Publications

[chemical studies on the chinese drug pi-li (ficus pumila l.)].		1965	5898989
immediate skin and mucosal symptoms from pot plants and vegetables in gardeners and greenhouse workers.	short-lived occupational skin symptoms of irritant or urticarial nature were commonly reported among 253 attendants in a clinical study on occupational dermatitis in danish gardeners and greenhouse workers. aimed prick or scratch-patch testing for immediate skin and mucosal symptoms was performed in 105 persons with plants as is. 35 persons (33%) had at least 1 positive reaction and a family history of, or personal, atopy was significantly more prevalent among these compared to attendants with n ...	1998	9817221
a triterpene from ficus pumila.	the leaves of ficus pumila afforded a new neohopane (1) by silica gel chromatography. the structure of 1 was elucidated by 1d and 2d nmr and ir spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. it showed antimicrobial activity against escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacillus subtilis and candida albicans with an average antimicrobial index of 0.5, 0.3, 0.3 and 0.7, respectively, at a concentration of 30 microg.	1999	11523547
three new sesquiterpenoid glucosides of ficus pumila fruit.	as the glycosyl constituents of ficus pumila l. fruits (moraceae), three new sesquiterpenoid glucosides, pumilasides a, b and c were isolated together with benzyl beta-d-glucopyranoside, (e)-2-methyl-2-butenyl beta-d-glucopyranoside and rutin. their structures were characterized as (1s,4s,5r,6r,7s,10s)-1,4,6-trihydroxyeudesmane 6-o-beta-d-glucopyranoside, (1s,4s,5s,6r,7r,10s)-1,4-dihydroxymaaliane 1-o-beta-d-glucopyranoside and 10 alpha, 11-dihydroxycadin-4-ene 11-o-beta-d-glucopyranoside by spe ...	2000	10705480
[the plant origins of herbal medicines and their quality evaluation].	the caulis (stem and leaf) of trachelospermum jasminoides (lindl.) lem. (apocynaceae) is listed as the plant origin of luoshiteng in the chinese pharmacopeia. however, preparations from the caulis of ficus pumila l. (moraceae) or psychotria serpens l. (rubiaceae) are distributed on the chinese market. the fruit of forsythia suspensa vahl (oleaceae) is listed as the plant origin of forsythia fruit in the chinese pharmacopeia, although the fruits of two forsythia species, f. suspensa and f. viridi ...	2002	12087774
[pollination ecology of cultivated ficus pumila var. awkeotsang].	the study on the pollination ecology of cultivated ficus pumila var. awkeotsang showed that this plant had two apparent blossoming periods, i.e., in spring and autumn, which were relatively longer than those of the wild one. cultivated ficus pumila var. awkeotsang couldnt rely on the wasps living in the variant syconia to pollinate or lay eggs. under the circumstances the wasps were separated from wild f. pumila var. awkeotsang, the pollination system was damaged because of the absence of the wa ...	2006	17330489
antioxidant flavonoid glycosides from the leaves of ficus pumila l.	the okinawan folks in japan use ficus pumila l. as a beverage or herbal medicine to treat diabetes and high blood pressure. four flavonoid glycosides were isolated and identified as rutin (1 and 3), apigenin 6-neohesperidose (2), kaempferol 3-robinobioside (4) and kaempferol 3-rutinoside (5). among these compounds, rutin exhibited the strongest antioxidant activity in dpph radical scavenging assay and superoxide radical inhibition assay. the preparation of ooitabi leaves in water provide suffici ...	2008	26003366
cytotoxic activity of selected west indian medicinal plants against a human leukaemia cell line.	to assess the cytotoxic activities of crude extracts and solvent fractions of spermacoce verticillata, ficus pumila and flemingia strobilifera against a mt-4 human leukaemia cancer cell line.	2010	21702230
development and polymorphism of microsatellite primers in ficus pumila l. (moraceae).	microsatellite primers were developed in the functionally dioecious ficus pumila l. to provide polymorphic markers for further population genetic studies and parentage analysis.	2011	21700806
phytophotodermatitis caused by ficus pumila.		2012	22681467
analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of methanol extract of ficus pumila l. in mice.	this study investigated possible analgesic and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of the methanol extract of ficus pumila (fp(meoh)). analgesic effects were evaluated in two models including acetic acid-induced writhing response and formalin-induced paw licking. the results showed fp(meoh) decreased writhing response in the acetic acid assay and licking time in the formalin test. the anti-inflammatory effect was evaluated by λ-carrageenan-induced mouse paw edema and histopathological analyses. fp(meoh ...	2012	22666289
mutants of ficus pumila produced by ion beam irradiation with an improved ability to uptake and assimilate atmospheric nitrogen dioxide.	production of novel mutants with a high ability to mitigate pollutants is important for phytoremediation. we investigated the use of ion beam irradiation to produce mutants of ficus pumila l. with an improved ability to mitigate atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (no2). more than 25,000 shoot explants were irradiated with an ion beam (12c5+, 12c6+, or 4he2+), from which 263 independent plant lines were obtained. the plants were analyzed for no2 uptake by fumigation with 1 ppm 15n-labeled no2 for 8 h i ...	2012	22567711
fig trees at the northern limit of their range: the distributions of cryptic pollinators indicate multiple glacial refugia.	climatic oscillations during the last few million years had well-documented effects on the distributions and genomes of temperate plants and animals, but much less is known of their impacts on tropical and subtropical species. in contrast to europe and north america, ice-sheets did not cover most of china during glacial periods, and the effects of glacial cycles were less dramatic. fig trees are a predominantly tropical group pollinated by host-specific fig wasps. we employed partial mitochondri ...	2012	22335780
contrasting genetic responses to population fragmentation in a coevolving fig and fig wasp across a mainland-island archipelago.	interacting species of pollinator-host systems, especially the obligate ones, are sensitive to habitat fragmentation, due to the nature of mutual dependence. comparative studies of genetic structure can provide insights into how habitat fragmentation contributes to patterns of genetic divergence among populations of the interacting species. in this study, we used microsatellites to analyse genetic variation in chinese populations of a typical mutualistic system - ficus pumila and its obligate po ...	2013	23879300
genetic and physiological data suggest demographic and adaptive responses in complex interactions between populations of figs (ficus pumila) and their pollinating wasps (wiebesia pumilae).	to study interactions between host figs and their pollinating wasps and the influence of climatic change on their genetic structures, we sequenced cytoplasmic and nuclear genes and genotyped nuclear microsatellite loci from two varieties of ficus pumila, the widespread creeping fig and endemic jelly fig, and from their pollinating wasps, wiebesia pumilae, found in taiwan and on nearby offshore islands. great divergence in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit i (mtcoi) with no genetic a ...	2013	23841862