• Cytotoxic saponins and other natural products from flowering tops of Narthecium ossifragum L 

      Carpinteyro Diaz, Andrea Estefania; Herfindal, Lars; Rathe, Bendik Auran; Sletta, Kristine; Vedeler, Anni; Haavik, Svein; Fossen, Torgils (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      For more than four centuries, the intake of Narthecium ossifragum has been associated with poisoning in domesticated animals. Saponins occurring in flowering tops of the plant are considered to cause kidney damage in calves. ...
    • Purple anthocyanin colouration on lower (abaxial) leaf surface of Hemigraphis colorata (Acanthaceae) 

      Skaar, Irene; Adaku, Christopher; Jordheim, Monica; Byamukama, Robert; Kiremire, Bernard T.; Andersen, Øyvind M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09)
      The functional significance of anthocyanin colouration of lower (abaxial) leaf surfaces is not clear. Two anthocyanins, 5-O-methylcyanidin 3-O-(3″-(β-glucuronopyranosyl)-β-glucopyranoside) (1) and 5-O-methylcyanidin ...