periwinkle
catharanthus latin

How much periwinkle have we got round our back door?

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of periwinkle for these uses.

Stop using periwinkle at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.

Second, periwinkles move with the tides to stay at the water line.

It is also the starting point of the Periwinkle bike trail.

"Periwinkle and I have decided it's best not to show our faces just yet.

Periwinkles are also used as bait for catching small fish.

With this change, the Angels' color scheme changed to dark blue and periwinkle.

Steve ask Periwinkle to do his tricks for everyone while the gang gets ready.

Then he walks back to the house, where Periwinkle is trying to show him his magic trick.

Like many other periwinkles, this species can survive long exposures out of the water.

It is identified as being the same color as periwinkle.

The South's warmer waters may slow or stop the progress of the periwinkles, he said.

Ivy and periwinkle are two of the most popular choices as ground covers.

I mean to take the easy route by getting my periwinkles from one of these local nurseries.

What if these properties of the rosy periwinkle hadn't been discovered in time?

He remembers a time when periwinkles were caught here.

Danyl thought this made him look like a giant periwinkle.

Once past one hundred feet, the Periwinkle became invisible.

Diabetes: Madagascar periwinkle seems to be able to lower blood sugar.

If you already have low blood pressure, using periwinkle can make it drop too low.

But Periwinkle still thinks it is a magic show.

This is the case with periwinkle and ground ivy.

The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1895.

For many years the school's yearbook was named the Periwinkle, a small blue flower.

In recent years vincas (technically catharanthus) have gone from 3 percent to about 13 percent of the market.

The common name, shared with the related genus Catharanthus, is Periwinkle.

'Catharanthus lanceus' contains up to 6% yohimbine in its leaves.

Insects leave Catharanthus roseus out of their diets.

This plant is a Catharanthus or periwinkle and is not related to the popular ground cover, which is also called vinca.

They are annuals and belong to the genus Catharanthus, which has the common name Magagascar periwinkle.

This species, Catharanthus, has also come under scrutiny by the scientific community and is often cited as an example of why the tropical rainforests should be saved.

Vinblastine and Vincristine were isolated from the Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus.

Vinca alkaloids are a set of anti-mitotic and anti-microtubule agents that were originally derived from the Periwinkle plant Catharanthus roseus.

Vinca alkaloids are amines produced by the hallucinogenic plant Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle).

Vinblastine may be isolated from the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), along with several of its precursors- catharanthine and vindoline.

Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of Crinum, Catharanthus roseus, Petunia and Saponaria officinalis.

It is also an alkaloid found naturally in various plants such as Rauwolfia spp., Catharanthus roseus, and Mitragyna speciosa.

Catharanthus lanceus (Bojer ex A.DC.)

They were isolated from extracts leaves of the Catharanthus roseus (Vinca rosea) plant at the University of Western Ontario in 1958.

But the botanists who are responsible for maintaining plant nomenclature have found differences, and they have given the annual plant, vinca, its own separate classification and put it in the genus Catharanthus.

It used to go around under the name Vinca rosea (and still does in many catalogues) until the taxonomists, who are always meddling in these things, decided that it was Catharanthus roseus instead.

The seed exchange program's most notable act may have been the introduction of cotton into the colony of Georgia and more recently, the worldwide spread of the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).

These new strains of catharanthus, some 14 years in the making, are the first fruits of an ambitious program of breeding by Ronald Parker, an associate professor of horticulture and plant science at the University of Connecticut.

Vincristine (brand name, Oncovin), formally known as leurocristine, sometimes abbreviated "VCR", is a vinca alkaloid from the Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle), formerly Vinca rosea and hence its name.

The notable logo of MAKNA is inspired by the periwinkle flower, scientifically named Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle), a species of the Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar.

Vincristine, extracted from Vinca rosea L. (current name Catharanthus roseus), is a type of chemotherapy called a vinca alkaloid used to treat some leukemias, lymphomas and childhood cancers, as well as several other types of cancer and some non-cancerous conditions.