(n.) The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
Example Sentences:
(1) The CH2Cl2 extract of Ferula sinaica afforded twelve sesquiterpenes including three new daucanes, 14-hydroxyvaginatin, 4 beta, 8 beta, 9 alpha-trihydroxy-6 alpha-p-hydroxy-benzoyloxydaucane, and isolancerotriol.
(2) The study of two chemically characterized varieties of Ferula communis showed that only plants containing prenylated coumarins are toxic.
(3) Spices used include red chillies (Capsicum annum), black pepper (piper nigrum), coriander seeds (Coriandrum sativum) cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum), garlic (Allium sativum), asafoetida (Ferula foetida), dry ginger (Zingiber officinale) and ajowan (Carum copticum).
(4) The effects of an ethanol extract of Ferula sinaica roots on the smooth muscles of rabbit and guinea pig were tested in vitro using isolated segments of intestine, trachea and aorta.
(5) The effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula ovina were tested in vitro using isolated segments of rabbit and guinea pig intestine, trachea and aorta.
(6) Administration of galbanic acid isolated from the roots of Ferula kopetdaghensis Eug.
(7) Twelve sesquiterpenoid esters, including two new daucane and four new germacrane esters, were isolated from the roots of Ferula orientalis var.
(8) The contrasting data on the toxicity of Ferula communis most probably raised from the use of chemically uncharacterized specimens.
(9) In addition to the three known daucane esters (2,3,8) and one phenylpropanoid (9), the petroleum ether extract of the roots of Ferula tingitana yielded four new daucane esters: 14-p-anisoyloxy-dauc-4,8-diene (1), acetyltingitanol (4), acetyldesoxodehydrolaserpitine (5), and 4-beta-hydroxy-6-alpha-p-hydroxybenzoyloxy-10-alpha-angeloyloxy dauc-8-ene (6).
(10) The effects of an ethanolic extract of Ferula sinaica roots on the uterine smooth muscles of rats and guinea pigs were tested in vitro using isolated uterine horns.
Perula
Definition:
(n.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
(n.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.