Tip100 is an Ac-like transposable element that belongs to the hAT superfamily. First discovered in Ipomoea purpurea (common morning glory), it was classified as an autonomous element capable of movement within the genome. As Tip100 data were already available in databases, the sequences of related elements in ten additional species of Ipomoea and five commercial varieties were isolated and anal...

Four new and two known ether-soluble resin glycosides were isolated from popular sweet potato (the roots of Ipomoea batatas L. LAM., Kokei 14 go, Convolvulaceae) in Japan. Unlike ester-type dimers, batatins I and II, obtained from other sweet potato (Ipomoea batabas var. batatas), the glycosides were tetra or pentasaccharide monomers in which the sugar moieties are partially acylated by organic...

We have characterized a cDNA clone, IRK1, for a putative receptor kinase from a stigma cDNA library of Ipomoea trifida. IRK1 protein contains an extracellular receptor-like domain and the consensus sequences diagnostic of serine/threonine protein kinase. Both the pattern of gene expression and the results of RFLP analysis indicate that the IRK1 gene is not primarily involved in the self-incompa...

Ipomoea genus is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The exploration of genetic diversity is pre-requisite for genome organization in the wild species and the related domesticated ones. Inter-simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers was used to assess the identification of 21 important Ipomoea species and determination of the genetic relationships among these s...

Numerous diseases are associated with oxidative stress caused by free radicals. Current research is directed towards finding naturally-occurring antioxidants of the plant origin. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant activities of Ipomoea pes-caprae extract. 80% ethanol extract of Ipomoea pescaprae was studied in vitro for total antioxidant activity, for scavengi...

A ‘Beauregard’ é uma cultivar de batata-doce que tem sido amplamente estudada como método biofortificação alimentos. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a composição centesimal, os compostos bioativos e atividade antioxidante dessa variedade batata dos seus derivados (farinha bolo). As amostras foram submetidas análises umidade, cinzas, lipídios, proteínas, carboidratos, carotenoides, polifenói...

WITTERS, WELDON L. Extraction and identification of clavine and lysergic acid alkaloids from morning glories. Ohio J. Sci. 75(4): 198, 1975. Seeds from three varieties of Ipomoea grown in Ohio were examined for clavine and lysergic acid alkaloids. Three systems of extraction of ergoline alkaloids were compared with the ammonium hydroxide-methanol-chloroform method proving superior to the others...

We investigated the effects of catecholamine on flower-induction in P. nil (cv. Violet). GC-SIM analysis identified dopamine for the first time in P. nil seedlings. Dopamine levels in the cotyledons did not show a significant change during the inducing dark treatment. The dopamine content of cotyledons exposed to various durations of darkness were 0.1-0.2 nmol/g fresh weight. The same content w...