Apocynum

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Noun1.Apocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowersApocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Apocynaceae, dogbane family, family Apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
dogbane - any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
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Studies on anti-depressant activity of four flavonoids isolated from Apocynum venetum Linn (Apocynaceae) leaf in mice.
Strings of twisted Indian hemp (Apocynum cannibium) were originally preferred to twine the structure of the bags, both the warp and weft, while blades from bear grass (.Xerophyllum tenax) were the common source for decorative designs done in false embroidery.
Among the very few Icones double-folio drawings that remained unpublished is an image of a group of fakirs under a tree with climbing plants (figure 3), an astonishingly detailed composition, signed on the verso by artist Marcelis Splintjer, with text that reads: "Climbing pod-bearing leguminosae and other species of Apocynum...." A Ficus tree dominates this composition, but both the fakir in the foreground and the legume entwined around it seem poised to fly across the page on the diagonal.
Shineco announced that the company, through its joint venture company, Xinjiang Shineco Taihe Agriculture Technology Ltd., has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture for the Company's Apocynum Industrial Integration Construction Project.
Li, "Comprehensive separation and identification of chemical constituents from Apocynum venetum leaves by high-performance counter-current chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry," Journal of Chromatography B, vol.
Xu et al., "Application of mixed cloud point extraction for the analysis of six flavonoids in Apocynum venetum leaf samples by high performance liquid chromatography," Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, vol.
Song et al., "Studies on antidepressant activity of four flavonoids isolated from Apocynum venetum linn (Apocynaceae) leaf in mice," Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, vol.
Pursuant to the agreement, Xinjiang Taihe will receive 51% equity ownership in Xinjiang Tiansheng for further investment in apocynum business expansion in Xinjiang, China, in exchange for a combination of 14% equity ownership in Xinjiang Taihe and cash payments in three separate installments.
Herbs including valerian, hops, passion flower, magnolia extract, Apocynum venetum leaf extract (AVLE), and ginseng (Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, Panax vietnamensis) may have sedative and hypnotic effects; ashwanganda acts as an adaptogen.
APOCYNACEAE (Dogbane and Milkweed Family) Apocynum cannabinum L.--CW, SW; OF, WE; Infrequent; C = 2; BSUH 19772.
purpurea (foxglove), Adonis microcarpa and Adonis vernalis (adonis), Apocynum cannabinum (black Indian hemp), Asclepias curassavica (redheaded cotton bush), Asclepias fruticosa (balloon cotton), Calotropis procera (king's crown), Carissa spectabilis (wintersweet), Cerebera manghas (sea mango), Cheiranthus cheiri (wallflower), Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley, convallaria), Cryptostegia grandiflora (rubber vine), Helleborus niger (black hellebore), Helleborus viridis, Nerium oleander (oleander), Plumeria rubra (frangipani), Selenicereus grandiflorus (cactus grandiflorus), Strophanthus hispidus and Strophanthus kombe (strophanus), Thevetia peruviana (yellow oleander), and Urginea maritima (squill).
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