Extensive DNA sequencing of the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra purpurea has resulted in the detection of more than 125 genes. Fifty-eight (approximately 46%) of these genes are not found on the chloroplast genomes of land plants. These include genes encoding 17 photosynthetic proteins, three tRNAs, and nine ribosomal proteins. In addition, nine genes encoding proteins related to bi...

Gentamicin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, occurs both free in the fermentation filtrate and bound to the mycelium of the producing organism, Micromonospora purpurea. The bound gentamicin, which represents the major portion of the total quantity present in the fermentation broth, was released after exposure to acid, alkali, or sonic disruption. Washing the mycelium with distilled water, heat tre...

Echinacea angustifolia and E. purpurea are commonly used in North America for their anti-bacterial effects. Flos Lonicerae, Radix Scutellaria and Fructus Forsythiae are traditional Chinese medicinal herbs commonly used for the treatment of complaints such as pneumonia, acute upper respiratory tract infection, and acute bronchitis. A reproducible, simple, and reliable rapid resolution liquid chr...

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, a top selling botanical medicine, is currently of considerable interest due to immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) binding activities of its alkylamide constituents. The purpose of these studies was to comprehensively profile the alkylamide (alkamide) content of E. purpurea root, and to compare yields of alkylamide cons...

Background: Echinacea is a plant that has been widely used for its’ medicinal properties, which include antioxidant properties, immune-stimulant, and antiinflammatory properties. In this study, the effects of extracts of Echinacea pallida, Echinacea purpurea as well as the standard components of Echinacea were observed on a breast cancer cell line (BT-549). Also the effects of extracts of Echin...

Citation: Presta L, Fondi M, Perrin E, Maida I, Miceli E, Chiellini C, Maggini V, Bogani P, Di Pilato V, Rossolini GM, Mengoni A and Fani R (2016) Arthrobacter sp. EpRS66 and Arthrobacter sp. EpRS71: Draft Genome Sequences from Two Bacteria Isolated from Echinacea purpurea Rhizospheric Soil. Front. Microbiol. 7:1417. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01417 Arthrobacter sp. EpRS66 and Arthrobacter sp. EpR...

This experiment assessed the yield and growth performance of the fodder tree planting in the community forest focusing on Artocarpus lakoocha, Bahunia purpurea. Major variables analyzing the yield and growth of the species such as dbh, height, green weight of the foliage was measured. After analyzing the data, Artocarpus lakoocha was found to be good yielding and growth performing species as co...

Ethanolic extracts from fresh Echinacea purpurea and Spilanthes acmella and dried Hydrastis canadensis were examined with regard to their ability to inhibit cytochrome P450(2E1) mediated oxidation of p-nitrophenol in vitro. In addition, individual constituents of these extracts, including alkylamides from E. purpurea and S. acmella, caffeic acid derivatives from E. purpurea, and several of the ...

Insects in Kentucky bluegrass seed production fields in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington were sampled just before harvest and their association with ergot conidia of Claviceps purpurea Fr. (Tul.) was evaluated during 1996-1998. A diversity of insects was observed at all three locations. The most abundant beneficial insects collected with sweep nets were Nysium spp., Nabis spp., ichneumonid wasps, ...

The heritability of gene expression is critical in understanding heterosis and is dependent on allele-specific regulation by local and remote factors in the genome. We used RNA-Seq to test whether variation in gene expression among F1 and F2 intraspecific Salix purpurea progeny is attributable to cis- and trans-regulatory divergence. We assessed the mode of inheritance based on gene expression ...