Mechanism of the Seismonastic Reaction in Mimosa pudica

Change in the actin cytoskeleton during seismonastic movement of Mimosa pudica.

The seismonastic movement of Mimosa pudica is triggered by a sudden loss of turgor pressure. In the present study, we compared the cell cytoskeleton by immunofluorescence analysis before and after movement, and the effects of actin- and microtubule-targeted drugs were examined by injecting them into the cut pulvinus. We found that fragmentation of actin filaments and microtubules occurs during ...

A Mechanism Underlying the Electrical Polarity Detection of Sensitive Plant, Mimosa Pudica

Natural indicators of the electrical polarity of a direct current (DC) source is limited to semiconductor based diodes and transistors. Recently a novel bio-natural indicator of the polarity of a DC source have been reported. Mimosa Pudica or sensitive plant is found to be a natural detector of a DC source polarity, however the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not known. This paper aims ...

Antinociceptive Activity of Mimosa pudica Linn

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A 5-deoxyflavonol derivative in Mimosa pudica

Learning in Plants: Lessons from Mimosa pudica

This article provides an overview of the early Mimosa pudica literature; much of which is in journals not easily accessible to the reader. In contrast to the contemporary plant learning literature which is conducted primarily by plant biologists, this early literature was conducted by comparative psychologists whose goal was to search for the generality of learning phenomena such as habituation...