Longan - Wikipedia
The longan (from Vietnamese long nhãn[ 5 ] or Cantonese lùhng ngáahn龍眼, literally 'dragon eye'), is so named because the black seed within the shelled fruit creates the appearance of an eyeball. The plant is native to tropical Asia and China. [ 6 ]
Potential roles of longan flower and seed extracts for anti-cancer
Longan flowers and seeds, two TCMs traditionally used for relieving pain and urinary diseases, have been revealed in our recent reports and other studies to possess rich amounts of polyphenolic species and exhibit strong anti-oxidant activity, and these could be applied for the treatment of diabetes and cancer.
Floral Induction of Longan - Frontiers
2021年6月6日 · Longan (Dimocarpus longan L.) is one of the most important tropical and subtropical fruits in the world. Longan fruit has high nutritional and medical value, and is regarded as a treasure among fruits.
Longan | Description, Fruit, & Facts | Britannica
Longan, tropical fruit tree of the soapberry family, native to Asia and introduced into other warm regions of the world. The edible fruits have a mildly sweet and musky flavor and are sold fresh, dried, or canned in syrup. Learn more about the longan tree and its fruit.
Microevolution of longan flowering behaviors from primitive to …
2024年11月30日 · Dimocarpus longan is an economically important fruit tree primarily cultivated in various Asian countries and the Indochina region encompassing Thailand, China, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Here, we report an extensive dataset of 606.72 Gb of the whole-genome resequencing data obtained from 31 Dimocarpus longan and 1 Dimocarpus obtusus samples performed on Illumina HiSeq PE150, providing the ...
FC49/MG049: Longan Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
The flowers are small and have 5 to 6 sepals and petals, and are brownish yellow or greenish yellow, with a two-lobed pistil and usually 8 stamens. Panicles may carry a few to more than 350 fruit. There are 3 flower types in longan, staminate (functionally male), pistillate (functionally female) and hermaphroditic (bisexual).
Potential of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) in functional food: …
2024年3月30日 · Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) has received widespread attention worldwide as a therapeutic food with nutritional, economic, and medicinal value. Its fruit, seed, pericarp, and flower becoming dietary tools for health maintenance when it comes to targeting chronic diseases or sub-health conditions.
Identification and functional analysis of the LEAFY gene in longan ...
2024年3月25日 · Background: Flowering at the right time is a very important factor affecting the stable annual yield of longan. However, a lack of knowledge of the regulatory mechanism and key genes of longan flowering restricts healthy development of the longan industry.
Identification and functional analysis of the LEAFY gene in longan ...
2024年3月25日 · For a common longan cultivar, such as “SX”, flower induction will occur from December of the year to January of the next year. Three developmental flower bud samples of these two cultivars, including dormant apical bud (T1), floral primordia differentiation (red bud) (T2), and floral organ formation (T3), were obtained on 20 November 2016 ...
Antioxidative Activity and Active Components of Longan
Three different solvent extracts (methanol, ethyl acetate, and n-hexane) of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) flowers were assayed with three different antioxidant capacity methods, namely, the DPPH free radical scavenging effect, the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay, and the inhibition of Cu 2+-induced oxidation of human low ...