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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hadil Alaydi, Peter Downey, Michelle McKeon-Bennett, Tanya Beletskaya
This study ascertained the accumulation of polyprenol from four Irish conifer species Picea sitchensis, Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', Pinus sylvestris and Taxus baccata and one flowering tree Cotoneaster hybrida using supercritical fluid extraction with carbon dioxide (SFE-CO2 ) and solvent extraction. The effects of SFE-CO2 parameters such as temperature (ranged from 40 to 70 [Formula: see text]), pressure (ranged from 100 to 350 bars) and dynamic time (from 70 min to 7 h) were analysed on the extraction efficiency of polyprenol...
April 2, 2021: Scientific Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lars Opgenoorth, Benjamin Dauphin, Raquel Benavides, Katrin Heer, Paraskevi Alizoti, Elisabet Martínez-Sancho, Ricardo Alía, Olivier Ambrosio, Albet Audrey, Francisco Auñón, Camilla Avanzi, Evangelia Avramidou, Francesca Bagnoli, Evangelos Barbas, Cristina C Bastias, Catherine Bastien, Eduardo Ballesteros, Giorgia Beffa, Frédéric Bernier, Henri Bignalet, Guillaume Bodineau, Damien Bouic, Sabine Brodbeck, William Brunetto, Jurata Buchovska, Melanie Buy, Ana M Cabanillas-Saldaña, Bárbara Carvalho, Nicolas Cheval, José M Climent, Marianne Correard, Eva Cremer, Darius Danusevičius, Fernando Del Caño, Jean-Luc Denou, Nicolas di Gerardi, Bernard Dokhelar, Alexis Ducousso, Anne Eskild Nilsen, Anna-Maria Farsakoglou, Patrick Fonti, Ioannis Ganopoulos, José M García Del Barrio, Olivier Gilg, Santiago C González-Martínez, René Graf, Alan Gray, Delphine Grivet, Felix Gugerli, Christoph Hartleitner, Enja Hollenbach, Agathe Hurel, Bernard Issehut, Florence Jean, Veronique Jorge, Arnaud Jouineau, Jan-Philipp Kappner, Katri Kärkkäinen, Robert Kesälahti, Florian Knutzen, Sonja T Kujala, Timo A Kumpula, Mariaceleste Labriola, Celine Lalanne, Johannes Lambertz, Martin Lascoux, Vincent Lejeune, Gregoire Le-Provost, Joseph Levillain, Mirko Liesebach, David López-Quiroga, Benjamin Meier, Ermioni Malliarou, Jérémy Marchon, Nicolas Mariotte, Antonio Mas, Silvia Matesanz, Helge Meischner, Célia Michotey, Pascal Milesi, Sandro Morganti, Daniel Nievergelt, Eduardo Notivol, Geir Ostreng, Birte Pakull, Annika Perry, Andrea Piotti, Christophe Plomion, Nicolas Poinot, Mehdi Pringarbe, Luc Puzos, Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Annie Raffin, José A Ramírez-Valiente, Christian Rellstab, Dourthe Remi, Sebastian Richter, Juan J Robledo-Arnuncio, Sergio San Segundo, Outi Savolainen, Silvio Schueler, Volker Schneck, Ivan Scotti, Vladimir Semerikov, Lenka Slámová, Jørn Henrik Sønstebø, Ilaria Spanu, Jean Thevenet, Mari Mette Tollefsrud, Norbert Turion, Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin, Marc Villar, Georg von Arx, Johan Westin, Bruno Fady, Tor Myking, Fernando Valladares, Filippos A Aravanopoulos, Stephen Cavers
BACKGROUND: Progress in the field of evolutionary forest ecology has been hampered by the huge challenge of phenotyping trees across their ranges in their natural environments, and the limitation in high-resolution environmental information. FINDINGS: The GenTree Platform contains phenotypic and environmental data from 4,959 trees from 12 ecologically and economically important European forest tree species: Abies alba Mill. (silver fir), Betula pendula Roth. (silver birch), Fagus sylvatica L...
March 18, 2021: GigaScience
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Małgorzata Tabaszewska, Jaroslawa Rutkowska, Łukasz Skoczylas, Jacek Słupski, Agata Antoniewska, Sylwester Smoleń, Marcin Łukasiewicz, Damian Baranowski, Iwona Duda, Jörg Pietsch
The aim of this study, focused on the nutritional value of wild berries, was to determine the contents of macronutrients, profiles of fatty (FAs) and amino acids (AAs), and the contents of selected elements in red arils (RA) of Taxus baccata L., grown in diverse locations in Poland. Protein (1.79-3.80 g/100 g) and carbohydrate (18.43-19.30 g/100 g) contents of RAs were higher than in many cultivated berries. RAs proved to be a source of lipids (1.39-3.55 g/100 g). Ten out of 18 AAs detected in RAs, mostly branched-chain AAs, were essential AAs (EAAs)...
January 30, 2021: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
R Norouzi, M Hejazy, D Azizi, A Ataei
Hydatidosis is the most important global parasitic infectious disease both in humans and animals, which can lodge at different organs of the host, such as liver, lung (even heart), and brain which may lead to death. Surgery is the main method for the treatment of hydatidosis. In surgical therapy of hydatidosis, the use of sporicidal agents is very important since these agents inactivate live protoscolices and prevent recurrence of infection. Presently, numerous scolicidal chemical agents have been administrated to inactivate the hydatid cyst contents...
January 2021: Archives of Razi Institute
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tian Ruan, Ruijing Tan, WenJie Ma, Minghang Li, Xuyi Zheng, Lifen He
Taxus wallichiana is a member of the family Taxaceae, which is a unique and endangered species in China and is widely used for ornamental, material and medicinal purposes. The complete chloroplast genome of T. wallichiana was found to possess a total size of 128,168 bp. The GC content of T. wallichiana chloroplast genome sequence is 37.3%, the overall nucleotide composition of chloroplast genome sequence is: A of 30.7%, T of 32.0%, C of 19.0% and G of 18.3%. The total of 116 genes were successfully annotated, which contained 83 protein-coding genes, 29 transfer RNA genes, and 4 ribosomal RNA genes...
November 11, 2020: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
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Julia Hermes-Laufer, Martin Meyer, Alain Rudiger, Julian Henze, Kai Enselmann, Hugo Kupferschmidt, Daniel Müller, Aline Herzog, Dominique Bettex, Dagmar I Keller, Bernard Krüger, Judith Engeler
AIMS: This short communication aims to review the treatment of cardiogenic shock in patients with yew poisoning based on two case reports from our institution, focusing on the use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS). METHODS AND RESULTS: We report two cases of Taxus baccata poisoning treated with ECLS at our institution and review the literature based on a search in PubMed and Google Scholar on the topic of yew poisoning and ECLS. All cases were combined for analysis of demographics, ECLS therapy, and outcome...
February 2021: ESC Heart Failure
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Setareh Golinejad, Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili
The analysis of plant cell structure provides valuable information about its morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. Nowadays, scanning electron microscope (SEM) is widely used to provide high-resolution images at the surface of biological samples. However, biological specimens require preparation, including dehydration and coating with conductive materials for imaging by SEM. There are several techniques for providing images with maximum maintenance of cell structure and minimum cellular damage, but each requires the use of expensive and hazardous materials, which can be damaging to the cell in many cases...
August 19, 2020: Analytical Biochemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
El-Sayed R El-Sayed, Amira G Zaki, Ashraf S Ahmed, Ahmed A Ismaiel
Taxol, a phyto-extracted diterpenoid, is the most commercially needed drug in cancer chemotherapy. In spite of the microbial production of taxol being successful and prospective, the reported yields are still not sufficient for large-scale production. Thus, the discovery of new taxol-producing microbial strains and production enhancement methodologies such as process optimization, strain improvement, and immobilization technique are the main objectives. In this paper, a taxol-producing start strain Epicoccum nigrum TXB502 (initial yield 61...
July 2, 2020: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kourosh Ahmadi, Seyed Jalil Alavi, Ghavamudin Zahedi Amiri, Seyed Mohsen Hosseini, Josep M Serra-Diaz, Jens-Christian Svenning
The Hyrcanian Forest region is rich in relict species, and endemic and endangered species. Although there are concerns about climate change, its influence on tree species in the Hyrcanian forests in the north of Iran is still unidentified. Taxus baccata is among the few conifer species found in the region, and the present study aims to evaluate the potential impact of climate change on the distribution of T. baccata. For this purpose, we used ensemble species distribution modeling with ten algorithms and based on two geographic extents (global and regional) and climate data for different climate change scenarios...
May 18, 2020: International Journal of Biometeorology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Siamak Farhadi, Ahmad Moieni, Naser Safaie, Mohammad Sadegh Sabet, Mina Salehi
Paclitaxel is the top-selling chemotherapeutic drug used for the treatment of lung, ovarian and breast cancer as well as Kaposi's sarcoma. Cell suspension culture (CSC) of Corylus avellana has been addressed as a promising alternative for producing paclitaxel. In this study, endophytic fungus strain YEF33 was isolated from Taxus baccata and identified as Coniothyrium palmarum. The effects of the elicitors derived from this fungus including cell extract, culture filtrate and cell wall (CW) and also chitin, alone or in combination with Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin (MBCD), on paclitaxel biosynthesis in C...
March 25, 2020: Scientific Reports
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Natasha G, Mark Chan, Ying X Gue, Diana A Gorog
Background : Taxus baccata , also known as English yew, is a poison that causes cardiac arrhythmias and can result in death from cardiogenic shock. Case summary : A 49-year-old gentleman was admitted following yew ingestion with suicidal intent. He was bradycardic at 30 b.p.m. and hypotensive on arrival. Electrocardiography revealed complete heart block with broad complex ventricular escape rate of 30 b.p.m. Bedside echocardiography revealed severe global impairment of right and left ventricular systolic function...
February 2020: European Heart Journal. Case Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maryam Akaberi, Zahra Boghrati, Mohammad Sadegh Amiri, Mohammad Hassanzadeh Khayyat, Seyed Ahmad Emami
Cupressus sempervirens, Platycladus orientalis, Juniperus communis, J. excelsa, J. foetidissima, J. polycarpos var. turcomanica, J. sabina, and Taxus baccata are conifers in Iran. These plants have a long reputation in different systems of traditional medicines for a variety of diseases. This review aims to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information about the ethnopharmacological uses, chemical constituents, and pharmacology of these conifers. Furthermore this study comprises a bibliographical survey of major Islamic Traditional Medicine (ITM) books regarding different medical aspects of these species...
January 27, 2020: Current Pharmaceutical Design
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ksenija Radotić, Thor B Melø
For investigations of ongoing processes in plants, such as photosynthesis in conifer leaves, nondestructive and noninvasive measuring techniques are needed. In this paper, a novel approach has been developed for the measurement of chloroplasts' numbers and pigment contents in conifer leaves based on the measurements of leaf absorption spectra using optical fibers and an array spectrophotometer. To eliminate the effect of scattering on the measured absorption spectra, a strategy has been applied taking advantage of the combined use of thin optical fibers normal to the needle's longitudinal axis and the phenomenon that scattering is largest in the forward direction...
January 16, 2020: Journal of Biological Physics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Mayol, Miquel Riba, Stephen Cavers, Delphine Grivet, Lucie Vincenot, Federica Cattonaro, Giovanni G Vendramin, Santiago C González-Martínez
Detecting the molecular basis of local adaptation and identifying selective drivers is still challenging in nonmodel species. The use of purely population genetic approaches is limited by some characteristics of genetic systems, such as pleiotropy and polygenic control, and parallel evidence from phenotypic-based experimental comparisons is required. In long-lived organisms, the detection of selective pressures might also be precluded by evolutionary lag times in response to the environment. Here, we used the English yew to showcase an example of a multiscale integrative approach in a nonmodel species with limited plant and genomic resources...
January 2020: Evolutionary Applications
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chen He, Kaiyang Qiu, Richard Pott
Particulate matter in European cities, especially in urban areas, is mainly from urban road traffic and constitutes a great threat to the health of inhabitants. Therefore, understanding of the role of common urban roadside plant plays for particulate matter (PM) reduction would have important meaning for the mitigation of urban air pollution. The leaf surface PM capturing capacity of 12 representative urban plants (five shrubs and seven trees) alongside one main street in Hanover Germany was explored in this study...
December 19, 2019: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aleksander Rutkiewicz, Paweł Schab, Andrzej Kubicius, Filip Szeremeta, Franciszek Małysz, Janusz Dadok, Agnieszka Misiewska-Kaczur
The article presents pathophysiology, clinical picture and management of yew poisoning. Authors present also their own experiences with treating yew poisoning with fat emulsion. Plants of the yew genus, of which in Europe predominates Taxus baccata, are well known for their toxic properties. Particularly high concentrations of poisonous alkaloids are present in the needles of this evergreen and highly popular decorative plant. The danger associated with accidental or intentional ingestion of yew is primarily related to the cardiotoxic effects of the alkaloids (taxine A and B)...
2019: Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chen He, Kaiyang Qiu, Richard Pott
Atmospheric particulate matters (PM) caused by urban traffic system put residents' health at serious risk. As a method of phytoremediation to mitigate this risk, roadside plants show significant potential to remove PM from the air. However, the relationship between traffic pressure, height, and leaves' capturing capacity is rarely reported. In this study, two common effective roadside plants ( Hedera helix, Taxus baccata ) with typical leaf shapes (broad and needle-leaved) were selected to explore the foliage capacity under high, middle and low traffic burden...
August 27, 2019: International Journal of Phytoremediation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Igor J Chybicki, Grzegorz Iszkuło, Jan Suszka
The mating system is a central parameter of plant biology because it shapes their ecological and evolutionary properties. Therefore, determining ecological variables that influence the mating system is important for a deeper understanding of the functioning of plant populations. Here, using old concepts and recent statistical developments, we propose a new statistical tool to make inferences about ecological determinants of outcrossing in natural plant populations. The method requires co-dominant genotypes of seeds collected from maternal plants within different locations...
July 25, 2019: Molecular Ecology
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REVIEW
Deepak Kumar Semwal, Ashutosh Chauhan, Ankit Kumar, Sonali Aswal, Ruchi Badoni Semwal, Abhimanyu Kumar
The present market for herbal drugs is estimated about ₹40 billion, which is expected to increase by 16% in next 3-4 years. The current production of many Ayurvedic herbs is less than their market demand, which incentivizes adulteration in the Ayurvedic drug supply chain. The present work aims to highlight the most used Ayurvedic plants that have been listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's "red list" of endangered or vulnerable plants. The future of Ayurvedic medicines from these listed plants is uncertain, as the collection of herbs from their natural habitat is prohibited and their cultivation does not meet market demands...
April 30, 2019: Journal of Integrative Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Abolghasem Abbasi Kajani, Abdol-Khalegh Bordbar
A comprehensive study was conducted toward the green and facile synthesis of biocompatible magnetite nanoparticles for the efficient removal of organic contaminants from water. The nanoparticles were synthesized using a modified co-precipitation method and functionalized by the taxane diterpenoids extracted from Taxus baccata L., and fully characterized using UV-vis spectroscopy, SEM, FTIR, VSM, and XRD. The synthesized monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles, with a narrow size distribution of less than 50 nm, displayed significant and stable magnetic activity without surface oxidation after several months...
December 1, 2018: Journal of Hazardous Materials
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