensis Bunge.(Flos Trollii) were extracted by different method were investigated in the present study. Simultaneous determination of two flavonoids(orientin and vitexin) was accomplished by a useful, rapid and simple HPLC/DAD-ESI-MS method. A central composite design (CCD) combined with response surface methodology(RSM) was used to study the effects of extraction tim...