Seven new carolignans, including two pairs of enantiomers (±)-erythro-7'-methylcarolignan E (1a/1b) and (±)-threo-7'-methylcarolignan E (2a/2b), (+)-threo-carolignan E (3a), (+)-erythro-carolignan E (4a), and (-)-erythro-carolignan Z (5), together with four known lignans (3b, 4b, 6, and 7) and six polyphenols (8-13) were isolated from the aerial parts of Euphorbia sikkimensis. The structures of...

The mortality caused to the snail Bulinus wrighti (The snail vector of urinary schistosomiasis) by different extracts of two species of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae has been investigated. It was found that very low concentrations of fresh leaf extracts were effective in killing the snail. The LC50 of methanol and acetone extracts for Euphorbia schimperiana and Euphorbia heliosco...

KUMBHAR B. A. AND DABGAR Y. B. Dept. of Biotechnology, Sheth M.N. Science College, Patan (Gujarat) India R.R. Mehta College of Science and C.L. Parikh College of Commerce, Palanpur (Gujarat) India Abstract This study investigated the allelopathic effects of various weed (Euphorbia thiamifolia L.) plant parts on pigeon pea germination and seedling growth. Aqueous extracts of Euphorbia thiamifoli...

The use of plant extract as poisons for hunting and fishing is common among fishermen of various countries. Fish poisons from plants are also known as piscicides or inchthyotoxins. Several plant species are known to possess bioactive compounds that are toxic to fish. The piscicidal activity of methanolic latex extracts of Euphorbia antiquorum plant belonging to Family: Euphorbiaceae against Poe...

In the family of Euphorbiaceae, the genera Euphorbia and Sapium are known to contain essentially latex-bearing species. In the present study, the latex of Euphorbia selloi (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss., Euphorbia papillosa A.St.-Hil., and Sapium glandulosum (L.) Morong, plants native from Brazil, were examined concerning proteolytic activity. All studied species have proteins with significant prot...

Two new glyceroglycolipids as well as three known ones were isolated from the glyceroglycolipids molecular species obtained from two less polar fractions of the MeOH extract of the plant Euphorbia nicaeensis All. using normal and reversed phase column flash chromatography. The structures of the isolated glyceroglycolipids were determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidences. Two...

Ten myrsinol diterpenes, euphorbiaproliferins A-J (1-10), along with nine known analogues (11-19) were isolated from the roots of Euphorbia prolifera. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis (IR, ESIMS, HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR), and the structure of 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The diterpenes showed neuroprotective effects against MPP+-induced neuronal cell d...

Plants including pepper, red kidney bean, squash, string bean and tomato, as well as weeds with viral symptoms were collected from five districts in Belize over a three year period with the aim of determining the diversity of the begomoviruses present. Sixty five percent of the samples screened via DNA hybridization produced signals indicative of begomovirus infection. Subsequent PCR amplificat...

euphorbia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family euphorbiaceae. consisting of 2008 species. the genus euphorbia produces an irritant, which constitute a health hazard to humans and livestock. the genus euphorbia is one of the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants, however, several botanists have made unsuccessful attempts to subdivide it to smaller genera.  many eu...