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45 relations: Biofuel, Campari, Carl Linnaeus, Claoxylon indicum, Codiaeum variegatum, Constipation, Cristóbal Acosta, Croton californicus, Croton eluteria, Croton lechleri, Croton megalocarpus, Croton tiglium, Desertification, Ester, Euphorbiaceae, Family (biology), Flowering plant, Genus, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Greek language, Herbalism, Homalanthus nutans, Jatropha curcas, Kenya, Larva, Laxative, Lepidoptera, Macaranga grandifolia, Madagascar, Mallotus japonicus, Mallotus philippensis, Pantropical, Pharmacopoeia, Phorbol, Schinia, Seed, Shrub, Southeast Asia, Tick, Traditional Chinese medicine, Triadica sebifera, Tumor promotion, Vermouth, Windbreak, 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
Biofuel
A biofuel is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes, such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion, rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum, from prehistoric biological matter.
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Campari
Campari is an alcoholic liqueur, considered an apéritif (20.5%, 21%, 24%, 25%, or 28.5% ABV, depending on the country in which it is sold), obtained from the infusion of herbs and fruit (including chinotto and cascarilla) in alcohol and water.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
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Claoxylon indicum
Claoxylon indicum is a dioecious flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
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Codiaeum variegatum
Codiaeum variegatum (garden croton or variegated croton; syn. Croton variegatum L.) is a species of plant in the genus Codiaeum, which is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae.
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Constipation
Constipation refers to bowel movements that are infrequent or hard to pass.
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Cristóbal Acosta
Cristóvão da Costa or Cristóbal Acosta and Latinized as Christophorus Acosta Africanus (c. 1525 c. 1594) was a Portuguese doctor and natural historian.
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Croton californicus
Croton californicus is a species of croton known by the common name California croton.
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Croton eluteria
Croton eluteria, known as Cascarilla, is a plant species of the genus Croton, that is native to the Caribbean.
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Croton lechleri
Croton lechleri is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to northwestern South America.
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Croton megalocarpus
Croton megalocarpus, is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family.
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Croton tiglium
Croton tiglium, known as Purging Croton, is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family.
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Desertification
Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.
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Ester
In chemistry, an ester is a chemical compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one –OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an –O–alkyl (alkoxy) group.
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Euphorbiaceae
The Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Georg Eberhard Rumphius
Georg Eberhard Rumphius (originally: Rumpf; baptized c. November 1, 1627 – June 15, 1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia, and is best known for his work Herbarium Amboinense produced in the face of severe personal tragedies, including the death of his wife and a daughter in an earthquake, going blind from glaucoma, loss of his library and manuscripts in major fire, and losing early copies of his book when the ship carrying it was sunk.
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Greek language
Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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Herbalism
Herbalism (also herbal medicine or phytotherapy) is the study of botany and use of plants intended for medicinal purposes or for supplementing a diet.
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Homalanthus nutans
Homalanthus nutans, known locally as the mamala tree, is a species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family.
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Jatropha curcas
Jatropha curcas is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to the American tropics, most likely Mexico and Central America.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Laxative
Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
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Macaranga grandifolia
Macaranga grandifolia is a species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family.
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Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.
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Mallotus japonicus
Mallotus japonicus, known as East Asian mallotus, the food wrapper plant or Akamegashiwa in Japanese, is a plant species in the genus Mallotus native to China.
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Mallotus philippensis
Mallotus philippensis is a plant in the spurge family.
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Pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both hemispheres.
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Pharmacopoeia
A pharmacopoeia, pharmacopeia, or pharmacopoea (literally, “drug-making”), in its modern technical sense, is a book containing directions for the identification of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society.
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Phorbol
Phorbol is a natural, plant-derived organic compound.
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Schinia
Schinia, commonly called flower moths, is a large genus of moths belonging to the family Noctuidae.
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Seed
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.
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Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Tick
Ticks are small arachnids, part of the order Parasitiformes.
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Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a style of traditional medicine built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine.
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Triadica sebifera
Triadica sebifera, also known as Sapium sebiferum, is commonly known as the Chinese tallow, Chinese tallowtree, Florida aspen, chicken tree, gray popcorn tree, and candleberry tree.
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Tumor promotion
Tumor promotion is a process in carcinogenesis by which various factors permit the descendants of a single initiated cell to survive and expand in number, i.e. to resist apoptosis and to undergo clonal growth.
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Vermouth
Vermouth is an aromatized, fortified wine flavored with various botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, and spices).
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Windbreak
A windbreak (shelterbelt) is a plantation usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion.
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12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), also commonly known as tetradecanoylphorbol acetate, tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), is a diester of phorbol and a potent tumor promoter often employed in biomedical research to activate the signal transduction enzyme protein kinase C (PKC).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
