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Catharanthus roseus

[‚kath·ə‚ran·thəs ′rō·zē·əs]
(botany)
The Madagascar periwinkle plant from which the anticancer compounds vinblastine and vincristine are derived.
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Catharanthus roseus has been reported as a natural host for phytoplasmas groups 16SrI, 16SrIII, 16SrIX, 16SrXV, 16SrXIII, in North and South America, and the Caribbean islands, but not from the Central American region (Lee et al., 1998b; Lee, Davis, & Gundersen-Rindall, 2000; Montano, Dally, Davis, Pimentel, & Brioso, 2001b; Torres, Galdeano, Docampo, & Conci, 2004; Duduk, Mejia, Calari, & Bertaccini, 2008; Barbosa, Eckstein, Bergamin Filho, Bedendo, & Kitajima, 2012; Galdeano, Guzman, Fernandez, & Conci, 2013; Dumonceaux, Green, Hammond, Perez, & Olivier, 2014; Caicedo, Rivera-Vargas, Segarra, & Davis, 2015; Davis, Harrison, Zhao, Wei, & Dally, 2016; Perez-Lopez, LunaRodriguez, Olivier, & Dumonceaux, 2016a).
Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae) naturalmente infectada con diversos fitoplasmas en Costa Rica
The experiment used seedlings of 'Boa noite' (Catharanthus roseus), white color, with 45 days of age, which were transplanted to 7 L pots filled with substrate made by a mixture of arisco (fine sand-sized particles used in constructions) + earthworm humus, at proportion of 2:1.
Quantitative and qualitative responses of Catharanthus roseus to salinity and biofertilizer/Respostas quantitativas e qualitativas de Catharanthus roseus a salinidade e biofertilizante
Patharajan, "In-vitro antimicrobial and antifungal activity of Catharanthus roseus leaves extract against important pathogenic organisms," Academic Sciences, vol.
Antifungal Compound Isolated from Catharanthus roseus L. (Pink) for Biological Control of Root Rot Rubber Diseases
Catharanthus roseus is a novel plant, belongs to Apocynaceae which is very much famous for treatment of cancer and leukemia.
ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACTS AGAINST PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL STRAINS
Calcium chloride effects on salinity-induced oxidative stress, proline metabolism and indole alkaloid accumulation in Catharanthus roseus. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 330(9): 674-683.
Effect of irrigation by magnetized sea water on guinea grass (panicum maximum) leaf content of chlorophyll a,b, carotenoids, Pigments, protein & proline
Although the following species are recognized as herbal medicines, they also have other applications: Acacia karroo (browse, firewood), Agave americana (live fence), Catharanthus roseus (ornamental), Centella coriacea Nannf.
Assessment of Useful Plants in the Catchment Area of the Proposed Ntabelanga Dam in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Changes in non enzimatyic anti oxidation and ajmalicine production in Catharanthus roseus with different soil salinity regimes.
Postharvest quality of feijoa flowers treated with different preservative solutions and 1-methylcyclopropene/Qualidade pos-colheita de flores de goiabeira-serrana tratadas com solucoes conservantes e 1-metilciclopropeno
Cytotoxic dimeric indole alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus. Fitoterapia 83, 765-769.
Induction of apoptosis in human leukemia cells through an intrinsic pathway by cathachunine, a unique alkaloid isolated from Catharanthus roseus
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