A new homostilbene, named scillabene A (2), and two new homoisoflavones, named scillavones A (3) and B (4), were isolated from the bulbs of Scilla scilloides DRUCE (Liliaceae) along with 13 known compounds comprising a homostilbene, seven homoisoflavones, a xanthone, a lignan, and three nortriterpenes. The structures of 2-4 were characterized as 3,5,4'-trihydroxy-3'-methoxy-4-methyl-trans-stilb...

Two new eucosterol oligoglycosides, 15-deoxo-30-hydroxyeucosterol 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[(beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (scillanoside L-1, 1) and 3beta,31-dihydroxy-17alpha,23-epoxy-5alpha-lanost-8-en-23,26-olactone 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-gluco...

Squilla Steinh. was considered to be an orthographic variant of Scilla L., and therefore the new genus Charybdis Speta created include maritima L. related taxa occurring in Mediterranean. Molecular phylogenetic studies recovered as distant from Urginea; this finding also supported by morphology phytochemistry data. However, after typification using S. Rafinesque, became illegitimate under Art. ...

DNA Sequence, Satellite DNA, Cucumis melo The primary sequence of the prominent Cucumis melo satellite DNA is presented. The cloned Hind Ill-repeat unit has a length of 352 bp and a GC-content of 56%. Within this sequence an inverted repeat of 9 bp, including a 286 bp loop, and one direct repeat are shown. Several open reading frames are possible following the sequence in both directions whose ...

Questo contributo si propone l’analisi della riscrittura di tre miti antichi nel poema didascalico La caccia Erasmo Valvasone: l’origine argonautica dei cavalli del Carso, il mito al cinghiale nella campagna aquileiese e quello Scilla Niso. Ne ricerca le fonti, letterarie antiquarie, classiche umanistiche i modelli poetici, fine chiarire come Valvasone li elabori, un’interpretazione quei alla l...