| isoflavone dimers and other bioactive constituents from the figs of ficus mucuso. | phytochemical investigation of the figs of ficus mucuso led to the isolation of three new isoflavone dimer derivatives, mucusisoflavones a-c (1-3), together with 16 known compounds. some of the isolates were tested in vitro for their inhibitory properties toward β-glucuronidase and plasmodium falciparum enoyl-acp reductase (pfenr) enzymes. compound 1 (ic(50) 0.68 μm) showed inhibitory activity on β-glucuronidase enzyme, while 3 (ic(50) 7.69 μm) exhibited a weak inhibitory activity against p. fal ... | 2011 | 21619045 |
| diet of chimpanzees (pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at ngogo, kibale national park, uganda, 1. diet composition and diversity. | chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) are ecologically flexible omnivores with broad diets comprising many plant and animal foods, although they mostly eat fruit (including figs). like other ecologically flexible nonhuman primates (e.g., baboons, papio spp.) with broad diets, their diets vary across habitats. much data on diets come from short studies that may not capture the range of variation, however, and data are scant on variation within habitats and populations. we present data on diet composition ... | 2011 | 22109938 |
| Diet of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, 2. temporal variation and fallback foods. | Highly frugivorous primates like chimpanzees (Pan trogolodytes) must contend with temporal variation in food abundance and quality by tracking fruit crops and relying more on alternative foods, some of them fallbacks, when fruit is scarce. We used behavioral data from 122 months between 1995 and 2009 plus 12 years of phenology records to investigate temporal dietary variation and use of fallback foods by chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. Fruit, including figs, comprised most of ... | 2011 | 22125130 |
| ecological factors influencing habitat use by chimpanzees at ngogo, kibale national park, uganda. | although numerous ecological and social factors influence range use in vertebrates, the general assumption is that ranging patterns typically accord with principles of optimal foraging theory. however, given temporal variability in resource abundance, animals can more easily meet nutritional needs at some times than at others. for species in which sociality is particularly important for fitness, such as chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) and other group-living primates, the influences of social facto ... | 2015 | 26670217 |
| ceramide and cerebroside from the stem bark of ficus mucuso (moraceae). | two new sphingolipids mucusamide (1) and mucusoside (2) have been isolated from methanol soluble part of the stem bark of ficus mucuso welw., together with fifteen known secondary metabolites including cellobiosylsterol (3), β-sitosterol (4), stigmasterol (5), β-sitosterol 3-o-β-d-glucopyranoside (6), lupeol acetate (7), ursolic acid (8), procatechuic acid (9), 2-methyl-5,7-dihydroxychromone 8-c-β-d-glucoside (10), apigenin (11), (-)-epicatechin (12), (+)-catechin (13), n-benzoyl-l-phenylalanilo ... | 2010 | 21139276 |