Plant latex and other exudates as plant defense systems: roles of various defense chemicals and proteins contained therein

K Konno - Phytochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Plant latex and other exudates are saps that are exuded from the points of plant damage
caused either mechanically or by insect herbivory. Although many (ca. 10%) of plant species …

Latex: a model for understanding mechanisms, ecology, and evolution of plant defense against herbivory

AA Agrawal, K Konno - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2009 - annualreviews.org
Latex is a sticky emulsion that exudes upon damage from specialized canals in about 10%
of flowering plant species. Latex has no known primary metabolic function and has been …

Got milk? The secret life of laticifers

JM Hagel, EC Yeung, PJ Facchini - Trends in plant science, 2008 - cell.com
Laticifers are specialized cells that occur in over 20 plant families in several unrelated
angiosperm orders. Although laticifers are likely to be of polyphyletic origin, their occurrence …

A review on phytochemical constituents and pharmacological potential of Calotropis procera

BD Wadhwani, D Mali, P Vyas, R Nair, P Khandelwal - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Calotropis procera is locally known as Aak or Madar in Hindi, milk weed in English and
belongs to the family Apocynaceae and subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Although a wasteland …

Larvicidal activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Plumeria rubra plant latex against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi

CD Patil, SV Patil, HP Borase, BK Salunke… - Parasitology …, 2012 - Springer
In the present study activity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized using Plumeria
rubra plant latex against second and fourth larval instar of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles …

Biological properties and pharmacological potential of plant exudates

ICL Licá, AM dos Santos Soares… - Food Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Exudates released from plants, consist of complex mixtures of organic and inorganic
molecules that have been used in traditional medicine from several years. They may vary …

Extraction and phytochemical investigation of Calotropis procera: Effect of plant extracts on the activity of diverse muscles

AMY Moustafa, SH Ahmed, ZI Nabil… - Pharmaceutical …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br.(Asclepiadaceae) is a shrub or small tree that grows
wild in Egypt. Calotropis acts as a purgative, anthelmintic, anticoagulant, palliative (in …

[HTML][HTML] Important insights from the antimicrobial activity of Calotropis procera

MH Amini, K Ashraf, F Salim, SM Lim… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Calotropis procera (family Apocynaceae) is a valuable medicinal plant as it contains many
valuable phytochemicals such as glycosides (mostly cardenolides), flavonoids, triterpenes …

Osmotin purified from the latex of Calotropis procera: biochemical characterization, biological activity and role in plant defense

CDT de Freitas, FCS Nogueira, IM Vasconcelos… - Plant physiology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
A protein, similar to osmotin-and thaumatin-like proteins, was purified from Calotropis
procera (Ait.) R. Br latex. The isolation procedure required two cation exchange …

Calotropis procera and Annona squamosa: potential alternatives to chemical pesticides

N Begum, B Sharma… - British Journal of …, 2013 - journal.article2publish.com
The control of insect pests in agriculture, forestry, stores, animal husbandry, poultry and in
human hygiene are still considered a challenge. Widespread use of chemical pesticides …