The problem of producing portable high-performance computing (HPC) software that is cheap to develop and maintain called the P 3 (performance, portability, productivity) problem. Good solutions have been achieved when performance profiles target machines similar. variety HPC architectures is, however, large can be expected grow larger. Software for therefore needs highly adaptable, there a pres...

BACKGROUND Magnolia grandiflora L. flower is wildly used in Asian as a traditional herbal medication. The purpose of the study was to investigate the antimelanogenic and antioxidant properties of Magnolia grandiflora L. flower extract. In the study, the inhibitory effects of M. grandiflora L. flower extract on mushroom tyrosinase, B16F10 intracellular tyrosinase activity and melanin content wer...

During the past decade, ancient DNAs from both animals and plants have been successfully extracted and analyzed. Recently, the age of DNA that can be recovered and sequenced was increased manyfold by the amplification and sequencing of a DNA fragment from a Magnolia fossil obtained from the Miocene Clarkia deposit (17-20 million yr old). However, the validity of this report has been questioned ...

Cancer is a complex multifaceted group of more than 100 types of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth, local tissue invasion and metastasis. Despite much advancement in understanding and treating cancer in the recent decades, it has remained a rampant killer across the globe. According to recent statistics, cancer accounts for about 23% of all disease-related deaths in the USA. It...

To systematically study the chemical constituents in Magnolia officinalis var. biloba fruits, nine phenylethanoid glycosides were isolated by solvent extraction, silica gel, and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR analyses, including COSY, HMQC and HMBC correlations, and HPLC analysis of sugar residue. Nine phenylethanoid ...

Minirhizotrons provide detailed information on the production, life history and mortality of fine roots. However, manual processing of minirhizotron images is time-consuming, limiting the number and size of experiments that can reasonably be analysed. Previously, an algorithm was developed to automatically detect and measure individual roots in minirhizotron images. Here, species-specific root ...

Introduction: Michelia champaca l. (Magnoliaceae) is an ancient Indian medicinal plant a native of the Indian subcontinent and possessing numerous traditional uses. β-sitosterol is an important plant sterol present in Michelia which is reported to posses’ chemopreventive and adaptogenic properties. In the present study, High Performance thin layer Chromatography has been developed for detection...

Epicuticular leaf waxes of Ginkgo biloba, Magnolia grandiflora and Liriodendron tulipifera contain homologous series of hydrocarbons, wax esters, benzyl acyl esters, aldehydes, primary alcohols, and fatty acids. None of these lipid classes is found to contain any main component dominating. In addition to these usual wax lipids, in G. biloba leaf wax a secondary alcohol namely nonacosan-10-ol (1...

The Red Data Book of Japanese Vascular Plants is based on their risk of extinction. In order to construct the list, 2000 taxa were evaluated using population data and rates of decline for approximately 4400 grids, each of approximately 100 km(2). This database can be used to estimate the impact of human activity on a threatened plant's risk of extinction. In order to evaluate extinction risks a...