Abstract Willofleaf cotoneaster ( Cotoneaster salicifolius Franch.) is a low, prostrate shrub, grown in Romania as an ornamental plant. Its fruits are small, ovoid pomes. Fruit tissues were analyzed for total carotenoid content (through acetone extraction and spectrophotometry), flavonoid (methanol spectrophotometry) concentration of phenolic polyphenolic compounds spectrophotometric Folin-Cioc...

A new dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan, acetylepigomisin R ( 1), and a new 3,4-seco-lanostane-type triterpene, seco-coccinic acid F ( 2), along with three known dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, isovaleroylbinankadsurin A ( 3), kadsuralignan J ( 4), and binankadsurin A ( 5), and one lanostane-type triterpene, 20( R),24( E)-3-oxo-9 beta-lanosta-7,24-dien-26-oic acid ( 6), were isolated from the methano...

1) Methods (a) Samples We analyzed 19 individuals belonging to 11 relevant honeycreeper taxa and one outgroup. Common and scientific names of taxa sampled and respective sample sizes (n) are as follows: Hawaii creeper, Oreomystis mana (3); Kauai creeper, O. bairdi (2); Maui alauahio, Paroreomyza montana (2); akepa, Loxops coccineus (3); akekee, L. caeruleirostris (2); Hawaii amakihi, Hemignathu...