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[6] [7] Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, I. batatas is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally (e.g., I. aquatica "kangkong" as a green vegetable), but many are poisonous. The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called ...
4-IPO has, similar to humans, a toxic effect on animals. It is toxic to livestock and many laboratory animals. [10] Male rabbits, mice, rats and hamsters were used to test the effect of 4-IPO on. In all four species, the lung was a major target. In the hamsters and mice additional liver necrosis and renal necrosis, respectively, was detected.
Ipomoea pandurata, known as man of the earth, [1] wild potato vine, manroot, wild sweet potato, and wild rhubarb, [2] is a species of herbaceous perennial vine native to North America. It is a twining plant of woodland verges and rough places with heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers with a pinkish throat.
Nonetheless, Ipomoea species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). For a selection of diseases of the sweet potato (I. batatas), many of which also infect other members of this genus, see List of sweet potato diseases.
Sweet potato plants with desirable traits are selectively bred to produce new cultivars. Sweet potato cultivars differ in many ways. One way people compare them is by the size, shape, and color of the roots. The more orange the flesh of a sweet potato root is, the more nutritious carotene it has. (Humans metabolize carotene into vitamin A.) The ...
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [43] Agave spp.
Ipomoea batatas var. batatas: Sweet Potato [127] [128] Kleinhovia hospita: Young leaves are eaten as a vegetable in Malaya, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [129] Lablab purpureus: Lablab: The leaves are used as greens, but have to be cooked like spinach and the water has to be discarded. [130] Lactuca indica: Indian Lettuce [131] [132] Lactuca ...
The crystal structure of catechol oxidase purified from Ipomoea batatas has been resolved in its active form in both the oxidized Cu(II)-Cu(II) state and the reduced Cu(I)-Cu(I) state. [11] It is a globular, single domain monomeric enzyme that is approximately 55 by 45 by 45 Å in size and ellipsoid in shape.