| PubMed: | Evidence for functional convergence in genes upregulated by herbivores ingesting plant secondary compounds. |
| PubMed: | Paradoxical Cellular Effects and Biological Role of the Multifaceted Compound Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid. |
| PubMed: | Gut microbes of mammalian herbivores facilitate intake of plant toxins. |
| PubMed: | A comparison of the anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity of extracts from commonly used medicinal plants. |
| PubMed: | Allyl/propenyl phenol synthases from the creosote bush and engineering production of specialty/commodity chemicals, eugenol/isoeugenol, in Escherichia coli. |
| PubMed: | Does a decade of elevated [CO2 ] affect a desert perennial plant community? |
| PubMed: | Solid-state fermentation as a strategy to improve the bioactive compounds recovery from Larrea tridentata leaves. |
| PubMed: | Nordihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates the oxidative stress-induced decrease of CD33 expression in human monocytes. |
| PubMed: | Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities. |
| PubMed: | 4,4'-[(2R*,3R*,4R*,5R*)-3,4-Dimethyl-tetra-hydro-furan-2,5-di-yl]diphenol. |
| PubMed: | Stable carbon isotope analysis of fluvial sediment fluxes over two contrasting C(4) -C(3) semi-arid vegetation transitions. |
| PubMed: | Cytochrome P450 2B diversity and dietary novelty in the herbivorous, desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida). |
| PubMed: | Experience matters: prior exposure to plant toxins enhances diversity of gut microbes in herbivores. |
| PubMed: | Library-based discovery of DYRK1A/CLK1 inhibitors from natural product extracts. |
| PubMed: | Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria associated with ancient clones of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). |
| PubMed: | Antibacterial and antimycobacterial lignans and flavonoids from Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Larrealignans A and B, novel lignan glycosides from the aerial parts of Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Induced and constitutive responses of digestive enzymes to plant toxins in an herbivorous mammal. |
| PubMed: | Agave salmiana plant communities in central Mexico as affected by commercial use. |
| PubMed: | Testing the diet-breadth trade-off hypothesis: differential regulation of novel plant secondary compounds by a specialist and a generalist herbivore. |
| PubMed: | Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO(2) on Rhizosphere Soil Microbial Communities in a Mojave Desert Ecosystem. |
| PubMed: | Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert. |
| PubMed: | An endophytic/pathogenic Phoma sp. from creosote bush producing biologically active volatile compounds having fuel potential. |
| PubMed: | Maintenance of C sinks sustains enhanced C assimilation during long-term exposure to elevated [CO2] in Mojave Desert shrubs. |
| PubMed: | Transitory effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on fine root dynamics in an arid ecosystem do not increase long-term soil carbon input from fine root litter. |
| PubMed: | A meta-analysis of medicinal plants to assess the evidence for toxicity. |
| PubMed: | Mechanisms of vegetation-ring formation in water-limited systems. |
| PubMed: | Triterpene glycosides from the aerial parts of Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Drought increases freezing tolerance of both leaves and xylem of Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) and its derivatives: an update. |
| PubMed: | Mechanism of the OH radical scavenging activity of nordihydroguaiaretic acid: a combined theoretical and experimental study. |
| PubMed: | Elevated CO2 increases plant uptake of organic and inorganic N in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid from Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) Mitigates 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate-Induced Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Responses of Tumor Promotion Cascade in Mouse Skin. |
| PubMed: | The bioactivity of plant extracts against representative bacterial pathogens of the lower respiratory tract. |
| PubMed: | [Larrea tridentata. Effect on a non-metabolic model of urolithiasis in rats]. |
| PubMed: | Terameprocol, a methylated derivative of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, inhibits production of prostaglandins and several key inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. |
| PubMed: | 2,2'-Dimethoxy-4,4'-[rel-(2R,3S)-2,3-di-methylbutane-1,4-diyl]diphenol. |
| PubMed: | "Pharm-ecology" of diet shifting: biotransformation of plant secondary compounds in creosote (Larrea tridentata) by a woodrat herbivore, Neotoma lepida. |
| PubMed: | Shrub invasion decreases diversity and alters community stability in northern Chihuahuan Desert plant communities. |
| PubMed: | Nordihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates potassium dichromate-induced oxidative stress and nephrotoxicity. |
| PubMed: | Aboveground net primary production dynamics in a northern Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. |
| PubMed: | Activity against drug resistant-tuberculosis strains of plants used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. |
| PubMed: | A pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase homologue from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) catalyzes the efficient in vitro conversion of p-coumaryl/coniferyl alcohol esters into the allylphenols chavicol/eugenol, but not the propenylphenols p-anol/isoeugenol. |
| PubMed: | Adaptive radiation of gall-inducing insects within a single host-plant species. |
| PubMed: | Complex responses within a desert bee guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to urban habitat fragmentation. |
| PubMed: | Gallic acid and tannase accumulation during fungal solid state culture of a tannin-rich desert plant (Larrea tridentata Cov.). |
| PubMed: | Enhanced monsoon precipitation and nitrogen deposition affect leaf traits and photosynthesis differently in spring and summer in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Isozymes in Larrea divaricata and Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae): a study of two amphitropical vicariants and autopolyploidy. |
| PubMed: | Plant secondary metabolites alter the feeding patterns of a mammalian herbivore (Neotoma lepida). |
| PubMed: | Effect of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) on cholesterol gallstones and bile secretion in hamsters. |
| PubMed: | The anti-apoptotic effects of nordihydroguaiaretic acid: inhibition of cPLA(2) activation during TNF-induced apoptosis arises from inhibition of calcium signaling. |
| PubMed: | Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush), an abundant plant of Mexican and US-American deserts and its metabolite nordihydroguaiaretic acid. |
| PubMed: | Genetic diversity in Chihuahuan Desert populations of creosotebush (Zygophyllaceae: Larrea tridentata). |
| PubMed: | Cytotoxic lignans from Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Cytotoxic and other metabolites of Aspergillus inhabiting the rhizosphere of Sonoran desert plants. |
| PubMed: | A WRKY gene from creosote bush encodes an activator of the abscisic acid signaling pathway. |
| PubMed: | Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) resin increases water demands and reduces energy availability in desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida). |
| PubMed: | Antioxidant lignans from Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Activity of some Mexican medicinal plant extracts on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema. |
| PubMed: | Relationship between the heat tolerance of photosynthesis and the thermal stability of rubisco activase in plants from contrasting thermal environments. |
| PubMed: | Carbon isotope discrimination and foliar nutrient status of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) in contrasting Mojave Desert soils. |
| PubMed: | (+)-Larreatricin hydroxylase, an enantio-specific polyphenol oxidase from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). |
| PubMed: | Synthesis and chiral HPLC analysis of the dibenzyltetrahydrofuran lignans, larreatricins, 8'-epi-larreatricins, 3,3'-didemethoxyverrucosins and meso-3,3'-didemethoxynectandrin B in the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): evidence for regiospecific control of coupling. |
| PubMed: | [Effect of alcoholic extracts of wild plants on the inhibition of growth of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium expansum, Fusarium moniliforme and Fusarium poae moulds]. |
| PubMed: | Simplified method for detecting tritium contamination in plants and soil. |
| PubMed: | Responses of soil nitrogen dynamics in a Mojave Desert ecosystem to manipulations in soil carbon and nitrogen availability. |
| PubMed: | The vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem cavitation of Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae) in the Chihuahuan desert. |
| PubMed: | Nordihydroguaiaretic acid: hepatotoxicity and detoxification in the mouse. |
| PubMed: | Recruitment potential of two perennial grasses with different growth forms at a semiarid-arid transition zone. |
| PubMed: | Nordihydroguaiaretic acid-mediated inhibition of ultraviolet B-induced activator protein-1 activation in human keratinocytes. |
| PubMed: | Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. |
| PubMed: | Absorption of copper(II) by creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): use of atomic and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. |
| PubMed: | The safety of low-dose Larrea tridentata (DC) Coville (creosote bush or chaparral): a retrospective clinical study. |
| PubMed: | Masoprocol decreases serum triglyceride concentrations in rats with fructose-induced hypertriglyceridemia. |
| PubMed: | Vulnerability to xylem cavitation and the distribution of Sonoran Desert vegetation. |
| PubMed: | Hepatotoxicity of botanicals. |
| PubMed: | Origins and ecological consequences of pollen specialization among desert bees. |
| PubMed: | Effect of masoprocol on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in a rat model of Type II diabetes. |
| PubMed: | Masoprocol (nordihydroguaiaretic acid): a new antihyperglycemic agent isolated from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). |
| PubMed: | Chaparral-associated hepatotoxicity. |
| PubMed: | Antimicrobial activity of extracts of three major plants from the Chihuahuan desert. |
| PubMed: | Isolation of anti-HIV-1 lignans from Larrea tridentata by counter-current chromatography. |
| PubMed: | Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription and replication by DNA sequence-selective plant lignans. |
| PubMed: | Persistence of desertified ecosystems: Explanations and implications. |
| PubMed: | Chemical studies of phytoestrogens and related compounds in dietary supplements: flax and chaparral. |
| PubMed: | [Biliary calculi in the golden hamster. XXXVII. The prophylactic action of the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) in pigmented cholelithiasis produced by vitamin A]. |
| PubMed: | Root communication among desert shrubs. |
| PubMed: | Furanoid lignans from Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | Parasitoid pressure and the radiation of a gallforming group (Cecidomyiidae: Asphondylia spp.) on creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). |
| PubMed: | Plant photosensitizers: A survey of their occurrence in arid and semiarid plants from North America. |
| PubMed: | Chemical aspects of host-plant specificity in threeLarrea-feeding grasshoppers. |
| PubMed: | Injury and physiological responses of Larrea tridentata (DC) Coville exposed in situ to sulphur dioxide. |
| PubMed: | A conceptual model for primary productivity, decomposition and nitrogen cycling in the Chihuahuan creosotebush desert. |
| PubMed: | Contact dermatitis from Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) |
| PubMed: | Phytotoxic properties of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a lignan fromLarrea tridentata (Creosote bush). |
| PubMed: | Additional flavonoids from the leaves of Larrea tridentata. |
| PubMed: | [Effects of nordihydroguairetic acid and ethanol on the growth of Entamoeba invadens]. |
| PubMed: | [Isolation of kumatakenine and 5,4'-dihydroxy-3,7,3'-trimethoxiflavone from Larrea tridentata]. |
| PubMed: | Soil ecology of Coccidioides immitis at Amerindian middens in California. |