It was generally accepted that Cuscuta europaea is mostly adapted to a parasitic lifestyle with no detectable levels of chlorophylls. We found out relatively high level of chlorophylls (Chls a+b) in young developmental stages of dodder. Significant lowering of Chls (a+b) content and increase of carotenoid concentration was typical only for ontogenetically more developed stages. Lower content of...

We discuss cosmology based on a Cuscuta-Galileon gravity theory, which preserves just two degrees of freedom. Although there exist no additional freedom, introduction potential scalar field changes the dynamics. The is completely determined by matter fields. Giving an exponential as example, we cosmological gravitational ``constant'' ${G}_{\mathrm{F}}$ appeared in effective Friedmann equation b...

Trehalose, an a,a-diglucoside, induced a rapid blackening and death of shoot tips of Cuseuta reflexa (dodder) cultured in vitro. The onset of toxic symptom was delayed if any of the several sugars which support the in vitro growth of Cuscuta was supplied with trehalose. The rate of trehalose uptake or its accumulation in the tissue was not affected by sugar cofeeding. The levels of total and re...

Cuscuta australis R. Br (cuscute) est une plante parasite de plus en présente au Burkina Faso qui infeste les tiges et feuilles d’une large gamme plantes. Cette étude visait à appréhender la diversité des plantes hôtes C. Faso. Suite prospection dans ville a permis repérer lesfoyers australis, infestées par cuscute ont été inventoriées identifiées. Les résultats montré grande composées 62 espèc...

Background and objectives: Herbal drugs are rapidly becoming popular in recent years as alternative therapies. Numerous poly herbal formulations, which are combinations of different herbal materials/extracts are being used for prevention or treatment of various disorders. The present research has been undertaken to formulate and evaluate the quality of a tranquilizing syrup bas...

Dur ing an investigation of the relat ionship between the parasit ic flowering p lan t dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yuncker) and its hosts, an unusual cytoplasmic componen t was observed in cer tain of the dodder cells. Both in electron and in l ight micrographs our a t ten t ion was d rawn to the cytoplasmically rich cells at the tip of the newly initiated haustor ium, or sucker. These long cell...