Fructose oligosaccharides in monocotyledons: A possible delimitation of the order liliales

Typha latifolia L. fruit polysaccharides induce the differentiation and stimulate the proliferation of human keratinocytes in vitro

“…This fact was supported by data of a previous acetylation analysis which are not shown. Fructose is described not to be part of Typha latifolia stem carbohydrates by Pollard (1982) but it was detected in fractions TL1 and TL5. Since fructose is common in most fruits as well in fruits of Bromeliaceae and Poaceae (Muir et al, 2007) its occurrence in the Typha latifolia fruit polysaccharides is not unwontedly.…”

“…Alkanolamides (Peru et al, 2004) and flavonol glucosides (Sick Woo et al, 1983) were found in leaves. Contents of carbohydrates and sugars were investigated in overwintering parts (Kausch et al, 1981;Biesboer, 1984) and the stem (Pollard, 1982). Carotinoid-like compounds and allelopathic sterols of the whole plants were also characterized (Dell Greca et al, 1990a,b) as the lipid fraction of Typha latifolia pollen (Caffrey et al, 1987).…”

The Occurrence of Fructan in Food Plants

“…The most recent surveys of the occurrence of fructans in plants, all of which also list plants without fructan, are those of Pollard and Amuti (1981), Pollard (1982) and Hendry (1987). The subject was reviewed by Meier and Reid (1982) and also by Hendry (1987).…”

“…In some of these the evidence is restricted even more to one species. In the Cyanastraceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zosteraceae (Pollard, 1982) only one species was assayed (Brunoniaceae has only one species). In the Lentibulariaceae, where only two species have been assayed, Pollard and Amuti (1981) found Utricularia vulgaris stems to be negative for fructan, whereas Pate and Dixon (1982) found U. menziesii tubers to be positive.…”

“…In the Lentibulariaceae, where only two species have been assayed, Pollard and Amuti (1981) found Utricularia vulgaris stems to be negative for fructan, whereas Pate and Dixon (1982) found U. menziesii tubers to be positive. Evidence of Pollard and Amuti (1981), Pollard (1982) and Pate and Dixon (1982) is based on colour reactions on paper chromatograms and on comparisons of R F values with those of sugars from known fructan storers. Doubt has been expressed, on taxonomic grounds (Hendry, pers.…”