Using chromatographic, chemical, and enzymic techniques, 11 compounds capable of stimulating the division of soybean callus cells were tentatively identified in the root sap of Bougainvillea ;San Diego Red.' These cytokinin-like compounds included phosphorylated and glucosylated forms of zeatin, ribosylzeatin, and their dihydro derivatives. In addition, isopentenyl adenosine and isopentenyl ade...

Appraisal of antioxidant potential and biological studies bogan bail (Bougainvillea glabra) leaf extracts using different solvents | Muhammad Riaz, Humaira Fatima, Misbah ur Rehman, Rahman Qadir, Shabbir Hussain, Abdul Hafeez, Abu Bakar Siddique Agricultural Journals

Bougainvillea (Bougainvilleaspectabilis) is used for planting in the landscape because of their beautiful and colorful flowers. The easiest and cheapest technique to propagate this plant is by cuttings; however the cuttings of this plant are not easily rooted and require the special treatments, including the use of auxin. For this purpose, an experiment was performed in Completely Rand...

Objective: Bougainvillea xbuttiana is widely distributed in Mexico and it used as an analgesic in folk medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of five ethanolic extracts of Bougainvillea xbuttiana from different colours on cell and to quantify the potential of antioxidant activity, the total phenolic and flavonoids contents, all these in order to find possible sources for ...

Bougainvillea xbuttiana is used as an analgesic in folk medicine in Mexico. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of the ethanolic extract from B. xbuttiana on macrophages activities. The phytochemical screening was performed for determine the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenes, and saponins. The effects of B. xbuttiana were analyzed using the macrophages act...

Consumption of the edible flowers forms new trend in human nutrition, especially in Bulgaria. Therefore, the determination of bioactive compounds content in their petals presents important tasks for their evaluation as natural source of antioxidants for human diet. In this study the quantity of natural pigments, total phenolic content and total flavonoids content, as well the antioxidant capaci...