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Crotalaria
Definition:
(n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Example Sentences:
(1) These are the morbid anatomical features pathognomonic of a raised pulmonary arterial pressure and show that the seeds of Crotalaria laburnoides contain an agent capable of inducing pulmonary hypertension in rats.
(2) However, these sequelae were less severe than those previously demonstrated in association with crotalaria ingestion.
(3) and Crotalaria sessiflora L., Prunella vulgaris L., Paris polyphylla S. and Ampelopsis brevipedunculata T. The extracts of Smilax china L., Prunella vulgaris L. and Actinidia chinensis P. were demonstrated to inhibit the mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene completely.
(4) With exposure durations of 6 days (monocrotaline or Crotalaria seeds in diet), 10 days (triethylenemelamine, mitomycin C, 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene, or colchicine, ip daily), 90 days (triethylenemelamine or urethan in drinking water or 1,3-butadiene via inhalation), or 2 years (benezene by daily gavage), frequencies of micronucleated cells attained and remained at steady state for prolonged periods.
(5) The hypercholeresis observed in crotalaria-fed birds involved both bile acid-dependent and bile acid-independent components of bile.
(6) The following findings were obtained: 8 plants exhibited persistent hypoglycaemic effects, Lycium shawii, Salvia (S.) aegyptiaca, Pergularia tomentosa, Convolvulus (C.) althaeoides, Haloxylon salicornicum, Ephedra alata, Scrophularia deserti, and Crotalaria aegyptiaca.
(7) The combined effect of cyclophosphamide (CTX) and extracts of six patients belonging to Crotalaria and Senecio genera was assessed on experimental transplantable S180 (both ascitic and solid forms) tumour.
(8) The early changes in pulmonary artery structure and the timing and development of right ventricular hypertrophy were examined in rats after ingestion of Crotalaria spectabilis; the arteries were distended with a Micropaque--gelatin mixture.
(9) A galactose-specific lectin from seeds of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea) has been purified by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulfate followed by biospecific affinity chromatography and preparative isoelectric focusing.
(10) Absorption of selenate and selenite by excised roots of Astragalus Crotalariae, a selenium accumulator, and of A. lentiginosus, a non-accumulator, was favored by CaCl(2) and a pH of 4.0.
(11) With a view to optimise the interaction of crotalarin, a blood group A-specific lectin from the seeds of Crotalaria striata with fetuin the effect of various parameters on the reaction has been studied turbidimetrically.
(12) Prolonged incubation with Ervilia lectin (mannose-specific) inhibits NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity, while the electron-transport chain involving cytochrome b5 is also inhibited by Crotalaria, indicating that both the flavoprotein and the cytochrome b5 are glycoproteins whose oligosaccharide chains have terminal mannose or galactose residues.
(13) An African youth who had died from primary pulmonary hypertension was suspected of having ingested a herbal remedy containing the seeds of the local plant Crotalaria laburnoides.
(14) Mean values for total bile flow, biliary bile acid excretion, bile acid-dependent flow and bile acid-independent flow were significantly higher in crotalaria-fed turkeys than in controls.
(15) N-terminal amino-acid sequencing showed a striking similarity with the N-terminal sequence of the lectin from Crotalaria juncea, which is blood-group non-specific.
(16) Seed Protein Concentrates (SPC) of 6 species of Crotalaria were extracted and the extractabilities of SPC, total N and protein N determined.
(17) A lectin, monospecific for human blood group A red blood cells was extracted from seeds of Crotalaria striata and purified by molecular sieving on Sephadex G-100 and ion-exchange on DEAE-cellulose.
(18) Cadmium levels in the leaves of Celosia argentea, Crotalaria linifolia, Impatiens balsamina and Triumfetta pentandra showed a significant (linear) plant-soil relationship.
(19) New muscle appears in both models at the same time, but the other changes appear more slowly after ingestion of Crotalaria spectabilis.
(20) Crotalaria species, Parthenium hysterophorus and Aspergillus flavus are possible contaminants of animal feeds in rural India, and we hypothesise that their products may be synergistic with copper in causing ICC.
Rattlebox
Definition:
(n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
(n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
(n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.