Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Cyrtosperma chamissonis
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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)
Common Name(s):
giant swamp taro syn maota syn gallan syn opeves syn palauanReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Hather, J. G. and M. I. Weisler (2000). Prehistoric giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) from Henderson Island, southeast Polynesia. Pacific Science. April 54(2): 149-156. {a} Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Bradbury, J. H., S. V. Egan, et al. (1995). Cyanide content of the leaves and stems of edible aroids. Phytochemical Analysis 6(5): 268-271. {a} Div. Botany Zool., Australian Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Peng, L., J. H. Bradbury, et al. (1993). Comparison of amino acid sequences of the trypsin inhibitors from taro (Colocasia esculenta), giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) and giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International 31(1): 73-81. {a} Protein Biochem. Group, John Curtin Sch. Med. Res., Australia Natl. Univ., Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Bradbury, J. H., B. C. Hammer, et al. (1992). Heat stability of trypsin inhibitors in tropical root crops and rice and its significance for nutrition. Journal Of The Science Of Food And Agriculture 58(1): 95-100.
Lebot, V. (1992). Genetic vulnerability of Oceania's traditional crops. Experimental Agriculture 28(3): 309-323.
Hammer, B. C., D. C. Shaw, et al. (1989). Trypsin inhibitors from Colocasia esculenta, Alocasia macrorrhiza and Cyrtosperma chamissonis. Phytochemistry 28(11): 3019-3026.
Holloway, W. D., M. E. Argall, et al. (1989). Organic acids and calcium oxalate in tropical root crops. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 37(2): 337-341.
Manner, H. I. and E. Mallon (1989). An annotated list of the vascular plants of Puluwat Atoll (Micronesia). Micronesica 22(1): 23-64.
Bradbury, J. H. and U. Singh (1986). Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid content of tropical root crops from the South Pacific. Journal Of Food Science 51(4): 975-978.
Bradbury, J. H. and U. Singh (1563). Thiamin, riboflavin and nicotinic acid contents of tropical root crops from the South Pacific. Journal Of Food Science 51(6): 1563-1564.
Bradbury, J. H. and B. C. Hammer (1448). Comparative study of proteinase inhibitors in tropical root crops and survey of allelochemicals in the edible aroids. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 38(7): 1448-1453.
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