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Dong Biao. / "October 2003." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-201) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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I have isolated and characterized a recessive mutation in the Forked (FKD) gene that results in the abnormal initiation of vascular bundles in the foliar organs, such that the apices of the vascular bundles initiate freely. Once initiated, the development of Fkd vascular bundles is like wild type, generating an open vascular pattern of similar complexity to the closed venation pattern of wild type. Despite the significant alteration in the vascular pattern, Fkd plants are morphologically indistinct from wild type. fkd mutants do not show altered sensitivity to the effects of auxin and show additive phenotypes with auxin response mutants, suggesting the FKD is part of a pathway acting independently of auxin. The similarity of the open vascular pattern of Fkd plants to that of ancestral vascular plants suggests that acquisition of this pathway may have been critical in the evolution of the closed vascular pattern. / x, 55 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

The development of leaf vascular patterns is a highly regulated process. The plant hormone auxin is critical for vascular patterning: auxin canalization is proposed to cause files of cells to accumulate higher auxin levels and develop into veins. Thus, the response of cells to auxin and transport of auxin are critical to establish proper cell fate. We have characterized a mutation in the Arabidopsis thaliana gene name AUTOBAHN (ABN). abn leaves produce leaves that proliferate disorganized, overlapping veins parallel to the midvein with no differentiation of higher order veins. abn leaves show no normal aspects of the secondary auxin response though double mutant analysis suggest that ABN functions independently of previously characterized auxin response pathways. Wild type plants grown on an influx inhibitor phenocopy abn suggesting that abn is defective in carrier-mediated auxin influx. / x, 69 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

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Ho Hing Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-156). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- History of soybean --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Health benefits of soybean --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Introduction to flavonoids --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Bioavailability of flavonoids from foods --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5 --- Pharmacological effects of flavonoids and their glycosides --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Anticarcinogenic activity --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Antioxidative activity --- p.7 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- Cardioprotective activity --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5.4 --- Osteoprotective activity --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5.5 --- Neuroprotective activity --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5.6 --- Antiangiogenic activity --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6 --- Soy leaves --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Isolation and purification of kaempferol glycosides and genistin in soy leaves / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2 --- Objectives --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Materials and Methods --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Extraction and isolation --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Preparation of soy leaves butanol extract --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Preparation of kaempferol glycosides from soy leaves butanol extract --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Sample preparation for the HPLC analysis --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- HPLC analysis --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Quantification of the flavonoids and their glycosides --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.2.4 --- Change in flavonoids and their glycosides in soy leaves --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Compound 1 --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Compound 2 --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Compound 3 --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Compound 4 --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.5 --- Compound 5 --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.6 --- Compound 6 --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4.7 --- Quantification of flavonoids in soybean and soy leaves --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.8 --- Age-dependent changes in flavonoids and their glycosides --- p.32 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Compound 1 --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Compound 2 --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Compound 3 --- p.37 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Compound 4 --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Compound 5 --- p.39 / Chapter 2.5.6 --- Compound 6 --- p.40 / Chapter 2.5.7 --- Age-dependent changes in flavonoids and their glycosides --- p.40 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Hypolipidemic effects of soy leaves in hamsters / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Different lipoproteins and their functions --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Risk factors of cardiovascular disease --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Animal model --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2 --- Objectives --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3 --- Materials and Methods --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Animals --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Serum lipid and lipoprotein determinations --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Determination of cholesterol in the liver and adipose tissue --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Extraction of neutral and acidic sterols from fecal samples --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3.4.1 --- Determination of neutral sterols --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3.4.2 --- Determination of acidic sterols --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3.4.3 --- GLC analysis of neutral and acidic sterols --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Statistics --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Growth and food intake --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- "Effects of SLP and SLEE supplementation on serum triacylglycerol (TG), total cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)" --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Effects ofSLP and SLEE supplementation on non-HDL-C and ratio of non-HDL-C to HDL-C --- p.55 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Effects of SLP amd SLEE supplementations on concentration of hepatic cholesterol --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Effects of SLP and SLEE supplementations on perirenal adipose tissue cholesterol --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- Effects of SLP and SLEE supplementations on fecal neutral and acidic sterols --- p.61 / Chapter 3.5 --- Discussion --- p.64 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Effects of soy leaves and its flavonoid glycosides on haemolysis and on LDL oxidation / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.67 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Role of low density lipoprotein oxidation in the development of atherosclerosis --- p.68 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- LDL oxidation --- p.70 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) as an index of LDL oxidation --- p.71 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Antioxidant and LDL oxidation --- p.74 / Chapter 4.2 --- Objective --- p.75 / Chapter 4.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Isolation of LDL from human serum --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- LDL oxidation --- p.77 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Determine the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) --- p.77 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Assay for erythrocyte haemolysis --- p.78 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Statistics --- p.79 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results --- p.80 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Effects of three different soy leaves extracts and flavonoid glycosides on LDL oxidation --- p.80 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Effects of three soy leaves extracts and flavonoid glycosides on erythrocyte haemolysis --- p.80 / Chapter 4.5 --- Discussion --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Relaxing effects of soy leaves and its flavonoids / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.89 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Smooth muscle contraction --- p.90 / Chapter 5.1.1.1 --- Sliding filament mechanism --- p.91 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Intracellular mechanisms involved in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction --- p.92 / Chapter 5.1.2.1 --- Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels --- p.92 / Chapter 5.1.2.2 --- Protein kinase C (PKC) mediated smooth muscle contraction --- p.93 / Chapter 5.1.2.3 --- Thromboxane A2 receptor-mediated calcium channel --- p.94 / Chapter 5.2 --- Objectives --- p.96 / Chapter 5.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.97 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Drugs preparation --- p.97 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Vessel preparation --- p.97 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Contraction experiments --- p.99 / Chapter 5.3.3.1 --- Relaxant responses of soy leaves butanol extract on the contraction induced by different constrictors --- p.99 / Chapter 5.3.3.2 --- Relaxant responses of soy leaves butanol extract on U46619 and PGF2a- induced contraction --- p.99 / Chapter 5.3.3.3 --- "Relaxant responses of genistein, genistin and the kaempferol glycosides on U46619-induced contraction" --- p.100 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Statistics --- p.100 / Chapter 5.4 --- Results --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Effect of soy leaves butanol extract --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Role of endothelium in extract-induced relaxation --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Effect of the soy leaves butanol extract on contractile response to prostaglandins --- p.103 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Effects of kaempferol glycosides and kaempferol --- p.111 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Effects of genistein and genistin --- p.111 / Chapter 5.5 --- Discussion --- p.118 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Effect of soy leaves on mammary tumor / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.123 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Carcinogenesis --- p.123 / Chapter 6.1.1.1 --- In itiation --- p.124 / Chapter 6.1.1.2 --- Promotion --- p.124 / Chapter 6.1.1.3 --- Progression --- p.125 / Chapter 6.2 --- Objective --- p.126 / Chapter 6.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.127 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Animal --- p.127 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Determination of estrus cycle --- p.128 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Statistics --- p.129 / Chapter 6.4 --- Results --- p.131 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Incident rate of tumor induction --- p.131 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Number of tumor induced --- p.131 / Chapter 6.5 --- Discussion --- p.136 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.136 / References --- p.140