A research team has made progress in understanding benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), highlighting their presence in various tissues and their potential for novel drug development.
Biochemistry
Apr 16, 2024
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A*STAR researchers have used nanoimprinting methods to make patterned polymeric films with surface topography inspired by that of a rose petal, producing a range of transparent films with high water pinning forces.
Nanomaterials
Aug 13, 2014
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For the first time in a decade a Thai lake has given up its dazzling secret—the pink blooms of tens of thousands of lotuses.
Ecology
May 19, 2017
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Lotus is one of the top 10 traditional flowers in China with high ornamental value. Flowering behavior in lotus marks the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth, and flowering time is also an important determinant ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2024
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an economically important aquatic flowering plant with gardening, medicinal, and food applications. Temperate and tropical lotus are two ecotypes of N. nucifera differing in geographic ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2021
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The sacred lotus enjoys an astonishing diversity of floral traits, particularly petal number, color, and flower type. Previous studies have discussed the molecular mechanisms underlying a single trait for flower development ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2022
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Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids (bis-BIAs) and chlorophyll (Chl) are predominantly accumulated in lotus plumule, which is a green tissue in the middle of seeds. Although bis-BIAs and Chl endow lotus plumule with important ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2022
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Actually the lotus is a very ordinary plant. Nevertheless, during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) a complex bureaucratic structure was built up around this plant. The lotus was part of the Imperial Household, the palace machine ...
Other
Oct 21, 2014
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