High impact information on Colocasia

• A gene encoding a globulin from a major taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) corm protein family, tarin (G1, ca. 28 kDa) was isolated from a lambda Charon 35 library, using a cDNA derived from a highly abundant corm-specific mRNA, as probe [1].
• In this direction, mannose-binding 25 kDa lectins have been purified from leaves of garlic, Diffenbachia sequina and tubers of Colocasia esculanta [2].
• Taro differs from the other three crops in that it contains two major types of storage protein: a trypsin inhibitor related to sporamin and a mannose-binding lectin [3].
• Inhibition of human lanosterol synthase by the constituents of Colocasia esculenta (taro) [4].
• A 1:1 (w/w) mixture of desoximetasone ointment 0.25% (Topicort, Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.) and tacrolimus ointment 0.1% (Protopic, Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.) were prepared and stored under three different temperature/relative humidity conditions: 25 degrees C/60% RH; 30 degrees C/60% RH; and 40 degrees C/75% RH [5].

Associations of Colocasia with chemical compounds

• Taro alpha-D-galactosidase also hydrolyzes (1----4)- and (1----6)-linked alpha-D-galactopyranosyl groups from D-galactose-containing glycoconjugates [6].
• All these observations indicate an aggravating effect of colocasia leaves on serum and tissue lipids in cholesterol-fed rats [7].
• Feeding of dasheen extract or commercial linamarin significantly lowered (P < 0.05) the activity of NADP+ isocitrate dehydrogenase below that of healthy controls [8].
• Group 1 was anesthetized with Diprivan (AstraZeneca, UK), group 2 with Recofol (Leiras Oy, Finland), group 3 with Propofol (Abbott), and group 4 with Diprofol (Taro, Israel) [9].
• In a random cross-over study, eight healthy volunteers received single 10 mg doses of either nifedipine capsule (Adalat, Bayer) or nifedipine tablets (Taro) after an overnight fast [10].

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