DNA barcoding is a technique for discriminating and identifying species using short, variable, and standardized DNA regions. Here, we tested for the first time the performance of plastid and nuclear regions as DNA barcodes in Passiflora. This genus is a largely variable, with more than 900 species of high ecological, commercial, and ornamental importance. We analyzed 1034 accessions of 222 spec...

BACKGROUND Many patients have preoperative anxiety; therefore, the development of a strong anxiolytic with minimal psychomotor impairment for premedication may be desirable. METHODS In this study, 60 patients were randomized into two groups to receive either oral Passiflora incarnata (500 mg, Passipy IranDarouk) (n = 30) or placebo (n = 30) as premedication, 90 min before surgery. A numerical...

Cinco glicosídeos foram isolados a partir das folhas de P. alata. Após extensivas análises espectroscópicas, as estruturas 1-5 foram identificadas como sendo o 3-O-β-D-glicopiranosilestigmasterol (1), o ácido 3-O-β-D-glicopiranosil-oleanólico (2), o ácido 3-O-β-D-glicopiranosil(1→3)-β-D-glicopiranosil-oleanólico (3), o ácido 3-O-β-Dglicopiranosil-(1→2)-β-D-glicopiranosiloleanólico (4) e 9,19-ci...

Summa Phytopathol., Botucatu, v. 40, n. 2, p. 134-140, 2014 The purple passionfruit plant, Passiflora edulis Sims, ranks second in fruit exportation in Colombia, and its main destination is the European market. However, its production is affected by several diseases, including fusariosis. This paper presents the histopathological features of different tissues affected by the pathogens Fusarium ...

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Prof. Grace Gosmann. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: +5551 3316 5313 Pharmacochemical Study of Aqueous Extracts of Passiflora alata Dryander and Passiflora edulis Sims Fernanda de-PARIS 2,3, Raquel D. PETRY 1, Flávio H. REGINATTO 1, Grace GOSMANN 1*, João QUEVEDO 2,3, Jennifer B. SALGUEIRO 3, Flávio KAPCZINSKI 2, George GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA...

Passiflora contracta Vitta (Passifloraceae) is an endemic species of the Atlantic Rainforest, one of the most species-rich ecoregions in the world, although extremely endangered. We have developed an enriched microsatellite library in order to fine-scale studies of the genetic structure of P. contracta. Twelve pairs of microsatellite primers were designed, and seven loci were successfully ampli...

Background Leaf shape among Passiflora species is spectacularly diverse. Underlying this diversity in leaf shape are profound changes in the patterning of the primary vasculature and laminar outgrowth. Each of these aspects of leaf morphology-vasculature and blade-provides different insights into leaf patterning. Results Here, we morphometrically analyze >3300 leaves from 40 different Passifl...

Male, female, pupa, larva and egg of a new genus and species of Gracillariidae (Gracillariinae), Spinivalva gaucha Moreira and Vargas from southern Brazil are described and illustrated with the aid of optical and scanning electron microscopy. A preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences including members of related lineages is also provided. The immature stages are associated with Pass...

Çalışmada, ülkemiz piyasasına son yıllarda meyveleriyle de giren, park ve bahçe kenarlarında sarılıcı tırmanıcı bitki olarak yetiştirilen tıbbi değeri olan, Passifloraceae familyasında yer alan, ekonomik değere sahip Passiflora incarnata, P. alata, edulis cearulea türlerinin geleneksel kullanılışı, kimyasal bileşimi biyolojik etkilerinin yapılan çalışmaları derlenmiştir. Çalışmanın deneysel kıs...

One of the long-standing paradoxes in genomic evolution is the observation that much of the genome is composed of repetitive DNA which has been typically regarded as superfluous to the function of the genome in generating phenotypes. In this work, we used comparative phylogenetic approaches to investigate if the variations in genome sizes (GS) should be considered as adaptive or neutral process...