Bilobetin and 4'''-O-methylamentoflavone were isolated and identified in the needles of Taxus baccata, for the first time in this species. The antifungal activity of biflavones from T. baccata and Ginkgo biloba, namely amentoflavone, 7-O-methylamentoflavone, bilobetin, ginkgetin, sciadopitysin and 2,3-dihydrosciadopitysin towards the fungi Alternaria alternata, Fusarium culmorum, Cladosporium o...

The Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata L.) is widely but sparsely distributed along the cool temperate belt between 2600 and 3300 m asl of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Garhwal Himalaya. Traditionally, the bark of this plant is used for preparing beverages locally called Namkin Chay, medicines and its wood as a timber in various regions of the Himalaya. However, due to its excessive collec...

Pri oblikovanju otvorenih prostora za djecu potrebno je obratiti pažnju na odabir biljnih vrsta koje njih ne smiju biti opasne. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio inventarizirati dendrološku floru igralištima dječjih vrtića području gradske četvrti Trešnjevka – sjever te utvrditi zastupljenost otrovnih vrsta. Istraživanje provedeno u 13 s igralištima. Otrovne drvenaste vrste bile su prisutne svim anali...

Taxanes, such as, e.g., taxinin Β 1 or taxol 2, are unu­ sual hydroxylated diterpenes which occur in plants of the family Taxaceae, to which the yew tree (Taxus baccata L.) belongs. The antileukemic and antitumoral activities of some taxanes and the problems encountered in the syn­ thesis of the unusual tricyclic carbon skeleton 3 have aroused increasing interest in recent years . According to ...