What's the difference between primrose and primula?
Primrose
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
(a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
(a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were fed a basal regular diet (BD) or three different fat-supplemented diets which contained 10% hydrogenated coconut oil (HCO), 10% safflower oil (SFO), or 10% evening primrose oil (EPO).
(2) The hypocholesterolemic effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids was compared in male rats given high-cholesterol diets containing either evening primrose oil (EPO, linoleic plus gamma-linolenic), safflower oil (SFO, linoleic) or olive oil (OLO, low linoleic) at the 10% level.
(3) Finally, it is concluded that the therapeutic effect of evening primrose oil is unlikely to be mediated through a primarily immunological mechanism.
(4) We lived in Primrose Hill in a house that belonged to the anthropologist Professor Bronisław Malinowski.
(5) * * * On a fine spring day, I left the M1 at junction 14 and followed the broad dual-carriageway of the H5 grid-road into MK between banks of primroses and bright-green hawthorn.
(6) Previous experiments demonstrated the ability-of a gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) dietary supplementation (as evening primrose oil--EPO) to counteract the fall off in delta-6-desaturase (D6D) activity of linoleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid in aged rats.
(7) The rats were then divided into four groups which, for six weeks, were pair-fed diets containing beef tallow (BT), fish oil (FO), a source of n-3 fatty acids, evening primrose oil (EPO), a source of n-6 fatty acids, or a combination of evening primrose oil and fish oil, 75:25 (EPO:FO).
(8) Genic allozyme polymorphism and heterozygosity was studied in a large population of the evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, growing in North Haven, Connecticut.
(9) If poorly deformable RBCs are involved then the use of agents such as evening primrose oil or fish oil to improve RBC deformability could ameliorate the symptoms of PMS.
(10) In general, the release of prostanoids from the mesenteric vasculature was significantly reduced in rats fed a diet in which evening primrose oil was partly or completely replaced by either hydrogenated coconut or fish oil.
(11) Gamma-linolenic acid in the form of a particular variety of evening primrose oil (Epogam) has been reported of value in the treatment of atopic eczema.
(12) Treatment of diabetic rats with evening primrose oil prevented completely the development of the motor nerve conduction velocity deficit without affecting the severity of diabetes.
(13) Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were fed diets enriched with evening primrose (EPO), sunflower (SO) and linseed oils (LO) as well as palm kernel fat (PKF), the latter being deficient in polyunsarated fatty acids (PUFA).
(14) Nineteen hypercholesterolemic patients (10 without and 9 with hypertriglyceridemia) were given evening primrose oil rich in gammalinolenic acid (GLA, 18: 3n - 6), in a placebo controlled cross-over design, over 16 weeks (8 + 8 weeks), with safflower oil as the placebo.
(15) For the next three months it will be in the Hayward's project space, presenting work by the Indian builder and sculptor Nek Chand, whose work featured in the first room of Exhibition #1, the museum's inaugural show in Primrose Hill, north London, four years ago.
(16) Good responses are obtained from simple and safe drugs (oil of evening primrose, vitamin B6) with minimal side-effects.
(17) Thirty-five dogs with non-seasonal atopic dermatitis were used in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of the effects of evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) oil.
(18) Weight gain over 15 weeks was significantly greater in the evening primrose oil-supplemented obese mice than in the other groups.
(19) Nine controlled trials of evening primrose oil were performed in eight centres.
(20) Where it has hopped and run and suckered its way along the verges the blackthorn has formed cages that protect an inner world of primroses.
Primula
Definition:
(n.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).
Example Sentences:
(1) Primin itself was obtained from Primula elatior and from the petals (corollas) of Primula obconica.
(2) 15 cases of contact dermatitis to Primula obconica Hance are reported, 14 female and 1 male.
(3) The inhibition of the linear growth of the onion roots affected with the extract from 0-2 g of Rx Primulae in 100 ml of water (W0-2) and with the 0-05% solution (S0-05) of the saponin fraction after 24 hrs was about 70% of the blanc halves.
(4) As a complementary study to a previous work (14) in which we examined 43 cases of contact dermatitis to plants, we have taken a closer look at the provocative cases which made up 76% of that study - Allium (garlic) (11 cases), Primula (8), Frullania (8) and Compositae (6).
(5) 41% of the patients with positive reactions had current primula dermatitis at the time of patch testing.
(6) It is supposed that some of the detected quinones may function as allergens and therefore may be responsible for the contact dermatitis described in the literature due to several Primula species and some other species of the same family.
(7) A simple technique of patch testing with the primula leaf is described.
(8) ), quinones (Primula and tropical woods), long chain phenols (Anacardiaceae, Ginkgoaceae) and miscellaneous structures such as aldehydes, ketones, terpene hydrocarbons etc.
(9) Affecting mainly women, primula contact dermatitis is often misdiagnosed since its nondescript pattern suggests an endogenous dermatitis.
(10) Patch test with primin revealed the persistence of the highgrade hypersensitivity to Primula.
(11) The incidence among our patients increased from 0.45 to 3.4% when we included an ether extract of primula in our standard series.
(12) Allergic reactions to daffodils and primulas were rarely observed.
(13) Contact dermatitis to Primula obconica is not uncommon in the United States, yet it is scarcely mentioned in current North American dermatologic textbooks and literature.
(14) It was devoid of the long generation time and more complex sex cycle (among other problems) that complicated the biochemical study of higher plants (e.g., Primula), which Haldane and Scott-Moncrieff had attempted earlier.
(15) The sum of triterpene glycosides of Androsace septentrionalis L. (a plant of genus Primula) was shown to change the concentrations of lutropin and follitropin in the hypophysis and plasma and the ratio of these hormones in the blood plasma in the active phase of the cycle.
(16) A number of plant dermatitides are due to the presence of trichomes such as those due to linden, primula, wild rose or nettle.
(17) Primin, the allergen of Primula obconica Hance (primrose) proved to be the most effective one of all quinones tested in this and the preceding studies.
(18) The contact dermatitis produced by Primula are located principally in the face and hands.
(19) In 16 Primula species and 4 species of other genera the strong contact allergen primin could be detected by the Craven-test.
(20) In one of the two cases, the patient had had prolonged, previous contact with Primula but without reaction.