larrea tridentata

chaparral creosote bush PubMed: Evidence for functional convergence in genes upregulated by herbivores ingesting plant secondary compounds. PubMed: Paradoxical cellular effects and biological role of the multifaceted compound nordihydroguaiaretic acid. PubMed: Gut microbes of mammalian herbivores facilitate intake of plant toxins. PubMed: A comparison of the anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity of extracts from commonly used medicinal plants. PubMed: Allyl/propenyl phenol synthases from the creosote bush and engineering production of specialty/commodity chemicals, eugenol/isoeugenol, in Escherichia coli. PubMed: Does a decade of elevated [CO2 ] affect a desert perennial plant community? PubMed: Solid-state fermentation as a strategy to improve the bioactive compounds recovery from Larrea tridentata leaves. PubMed: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates the oxidative stress-induced decrease of CD33 expression in human monocytes. PubMed: Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities. PubMed: 4,4'-[(2R*,3R*,4R*,5R*)-3,4-Dimethyl-tetra-hydro-furan-2,5-di-yl]diphenol. PubMed: Stable carbon isotope analysis of fluvial sediment fluxes over two contrasting C(4) -C(3) semi-arid vegetation transitions. PubMed: Cytochrome P450 2B diversity and dietary novelty in the herbivorous, desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida). PubMed: Experience matters: prior exposure to plant toxins enhances diversity of gut microbes in herbivores. PubMed: Library-based discovery of DYRK1A/CLK1 inhibitors from natural product extracts. PubMed: Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria associated with ancient clones of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). PubMed: Antibacterial and antimycobacterial lignans and flavonoids from Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Larrealignans A and B, novel lignan glycosides from the aerial parts of Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Induced and constitutive responses of digestive enzymes to plant toxins in an herbivorous mammal. PubMed: Agave salmiana plant communities in central Mexico as affected by commercial use. PubMed: Testing the diet-breadth trade-off hypothesis: differential regulation of novel plant secondary compounds by a specialist and a generalist herbivore. PubMed: Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO(2) on Rhizosphere Soil Microbial Communities in a Mojave Desert Ecosystem. PubMed: Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert. PubMed: An endophytic/pathogenic Phoma sp. from creosote bush producing biologically active volatile compounds having fuel potential. PubMed: Maintenance of C sinks sustains enhanced C assimilation during long-term exposure to elevated [CO2] in Mojave Desert shrubs. PubMed: Transitory effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on fine root dynamics in an arid ecosystem do not increase long-term soil carbon input from fine root litter. PubMed: A meta-analysis of medicinal plants to assess the evidence for toxicity. PubMed: Mechanisms of vegetation-ring formation in water-limited systems. PubMed: Triterpene glycosides from the aerial parts of Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Drought increases freezing tolerance of both leaves and xylem of Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) and its derivatives: an update. PubMed: Mechanism of the OH radical scavenging activity of nordihydroguaiaretic acid: a combined theoretical and experimental study. PubMed: Elevated CO2 increases plant uptake of organic and inorganic N in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid from Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) Mitigates 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate-Induced Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Responses of Tumor Promotion Cascade in Mouse Skin. PubMed: The bioactivity of plant extracts against representative bacterial pathogens of the lower respiratory tract. PubMed: [Larrea tridentata. Effect on a non-metabolic model of urolithiasis in rats]. PubMed: Terameprocol, a methylated derivative of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, inhibits production of prostaglandins and several key inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. PubMed: 2,2'-Dimethoxy-4,4'-[rel-(2R,3S)-2,3-di-methylbutane-1,4-diyl]diphenol. PubMed: "Pharm-ecology" of diet shifting: biotransformation of plant secondary compounds in creosote (Larrea tridentata) by a woodrat herbivore, Neotoma lepida. PubMed: Shrub invasion decreases diversity and alters community stability in northern Chihuahuan Desert plant communities. PubMed: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates potassium dichromate-induced oxidative stress and nephrotoxicity. PubMed: Aboveground net primary production dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. PubMed: Activity against drug resistant-tuberculosis strains of plants used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. PubMed: A pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase homologue from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) catalyzes the efficient in vitro conversion of p-coumaryl/coniferyl alcohol esters into the allylphenols chavicol/eugenol, but not the propenylphenols p-anol/isoeugenol. PubMed: Adaptive radiation of gall-inducing insects within a single host-plant species. PubMed: Complex responses within a desert bee guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to urban habitat fragmentation. PubMed: Gallic acid and tannase accumulation during fungal solid state culture of a tannin-rich desert plant (Larrea tridentata Cov.). PubMed: Enhanced monsoon precipitation and nitrogen deposition affect leaf traits and photosynthesis differently in spring and summer in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Isozymes in Larrea divaricata and Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae): a study of two amphitropical vicariants and autopolyploidy. PubMed: Plant secondary metabolites alter the feeding patterns of a mammalian herbivore (Neotoma lepida). PubMed: Effect of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) on cholesterol gallstones and bile secretion in hamsters. PubMed: The anti-apoptotic effects of nordihydroguaiaretic acid: inhibition of cPLA(2) activation during TNF-induced apoptosis arises from inhibition of calcium signaling. PubMed: Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush), an abundant plant of Mexican and US-American deserts and its metabolite nordihydroguaiaretic acid. PubMed: Genetic diversity in Chihuahuan Desert populations of creosotebush (Zygophyllaceae: Larrea tridentata). PubMed: Cytotoxic lignans from Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Cytotoxic and other metabolites of Aspergillus inhabiting the rhizosphere of Sonoran desert plants. PubMed: A WRKY gene from creosote bush encodes an activator of the abscisic acid signaling pathway. PubMed: Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) resin increases water demands and reduces energy availability in desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida). PubMed: Antioxidant lignans from Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Activity of some Mexican medicinal plant extracts on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema. PubMed: Relationship between the heat tolerance of photosynthesis and the thermal stability of rubisco activase in plants from contrasting thermal environments. PubMed: Carbon isotope discrimination and foliar nutrient status of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) in contrasting Mojave Desert soils. PubMed: (+)-Larreatricin hydroxylase, an enantio-specific polyphenol oxidase from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). PubMed: Synthesis and chiral HPLC analysis of the dibenzyltetrahydrofuran lignans, larreatricins, 8'-epi-larreatricins, 3,3'-didemethoxyverrucosins and meso-3,3'-didemethoxynectandrin B in the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): evidence for regiospecific control of coupling. PubMed: [Effect of alcoholic extracts of wild plants on the inhibition of growth of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium expansum, Fusarium moniliforme and Fusarium poae moulds]. PubMed: Simplified method for detecting tritium contamination in plants and soil. PubMed: Responses of soil nitrogen dynamics in a Mojave Desert ecosystem to manipulations in soil carbon and nitrogen availability. PubMed: The vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem cavitation of Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae) in the Chihuahuan desert. PubMed: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid: hepatotoxicity and detoxification in the mouse. PubMed: Recruitment potential of two perennial grasses with different growth forms at a semiarid-arid transition zone. PubMed: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid-mediated inhibition of ultraviolet B-induced activator protein-1 activation in human keratinocytes. PubMed: Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. PubMed: Absorption of copper(II) by creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): use of atomic and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. PubMed: The safety of low-dose Larrea tridentata (DC) Coville (creosote bush or chaparral): a retrospective clinical study. PubMed: Masoprocol decreases serum triglyceride concentrations in rats with fructose-induced hypertriglyceridemia. PubMed: Vulnerability to xylem cavitation and the distribution of Sonoran Desert vegetation. PubMed: Hepatotoxicity of botanicals. PubMed: Origins and ecological consequences of pollen specialization among desert bees. PubMed: Effect of masoprocol on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in a rat model of Type II diabetes. PubMed: Masoprocol (nordihydroguaiaretic acid): a new antihyperglycemic agent isolated from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). PubMed: Chaparral-associated hepatotoxicity. PubMed: Antimicrobial activity of extracts of three major plants from the Chihuahuan desert. PubMed: Isolation of anti-HIV-1 lignans from Larrea tridentata by counter-current chromatography. PubMed: Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription and replication by DNA sequence-selective plant lignans. PubMed: Persistence of desertified ecosystems: Explanations and implications. PubMed: Chemical studies of phytoestrogens and related compounds in dietary supplements: flax and chaparral. PubMed: [Biliary calculi in the golden hamster. XXXVII. The prophylactic action of the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) in pigmented cholelithiasis produced by vitamin A]. PubMed: Root communication among desert shrubs. PubMed: Furanoid lignans from Larrea tridentata. PubMed: Parasitoid pressure and the radiation of a gallforming group (Cecidomyiidae: Asphondylia spp.) on creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). PubMed: Plant photosensitizers: A survey of their occurrence in arid and semiarid plants from North America. PubMed: Chemical aspects of host-plant specificity in threeLarrea-feeding grasshoppers. PubMed: Injury and physiological responses of Larrea tridentata (DC) Coville exposed in situ to sulphur dioxide. PubMed: A conceptual model for primary productivity, decomposition and nitrogen cycling in the Chihuahuan creosotebush desert. PubMed: Contact dermatitis from Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) PubMed: Phytotoxic properties of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a lignan fromLarrea tridentata (Creosote bush). PubMed: Additional flavonoids from the leaves of Larrea tridentata. PubMed: [Effects of nordihydroguairetic acid and ethanol on the growth of Entamoeba invadens]. PubMed: [Isolation of kumatakenine and 5,4'-dihydroxy-3,7,3'-trimethoxiflavone from Larrea tridentata]. PubMed: Soil ecology of Coccidioides immitis at Amerindian middens in California.