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2019
Journal article
Rosmarinic acid in Canna generalis activates the medial deterrent chemosensory neurone and deters feeding in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta
For all but a very few highly specialized insect feeders, Canna generalis L. (Cannaceae) is unacceptable as a food plant and is a highly potent feeding deterrent for the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta Johan. (Lepidoptera). The present study describes the isolation of an active deterrent compound, rosmarinic acid (RA) from...Simmonds, Monique S.J. ; Stevenson, Philip C. ; Hanson, Frank E.
sensory coding, feeding behaviour, phagodeterrents, phytochemistry, Lepidoptera, and insect neurophysiology
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2021
Journal article
Natural flavone tricin exerted anti-inflammatory activity in macrophage via NF-κB pathway and ameliorated acute colitis in mice.
Li, Xiao-Xiao ; Chen, Sin-Guang ; Yue, Grace Gar-Lee ; Kwok, Hin-Fai ; Lee, Julia Kin-Ming …
NF-κB, Acute colitis, Tricin, Microbiota, Macrophage, and Dextran sulfate sodium
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2016
Book chapter
Profile of compounds in different cultivars of apple (Malus x domestica).
The cultivation of apples (Malus x domestica) can be traced back for thousands of years to Asia and to Malus sieversii, which grows in temperate forests of central Asia. As the apple spread through Asia, into Europe, Russia and then into the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand, the number of...Simmonds, Monique S.J. ; Howes, Melanie-Jayne R.
Phenolic compounds, Phytochemicals, Biological activity, Malus x domestica, and Apples