Production of resistant starch from taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) corm and determination of its effects on health by in vitro methods

Carbohydrate polymers 2012

The aim of the study was the production of resistant starch from taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) corm and determination of its ef...

Antimetastatic activity isolated from Colocasia esculenta (taro)

Anti-cancer drugs 2012

Breast cancer mortality is primarily due to the occurrence of metastatic disease. We have identified a novel potential therapeutic age...

Growth and nutrient accumulation of taro plants under artificial shading levels

Horticultura brasileira 2011

An experiment was carried out in pots with soil to evaluate the growth and nutrient accumulation of taro plants (Colacasia esculenta) ...

A Cytokine-Inducing Hemagglutinin from Small Taros

Protein and peptide letters 2010

A 22.4-kDa dimeric hemagglutinin was isolated from tubers of Colocasia esculenta cv. `Small Taro` by employing a purification protocol...

Changes in Phenolics, Polyphenol Oxidase and its Isoenzyme Patterns in Relation to Resistance in Taro against Phytophthora colocasiae

Journal of phytopathology 2009

The effect of Phytophthora leaf blight disease, caused by Phytophthora colocasiae Raciborski, on the accumulation of phenolics and pol...

Characterization of inhibitory mechanism and antifungal activity between group-1 and group-2 phytocystatins from taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Febs journal 2008

Tarocystatin from Colocasia esculenta, a group-2 phytocystatin, is a defense protein against phytopathogenic nematodes and fungi. It i...

Effect of benzyl amino purine on the pathogen growth and disease development of taro leaf blight caused by Phytophthora colocasiae

Journal of plant pathology 2008

Cytokinins are implicated in a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes in plants including host-pathogen interaction...

Screening of taro (Colocasia esulenta) cultivars against Phytophthora colocasiae and the stability of disease reactions and yield

Indian journal of agricultural sciences 2007

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Antioxidative enzymes and isozymes analysis of taro genotypes and their implications in Phytophthora blight disease resistance

Mycopathologia 2007

Assessment of the differential expression of antioxidative enzymes and their isozymes, was done in 30 day-old ex vitro raised plants o...

Inhibitory effect of onion extract on polyphenol oxidase and enzymatic browning of taro (Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta)

Indian journal of agricultural sciences 2007

The inhibitory effect of onion extract on polyphenol oxidase and enzymatic browning of taro was investigated. The polyphenol oxidase f...