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Diprobase is a British brand of the American pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough. Its trademark stems from the now older range of corticosteroids the company still manufactures; Diprosone and Diprosalic. The Dipro being suggestive of betamethasone dipropionate. Diprobase was originally conceived from the emollient vehicle these products had ...
Hypersensitive response (HR) is a mechanism used by plants to prevent the spread of infection by microbial pathogens.HR is characterized by the rapid death of cells in the local region surrounding an infection and it serves to restrict the growth and spread of pathogens to other parts of the plant.
"Plant-derived insecticides (e.g., rotenone, veratridines, pyrethrins, and nicotine) have been used for insect control since antiquity." [6] The active ingredients in these plants have been purified and modified. For example, variations on pyrethrin have spawned a large number of synthetic insecticides called pyrethroids.
Phytosteroids, also known as plant steroids, are naturally occurring steroids that are found in plants. [1] Examples include digoxin , digitoxin , diosgenin , and guggulsterone , as well as phytosterols like β-sitosterol and other phytoestrogens like isoflavones .
This is a list of plant hybrids created intentionally or by chance and exploited commercially in agriculture or horticulture. The hybridization event mechanism is documented where known, along with the authorities who described it.
The two main mechanisms causing damage to recalcitrant seeds are desiccation effects on the intracellular structures and metabolic damage from the formation of toxic chemicals such as free radicals. [5] An example of the first type of damage would be found in some recalcitrant nontropical hardwood seeds, specifically the acorns of recalcitrant ...
The new memo comes two days after the new Trump administration’s Education Department rescinded guidance issued in the final days of the Biden administration’s Education Department that stated ...
In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids [1] [2]) is a clade of flowering plants within the monocots, distinguished by having cell walls containing ferulic acid.