nicandra การใช้

• It is getting late to start plants this year, but nicandra grows quickly.
• Your co-worker's informant was probably thinking of tomatillo's distant cousin, the shoofly plant ( Nicandra physalodes ), which is supposed to keep flies at bay.
• Also present in " Nicandra " are calystegines, a new group of polyhydroxy alkaloids with a nortropane skeleton and named for the bindweed genus " Calystegia " ( Convolvulaceae ).
• The nicandrenones of " Nicandra physalodes " are another group of withanolides with insecticidal effects . 30 years after their discovery, the first total synthesis of nicandrenones was carried out in the year 2000.
• Nicandra seeds are sold by Nichols Garden Nursery, 1190 Old Salem Road NE, Albany, Ore . 97321-4580; www . nicholsgardennursery . com or ( 800 ) 422-3985 ( free catalog ).
• Like its more toxic relatives, " Nicandra physalodes " is alkaloidal, analyses having revealed the presence of the tropane alkaloid tropinone and the pyrrolidine alkaloid hygrine ( 0.1 %, in the root ).
• The plants are prettier, too; tomatillos are so sprawly they make tomatoes look well behaved, while nicandra has trunklike stems three to five feet tall and lanterns that hang from stiff, arched branches suitable for flower arrangements.
• Nicandra and a variegated form called Splash of Cream are offered by Select Seeds Antique Flowers, 180 Stickney Hill Road, Union, Conn . 06076-4617; www . selectseeds . com or ( 860 ) 684-9310 ( free catalog ).
• Some say houseflies, others whiteflies, but they may as well say butterflies : though nicandra, a member of the nightshade family, does contain toxic alkaloids, there's no evidence that the plants do anything to earn their keep except look handsome.