Disease relevance of Eugenia

• A methanol extract from clove (Syzygium aromaticum) showed a suppressive effect of the SOS-inducing activity on the mutagen 2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)acrylamide (furylfuramide) in the Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 umu test [1].
• We conclude that Syzygium cordatum leaf extract contains compounds that could be effective in mild diabetes mellitus or in cases of glucose tolerance impairment [2].

High impact information on Eugenia

• Caffeoyl-CoA-specific methyltransferase activity was demonstrated in taxonomically widely diverse plants such as Dianthus caryophyllus (Caryophyllaceae), Carthamus tinctorius (Asteraceae) or Daucus carota, and Ammi majus (Apiaceae) where it is commonly induced by elicitor treatment [3].
• Characterization and translational regulation of the arginine decarboxylase gene in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) [4].
• Effect of tea prepared from leaves of Syzygium jambos on glucose tolerance in nondiabetic subjects [5].
• Expression of the PSR132 protein from Dianthus caryophyllus (carnation, clover pink) is induced in response to ethylene production associated with petal senescence, and thus the protein is named petal death protein (PDP) [6].
• Diversity of function in the isocitrate lyase enzyme superfamily: the Dianthus caryophyllus petal death protein cleaves alpha-keto and alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids [7].

Biological context of Eugenia

• The deduced amino acid sequences show no similarity with the sequence of anthranilate hydroxycinnamoyl/benzoyltransferase from Dianthus caryophyllus, the only enzyme exhibiting hydroxycinnamoyltransferase activity to be cloned so far in plants [8].

Anatomical context of Eugenia

• Modulatory influences of clove (Caryophyllus aromaticus, L) on hepatic detoxification systems and bone marrow genotoxicity in male Swiss albino mice [9].

Associations of Eugenia with chemical compounds

• 1. Dianthin 30 and dianthin 32, two proteins isolated from the leaves of Diathus caryophyllus (carnation), were purified to homogeneity by chromatography on CM-cellulose [10].
• Benzoyl-CoA:anthranilate N-benzoyltransferase catalyzes the first committed reaction of phytoalexin biosynthesis in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.), and the product N-benzoylanthranilate is the precursor of several sets of dianthramides [11].
• Inhibition by 1-aminocyclobutane-1-carboxylate of the activity of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase obtained from senescing petals of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers [12].
• Is a cysteine proteinase inhibitor involved in the regulation of petal wilting in senescing carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers [13]?
• Muell., Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & Perry and Vantanea peruviana Macbr., traditionally used for inflammatory conditions, were fractionated using a cyclooxygenase-1 catalysed prostaglandin biosynthesis in vitro assay [14].

Gene context of Eugenia

• Transcriptional regulation of three EIN3-like genes of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L. cv. Improved White Sim) during flower development and upon wounding, pollination, and ethylene exposure [15].
• Water, saline and ethanol extracts of Eugenia caryophyllus inhibited brain acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity [16].
• Prolyl endopeptidase inhibitors from Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L. M. Perry [17].
• This reducing effect was not due to the acidic nature of the extract and suggests that Eugenia caryophyllus contains some water soluble substance(s) with anti-choline esterase activity [18].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Eugenia

• Three ethylene receptor genes, DC-ERS1, DC-ERS2 and DC-ETR1, were previously identified in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Here, the presence of mRNAs for respective genes in flower tissues and their changes during flower senescence are investigated by Northern blot analysis [19].
• (Gramineae); dried bark of Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels (Myrtaceae) as anti-diabetic agents using the oral glucose tolerance test showed that only the bark of Syzygium cumini and the leaves of Vitex negundo and Eucalyptus tereticornis exhibited anti-hyperglycemic activities when fed simultaneously with glucose [20].

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