Clusia rosea


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Noun1.Clusia rosea - a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowersClusia rosea - a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
Clusia major, pitch apple, strangler fig
genus Clusia - tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs; often epiphytic; some stranglers
strangler, strangler tree - an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
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Nemorosone is the major constituent of the floral resin from Clusia rosea and belongs to the class of polycyclic polyisoprenylated benzophenones of the acylphloroglucinol group.
Diaz-Carballo, D., Gustmann, S., Acikelli, A.H., Bardenheuer, W., Buehler, H., Jastrow, H., Ergun, S., Strumberg, D., 2012.7-Epi-nemorosone from Clusia rosea induces apoptosis, androgen receptor down-regulation and dysregulation of PSA levels in LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells.
Effects of nemorosone, isolated from the plant Clusia rosea, on the cell cycle and gene expression in MCF-7 BUS breast cancer cell lines
Clusia rosea. Jacq Copey Clusiaceae Bambusa vulgaris, Schrad.
Composicion floristica de la vegetacion lenosa de ribera de la subcuenca "Esmeralda". Localidad el capon. Parque nacional Vinales
Como menos frecuentes se encuentran Miconia baracoensis, Myrsine coriacea, Psychotria revoluta, Eugenia pinetorum, Ouratea striata, Clusia rosea, Myrica cerifera y Senecio plumbeus.
caudatum; son tambien constantes Clusia rosea, Bactris cubensis, Clerodendrum nipense, Vernonia hieracioides y Cyatheaparvula (a veces abundante).
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Las especies mas importantes por su abundancia en las comunidades arbustivas fueron Pterandra sericea, Myrcia citrifolia, Banara nitida, Mimosa microcephala, Jacaranda obtusifolia, Clusia rosea y Lippia origanoides.
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Recently, the polyisoprenylated benzophenone 7-epi-nemorosone, originally collected by honeybees from Clusia rosea and Clusia grandiflora (Clusiaceae), has been described to be a potent antitumoral agent.
7-epi-nemorosone from Clusia rosea induces apoptosis, androgen receptor down-regulation and dysregulation of PSA levels in LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells
The six species analyzed could be separated using the relative quantity of hexane-soluble compounds extractable from the leaf surface, which amount to >90% in Clusia rosea. C.
Patterns of leaf epicuticular waxes in species of Clusia: taxonomical implications

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