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Wild Plants of Malta and Gozo - Plant: Bituminaria bituminosa (Pitch Trefoil) (3579 words) |
 | The nutritive value of one forage shrub from the Canary Islands, Bituminaria bituminosa, was studied [365] Mean results of four cuts along the year were 910g kg-' DM as organic matter (91.0%) |
| The herbaceous plant Bituminaria bituminosa is the major food item in the diet of adults of Gallotia simonyi, Giant Lizard of El Hierro in the Canary Islands. |
| Due this characteristic, the Genus and species name Bituminaria bituminosa was given to the plant. |
| Entrez PubMed (237 words) |
| Plant-derived isoflavones are currently receiving much attention because of their phyto-estrogenic, antioxidant, anti-mutagenic, and anti-tumor activities. |
| In this study we have evaluated the clastogenic and anti-clastogenic activities in human lymphocytes of two structurally related pterocarpans, iso-flavonoid derivatives, termed erybraedin C and bitucarpin A, recently purified from Bituminaria bituminosa and chemically characterized. |
| These results suggest that the protective effects displayed by the two anti-clastogenic compounds against MMC could be due to the induction or inhibition of cellular reductive metabolic enzymes. |
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