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  2. Catharanthus roseus - Wikipedia

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    Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, [2] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.

  3. Catharanthus - Wikipedia

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    Catharanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.Like the genus Vinca, they are known commonly as periwinkles. [3] There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar, [4] though one, C. roseus, is widely naturalized around the world.

  4. Flora of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    The diverse flora of Madagascar holds potential for natural product research and drug production on an industrial scale; the Madagascar periwinkle (Cataranthus roseus), a source of alkaloids used in the treatment of different cancers, is a famous example. [62]

  5. Periwinkle - Wikipedia

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    Catharanthus or Madagascar periwinkles ... Periwinkle, a character in the 2012 animated film Secret of the Wings from Disney, Tinker Bell's twin sister;

  6. Vinca alkaloid - Wikipedia

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    The Madagascan periwinkle Catharanthus roseus L. is the source for a number of important natural products, [1] including catharanthine and vindoline [2] and the vinca alkaloids it produces from them: leurosine and the chemotherapy agents vinblastine [3] and vincristine, [4] all of which can be obtained from the plant.

  7. C. roseus - Wikipedia

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    Catharanthus roseus, the Madagascar periwinkle, a plant species endemic to Madagascar; Cotoneaster roseus, a plant species native to portions of the Himalayas, Iran, northern and western Pakistan, northwest India and Kashmir

  8. Plant sources of anti-cancer agents - Wikipedia

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    Vinca alkaloids were originally manufactured by extracting them from Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle). [1] Podophyllum spp. Two chemotherapy drugs, etoposide and teniposide, are synthetic chemical compounds similar in chemical structure to the toxin podophyllotoxin which is found in Podophyllum peltatum (May Apple). [1] Taxus brevifolia

  9. Catharanthus lanceus - Wikipedia

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    Catharanthus lanceus, the lance-leaf periwinkle, grows as a perennial herb up to 1 metre (3 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white or cream corolla lobes turning pink, reddish-violet or pink-magenta. Its habitat is on volcanic or burned soil, hillside rocks and in open woodland on ridges.