Parasitic Mistletoes of the Genera Scurrula and Viscum: From Bench to Bedside

YC Lim, R Rajabalaya, SHF Lee, KU Tennakoon… - Molecules, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
The mistletoes, stem hemiparasites of Asia and Europe, have been used as medicinal herbs
for many years and possess sophisticated systems to obtain nutrients from their host plants …

Water status and macronutrient concentrations, but not carbon status, of Viscum album ssp. album are determined by its hosts: a study across nine mistletoe–host …

A Wang, AK Bose, MM Lehmann, A Rigling… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction European mistletoe, Viscum album L., is a hemiparasite that can infect various
tree species, yet our understanding of its physiological interactions with host species is …

Tree diversity and community composition of the Tutong white sands, Brunei Darussalam: a rare tropical heath forest ecosystem

H Din, F Metali, RS Sukri - International Journal of Ecology, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bornean heath (Kerangas) forests are a unique and increasingly rare tropical forest
ecosystem that remains little studied. We quantified tree floristic diversity in Kerangas forests …

There is no carbon transfer between Scots pine and pine mistletoe but the assimilation capacity of the hemiparasite is constrained by host water use under dry …

A Wang, MM Lehmann, A Rigling, A Gessler… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Pine mistletoe is a hemiparasitic shrub that can produce its own photosynthates. There is a
lack of knowledge about the interaction of mistletoe and host under varying environmental …

Photosynthesis in co-occurring invasive Acacia spp. and native Bornean heath forest trees at the post-establishment invasion stage

QV Le, KU Tennakoon, F Metali… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Seedlings of invasive species often exhibit superior physiological traits that facilitate their
spread at early stages of invasion, although it is unclear whether these traits persist at the …

Impact of Cuscuta australis infection on the photosynthesis of the invasive host, Mikania micrantha, under drought condition

QV Le, KU Tennakoon, F Metali… - Weed Biology and …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cuscuta species (dodders) are widespread stem holoparasites that depend on host plants
for their entire mineral and water and most carbohydrate requirements. Dodders negatively …

Photosynthetic Responses of Invasive Acacia mangium and Co-Existing Native Heath Forest Species to Elevated Temperature and CO2 Concentrations

MH Ibrahim, RS Sukri, KU Tennakoon… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
The impacts of climate change, in particular via elevated temperature and atmospheric CO2
concentrations, cause differential photosynthetic responses between native and invasive …

Phytochemical and anti‐inflammatory properties of Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser parasitising on three different host plants elucidated by NMR‐based …

X Hong, N Mat Isa, S Fakurazi… - Phytochemical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser is a hemi‐parasitic shrub that is
widely used as a traditional herbal medicine. Objectives To elucidate the anti‐inflammatory …

Observational and experimental evaluation of hemiparasite resistance in trees in the urban afforestation of Santarém, Pará, Brazil

FP Silva, RF Fadini - Acta Amazonica, 2017‏ - SciELO Brasil
One of the problems affecting the quality of urban trees is their infestation by mistletoes
(aerial hemiparasite plants of the order Santalales). Identification of the main types of trees …

Antioxidant Flavonoid Glycoside from Leaves of Cacao Mistletoe (Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser)

M Efdi, D Pratama, A Itam, T Okselni - Indonesian Journal of …, 2022‏ - journal.ugm.ac.id
Abstract Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Danser is a folk medicine to treat several diseases. S.
ferruginea is the mistletoe that lives by deriving nutrients from the host. Hence, the host has …