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Blood vessels are the tubular structures of a circulatory system that transport blood throughout a vertebrate's body. [1] Blood vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the tissues of a body.
Artocarpus elasticus of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and commonly called terap nasi or terap, [2] is a rainforest tree of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 metres (150 ft) (occasionally as much as 214 feet (65 meters)) [3] in height with a diameter at breast height of about 1 metre (3 ft).
Vascular plants (from Latin vasculum 'duct'), also called tracheophytes (UK: / ˈ t r æ k iː ə ˌ f aɪ t s /, [5] US: / ˈ t r eɪ k iː ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) [6] or collectively tracheophyta (/ ˌ t r eɪ k iː ˈ ɒ f ɪ t ə /; [7] [8] [9] from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία (trakheîa artēría) 'windpipe' and φυτά (phutá) 'plants'), [9] are plants that have lignified ...
Leaves. Strobilanthes crispa is a shrub which originated from Madagascar, [2] and is now found across south east Asia. [3] It is a member of the family Acanthaceae. [2] It is known as pokok pecah kaca or pokok pecah beling in Malaysia, [2] and pecah beling, enyoh kilo, kecibeling or kejibeling in Indonesia.
Steroid glycosides are saponins with 27-C atoms. [4] They are modified triterpenoids where their aglycone is a steroid, these compounds typically consist of a steroid aglycone attached to one or more sugar molecules, which can have various biological activities.
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles.
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