Elucidating the phylogenetic relationships of the legumes is essential for understanding the evolutionary history of events that underlie the origin and diversification of this family of ecologically and economically important flowering plants. In the ten years since the Third International Legume Conference (1992), the study of legume phylogeny using molecular data has advanced from a few tent...

Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Diphysa, Isoflavonoids, Isoflavanones A m ajor phytoalexin produced by the fungus-inoculated leaflets o f Diphysa robinioides has been identified as the new isoflavonoid 5 ,7 ,2 ',4 '-te trahydroxy-6-(3 ,3-dim ethylally l)isoflavanone (diphysolone). It is accom panied by sm aller quan tities o f d iphyso lone-4 ' (or 2 ')-0 -m e th y l ether (diphysolidone), and the...

In this paper, crude extract of a Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor from soybean meal was firstly isolated by a combination of alcohol precipitation, thermal denaturation, isoelectric precipitation and acetone precipitation. Then this extract was purified by DE-52 ion exchange and affinity chromatography. The results showed that soybean Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor (SBBI) was purified to 50.07-fol...

WAGATEA SPICATA DALZELL, FAMILY : Leguminosae (Caesalpiniaceae) known in vernacular as 'Vagati" or "Vakeri", is a montotypic genus of a robust woody, climbing shrub growing abundantly in Maharashtra State, especially in Konkan jungles and on the Ghats near Mahabaleshwar. The roots are known to be used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia since long in the Indian system of me...

A new phenylbutanone glucoside, dorycnioside, was isolated from the methanol extract of the aerial parts of Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. herbaceum Vill. (Rouy) and identified as 4-(4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-3',5'-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-butanone (1). In addition, two known phenylbutanone glucosides, five flavonoids, one cyanogenic glucoside, one cyclitol and one hydroquinone glucoside were also is...

Leguminosae, Pachyrrhizus, Isoflavonoids, Pterocarpans, Phytoalexins The furanopterocarpan, neodunol, has been isolated as a major phytoalexin from the fungusinoculated stems o f Pachyrrhizus erosus. Neodunol is accompanied by small quantities o f demethylmedicarpin and a third compound provisionally identified as the prenylated pterocarpan, homoedudiol; traces o f a neodunol isomer were also i...

This survey was carried out in targeted areas of South West Nigeria in order to inventory plants used by traditional healers in the area for the management of diabetes mellitus. One hundred traditional healers who know and use medicinal plants for treating diabetes mellitus were interviewed. The inventory contains scientific, vernacular, common names of the plants used and method of preparation...

The influence of the aqueous crude extract of Glycine tomentella root (Leguminosae) on lipid metabolism was investigated in hyperlipidemic hamsters. It was found that the administration of the G. tomentella extract (GTE) leads to a decrease of high serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels induced by high-fat diet. The GTE also increased serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and decr...

Novel sources of urease from leguminosae were selected for activity test, one the them (Prosopis farcta) showed high specific activity (36.52 U mg). The active uerase extract then subjected to series of purification steps involved salting out, DEAE, CM ion exchange and size exclusion chromatography. Specific activity were 52.44, 193.27, 230.55, 433.33 U mg respectively. Main features of urease ...