
Listing of Useful Plants of the World
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Tropaeolum majus
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Common Name(s):
common nasturtium syn indian cress syn tall nasturtiumReferences
(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.]de, M. J. M. R., M. Macedo, et al. (2000). Antithrombin activity of medicinal plants of the Azores. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. [print] September 72(1-2): 157-165. {a} Department of Chemistry, Center for Discovery of Drugs and Diagnostics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816 2366, USA
Faik, A., D. Desveaux, et al. (2000). Sugar-nucleotide-binding and autoglycosylating polypeptide(s) from nasturtium fruit: Biochemical capacities and potential functions. Biochemical Journal. [print] May 347(3): 857-864. {a} DOE-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
Raymond, B., A. C. Darby, et al. (2000). The olfactory responses of coccinellids to aphids on plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. [print] April 95(1): 113-117. {a} Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK
Vierheilig, H., R. Bennett, et al. (2000). Differences in glucosinolate patterns and arbuscular mycorrhizal status of glucosinolate-containing plant species. New Phytologist. [print] May 146(2): 343-352. {a} Institut fuer Botanik, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Zellescher Weg 22, D-01062, Dresden, Germany
Comba, L., S. A. Corbet, et al. (1999). Garden flowers: Insect visits and the floral reward of horticulturally-modified variants. Annals of Botany London 83(1): 73-86. {a} Zoology Dep., Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
Hensel, A. and K. Meier (1999). Pectins and xyloglucans exhibit antimutagenic activities against nitroaromatic compounds. Planta Medica. June 65(5): 395-399. {a} Institut fuer Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen, Staudtstr. 5, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
Lake, J. C. and L. Hughes (1999). Nectar production and floral characteristics of Tropaeolum majus L. grown in ambient and elevated carbon dioxide. Annals of Botany London. Oct. 84(4): 535-541. {a} Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
Ludwig, M. J., R. N. Bennett, et al. (1999). The host range of Plasmodiophora brassicae and its relationship to endogenous glucosinolate content. New Phytologist. March 141(3): 443-458. {a} Botanisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054, Frankfurt, Germany
Niu, J. G., H. H. Bai, et al. (1999). Dynamic association between the vegetative nucleus and the generative cell in Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae). Cytologia Tokyo. June 64(2): 215-221. {a} College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Renwick, J. A. A. and K. Lopez (1999). Experience-based food consumption by larvae of Pieris rapae: Addiction to glucosinolates? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. April 91(1): 51-58. {a} Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
Sulova, Z. and V. Farkas (1999). Purification of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase based on affinity sorption of the active glycosyl-enzyme intermediate complex to cellulose. Protein Expression and Purification. July 16(2): 231-235. {a} Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 84238, Bratislava, Slovakia
Wielanek, M. and H. Urbanek (1999). Glucotropaeolin and myrosinase production in hairy root cultures of Tropaeolum majus. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 57(1): 39-45. {a} Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland
Wojtaszek, P., C. G. Smith, et al. (1999). Ultrastructural localisation and further biochemical characterisation of prolyl 4-hydroxylase from Phaseolus vulgaris: Comparative analysis. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 31(3-4): 463-477. {a} Division of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Ahmed, M. K., J. Daun, et al. (1998). Application of fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in quantitation of trierucin in high-erucic-acid rapeseed oils. Applied Spectroscopy 52(7): 990-993. {a} Can. Grain Commission, Oilseeds Lab., 303 Main St., Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada
Bak, S., H. L. Nielsen, et al. (1998). The presence of CYP79 homologues in glucosinolate-producing plants shows evolutionary conservation of the enzymes in the conversion of amino acid to aldoxime in the biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides and glucosinolates. Plant Molecular Biology 38(5): 725-734. {a} Plant Biochem. Lab., Dep. Plant Biol., Royal Vet. Agric. Univ., 40 Thorvaldsensvej, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Crombie, H. J., S. Chengappa, et al. (1998). A xyloglucan oligosaccharide-active, transglycosylating beta-D-glucosidase from the cotyledons of nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seedlings-purification, properties and characterization of a cDNA clone. Plant Journal 15(1): 27-38. {a} Dep. Biol. and Mol. Sci., Univ. Stirling, Stirling, UK
Desveaux, D., A. Faik, et al. (1998). Fucosyltransferase and the biosynthesis of storage and structural xyloglucan in developing nasturtium fruits. Plant Physiology Rockville 118(3): 885-894. {a} Biol. Dep., McGill Univ., 1205 Docteur Penfield Ave., Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1, Canada
Geevliet, J. B. F., A. I. Vreugdenhil, et al. (1998). Learning to discriminate between infochemicals from different plant-host complexes by the parasitoids Cotesia glomerata and C. rubecula. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 86(3): 241-252. {a} Dep. Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., P.O. Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, Netherlands
Isla, M. I., M. A. Vattuone, et al. (1998). Essential groups at the active site of Trapaeolum invertase. Phytochemistry Oxford 47(7): 1189-1193. {a} Catedra Fitoquimica, Instituto Estudios Vegetales, Fac. Bioquimica Quimica Farmacia, Univ. Nacional Tucuman, Ayacucho 461 4000-San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Benrey, B. and R. F. Denno (1997). The slow-growth-high-mortality hypothesis: A test using the cabbage butterfly. Ecology Washington D C 78(4): 987-999. {a} Centro de Ecol., Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 70-275, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
Benrey, B., R. F. Denno, et al. (1997). The influence of plant species on attraction and host acceptance in Cotesia glomerata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 10(5): 619-630. {a} Departamento de Ecologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 70-275, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
Derrick, E. and C. Darley (1997). Contact dermatitis to nasturtium. British Journal of Dermatology 136(2): 290-291. Dep. Dermatol., Brighton General Hosp., Elm Grove, Brighton BN2 3EW, UK
Douglas, A. E. (1997). Provenance, experience and plant utilisation by the polyphagous aphid, Aphis fabae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 83(2): 161-170. Dep. Biol., Univ. York, PO Box 373, York YO1 5YW, UK
Faik, A., C. Chileshe, et al. (1997). Xyloglucan galactosyl- and fucosyltransferase activities from pea epicotyl microsomes. Plant Physiology Rockville 114(1): 245-254. {a} Dep. Biol., McGill Univ., 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1, Canada
Fuchs, B., C. Track, et al. (1997). Salt effects of processed municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash on vegetation and underground water. Journal of Applied Botany 71(5-6): 154-163. {a} Lehrstuhl Botanik I, Julius-von-Sachs-Inst. Biowissenschaften, Univ. Wuerzburg, D-97082 Wuerzburg, Germany
Kumar, A. (1997). Taxonomic account of four families of angiosperms in Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 21(1): 123-128. Bot. Survey India, Central Circle, Allahabad 211 002, India
Maurice, P. D. I. (1997). Tropaeolum majus and contact dermatitis. British Journal of Dermatology 137(4): 661. Dep. Dermatol., St. Albans City Hosp., Waverley Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 5PN, UK
Aubert, D. and M. Herzog (1996). A new cDNA encoding a xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase-related polypeptide (AtXTR8) preferentially expressed in seedling, root and stem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science Shannon 121(2): 187-196. {a} Lab. Genetique Moleculaire Plantes, CNRS UMR 5575, Univ. Joseph Fourier, CERMO, B.P. 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
Bennett, R. N., G. Kiddle, et al. (1996). Distribution and activity of microsomal NADPH-dependent monooxygenases and amino acid decarboxylases in cruciferous and non-cruciferous plants, and their relationship to foliar glucosinolate content. Plant Cell and Environment 19(7): 801-812. {a} Biochem. Physiol. Dep., IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
Carlquist, S. and C. J. Donald (1996). Wood anatomy of Limnanthaceae and Tropaeolaceae in relation to habit and phylogeny. SIDA Contributions to Botany 17(2): 333-342. Santa Barbara Bot. Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA
Du, L. and B. A. Halkier (1996). Isolation of a microsomal enzyme system involved in glucosinolate biosynthesis from seedlings of Tropaeolum majus L. Plant Physiology Rockville 111(3): 831-837. {a} Plant Biochem. Lab., Dep. Plant Biol., Royal Vet. Agric. Univ., 40 Thorvaldsenvej, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fanutti, C., M. J. Gidley, et al. (1996). Substrate subsite recognition of the xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase of xyloglucan-specific endo-(1 fwdarw 4)-beta-D-glucanase from the cotyledons of germinated nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seeds. Planta Heidelberg 200(2): 221-228. {a} Dep. Biological Molecular Sci., Univ. Sirling, Stirling FK9 4LQ, UK
Renwick, J. A. A. and X. P. Huang (1996). Development of sensitivity to feeding deterrents in larvae of Pieris rapae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80(1): 90-92. Boyce Thompson Inst. at Cornell Univ., Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Rose, J. K. C., D. A. Brummell, et al. (1996). Two divergent xyloglucan endotransglycosylases exhibit mutually exclusive patterns of expression in nasturtium. Plant Physiology Rockville 110(2): 493-499. {a} Mann Lab., Dep. Vegetable Crops, Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Huang, X. P. and J. A. A. Renwick (1995). Chemical and experiential basis for rejection of Tropaeolum majus by Pieris rapae larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 21(10): 1601-1617. {a} Boyce Thompson Inst. at Cornell Univ., Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Huang, X. P. and J. A. A. Renwick (1995). Cross habituation to feeding deterrents and acceptance of a marginal host plant by Pieris rapae larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 76(3): 295-302. {a} Boyce Thompson Inst., Cornell Univ., Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Kanda, K. I. and H. Tsuruta (1995). Emissions of sulfur gases from various types of terrestrial higher plants. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 41(2): 321-328. {a} Kyushu Natl. Agric. Exp. Stn., Miyakonojo 885, Japan
Pintao, A. M., M. S. S. Pais, et al. (1995). In vitro and in vitro antitumor activity of benzyl isothiocyanate: A natural product from Tropaeolum majus. Planta Medica 61(3): 233-236. {a} Departamento Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade Ciencias Lisboa, Bloco C2, Campo Grande, P-1700 Lisboa, Portugal
Renwick, J. A. A. and X. P. Huang (1995). Rejection of host plant by larvae of cabbage butterfly: Diet-dependent sensitivity to an antifeedant. Journal of Chemical Ecology 21(4): 465-475. {a} Boyce Thompson Inst., Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Sharma, S. S., B. Charan, et al. (1995). Influence of abscisic acid and trans cinnamic acid on senescence of detached Tropaeolum majus leaves in relation to stomatal movements. Journal of Plant Physiology 146(5-6): 751-753. Dep. Biosci., H.P. Univ., Summer Hill, Shimla 171 005, India
Taylor, D. C., D. L. Barton, et al. (1995). Microsomal lyso-phosphatidic acid acyltransferase from a Brassica oleracea cultivar incorporates erucic acid into the sn-2 position of seed triacylglycerols. Plant Physiology Rockville 109(2): 409-420. {a} Natl. Res. Council Canada, Plant Biotechnology Inst., 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
Hiscock, S. J., F. M. Dewey, et al. (1994). Identification and localization of an active cutinase in the pollen of Brassica napus L. Planta Heidelberg 193(3): 377-384. {a} Dep. Plant Sci., Univ. Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
Peschke, V. M. and M. M. Sachs (1994). Characterization and expression of transcripts induced by oxygen deprivation in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Physiology Rockville 104(2): 387-394. {a} United States Dep. Agric./Agric. Research Serv., Plant Physiol. Genetics Research Unit, Dep. Agronomy, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Pintao, A. M. and M. S. S. Pais (1994). Cell suspension cultures from Tropaeolum majus L. establishment and growth conditions. Bioresource Technology 47(2): 143-147. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa, Bloco C2, Campos Grande, 1700 Lisboa, Portugal
Rama, D. D. and L. L. Narayana (1994). Floral anatomy of Tropaeolaceae. Feddes Repertorium 105(7-8): 437-443. H. No. 2-2-23/22/6, Durgabai, Deshmukh Colony, Behind Ahobila Matham, Bagh Amerpet, Hyderabad-500013, India
Carlson, K. D. and R. Kleiman (1993). Chemical survey and erucic acid content of commercial varieties of nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus L. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 70(11): 1145-1148. {a} NCAUR, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL 61604, USA
Hazebroek, J. P., J. D. Metzger, et al. (1993). Thermoinductive regulation of gibberellin metabolism in Thlaspi arvense L: II. Cold induction of enzymes in gibberellin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology Rockville 102(2): 547-552. {a} United States Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Biosci. Res. Lab., State Univ. Station, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5674, USA
Isla, M. I., M. A. Vattuone, et al. (1993). Acid invertase from Tropaeolum leaves. Phytochemistry 27(7): 1993-1998.
Lykkesfeldt, J. and B. L. Moller (1993). Synthesis of benzylglucosinolate in Tropaeolum majus L.: Isothiocyanates as potent enzyme inhibitors. Plant Physiology Rockville 102(2): 609-613. {a} Plant Biochem. Lab., Dep. Plant Biol., Royal Veterinary and Agric. Univ., 40 Thorvaldsensvej, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Loehden, I. and M. Frentzen (1992). Triacylglycerol biosynthesis in developing seeds of Tropaeolum majus L. and Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. Planta 188(2): 215-224.
Scholze, P. (1992). Body growth in aphids (Homoptera, Aphididae) as an expression of the nutrient supply in the host plants: II. Studies of the stems of excised leaves of Tropaeolum majus L. Beitraege zur Entomologie 42(2): 323-330. Bundesanstalt Zuchtungsforschung an Kulturpflanzen, Neuer Weg 22/23, 0-4300 Quedlinburg
Fanutti, C., M. J. Gidley, et al. (1991). A xyloglucan-oligosaccharide-specific alpha-d-xylosidase or exooligoxyloglucan-alpha-xylohydrolase from germinated nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seeds: Purification, properties and its interaction with a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1 fwdarw 4)-beta-D-glucanase and other hydrolases during storage xyloglucan mobilization. Planta 184(1): 137-147.
Farkas, V., R. Hanna, et al. (1991). Xyloglucan oligosaccharide alpha-L-fucosidase activity from growing pea stems and germinating nasturtium seeds. Phytochemistry 30(10): 3203-3208.
Hensel, A., D. A. Brummel, et al. (1991). Auxin-dependent breakdown of xyloglucan in cotyledons of germinating nasturtium seeds. Planta 183(3): 321-326.
Nagl, W., B. Knapp, et al. (1991). The complex satellite DNA of Tropaeolum majus L.: Partial characterization of isolated and of cloned restriction fragments. Annals Of Botany 67(4): 347-356.
Vian, B., J. Nairn, et al. (1991). Enzyme-gold cytochemistry of seed xyloglucans using two xyloglucan-specific hydrolases: Importance of prior heat-deactivation of the enzymes. Histochemical Journal 23(3): 116-124.
Emter, O., H. Falk, et al. (1990). Specific carotenoids and proteins as prerequisites for chromoplast tubule formation. Protoplasma 157(1-3): 128-135.
Jarvis, M. C. and D. C. Apperley (1990). Direct observation of cell wall structure in living plant tissues by solid-state carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy. Plant Physiology 92(1): 61-65.
Park, J. and K. V. Thimann (1990). Senescence and stomatal aperture as affected by antibiotics in darkness and light. Plant Physiology 92(3): 696-702.
Ruel, K., J. P. Joseleau, et al. (1990). Cytological aspects of xyloglucans deposition on Tropaeolum majus L. seeds. Comptes Rendus De L'Academie Des Sciences Serie Iii Sciences De La Vie 310(3): 89-96.
Goel, B. and A. Kumar (1989). Composition of uncommon foods. Journal Of Food Science And Technology 26(1): 44-45.
Murphy, D. J. and K. D. Mukherjee (1989). Elongases synthesizing very long chain monounsaturated fatty acids in developing oilseeds and their solubilization. Zeitschrift Fuer Naturforschung Section C Biosciences 44(7-8): 629-634.
Edwards, M., Y. J. L. Bowman, et al. (1988). A beta-D-galactosidase from nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) cotyledons: Purification, properties, and demonstration that xyloglucan is the natural substrate. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 263(9): 4333-4337.
Hofmann, U. (1987). The gynoecial ontogeny of Tropaeolum and Pelargonium. Botanische Jahrbuecher Fuer Systematik Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie 108(2-3): 439-448.
Picciarelli, P. and A. Alpi (1987). Embryo suspensor of Tropaeolum majus: Identification of gibberellin A-63. Phytochemistry 26(2): 329-330.
Alaniz, J. R. and G. Brocchi (1986). Influence of light on the amino acid pool activity of soluble proteins (TCA pathway) in Tropaeolum majus. Phyton 46(1): 107-112.
Edwards, M., I. C. M. Dea, et al. (1986). Purification and properties of a novel xyloglucan-specific endo-(1 far4)-beta-D-glucanase from germinated nasturtium seeds (Tropaeolum majus). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 261(20): 9489-9494.
Hethelyi, I., L. E. Dabine, et al. (1986). GC/MS and HPLC study on the seed oil of Tropaeolum species. Herba Hungarica 25(2): 129-140.
Karcz, J. and B. Wojciechowska (1986). The structure and development of fruits of Tropaeolum majus L. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Slaskiego W Katowicach(808): 9-24.
Wloch, E. and S. Wieckowski (1986). Do long-wavelength absorbing forms of carotenoids occur in vivo? Bulletin Of The Polish Academy Of Sciences Biology 34(10-12): 263-268.
Besri, M. and A. Hormattallah (1985). Manifestation and conservation of Leveillula taurica on tomatoes in Morocco. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 112(4): 348-354.
Edwards, M., I. C. M. Dea, et al. (1985). Xyloglucan (amyloid) mobilization in the cotyledons of Tropaeolum majus seeds following germination. Planta 163(1): 133-140.
Zizza, A., L. W. De, et al. (1985). Melissopalynocards of Sicilian Apiarian Flora (Italy): Cultivated species. Bollettino Dell'Accademia Gioenia Di Scienze Naturali 18(325): 103-214.
Ipe, I. M. and Sadaruddin (1984). Infestation and host specificity of Liriomyza brassicae and the role of phenolic compounds in host plant resistance. Entomon 9(4): 265-270.
Kopka, S. and F. Weberling (1984). Morphology and morphogenesis of the blossoms of Vochysia acuminata ssp. laurifolia (Vochysiaceae). Beitraege Zur Biologie Der Pflanzen 59(2): 273-302.
Sharma, M. M., V. K. Sehgal, et al. (1984). Consumption and utilization of 6 plant species by Athalia proxima. Indian Journal Of Ecology 11(2): 291-296.
Thimann, K. V. (1107). The senescence of detached leaves of Tropaeolum majus. Plant Physiology 79(4): 1107-1110.
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