Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmaceutical Botany Candidate: Ivana Lakatošová Supervisor: PharmDr. Anna Hošťálková, Ph.D. Title of Master's thesis: Bioactive metabolites of representative members in the genus Magnolia 2019, 72 p. Key words: Magnolia, secondary metabolites, traditional medicine, CNS bioactivity The aim of this Master's thesis was to summarise current knowledge of significant secondary metabolites of species Magnolia officinalis and Magnolia obovata, and their biological activity. Botanical features of genus Magnolia were defined and described, followed by the classification of bioactive compounds isolated from species Magnolia officinalis and Magnolia obovata. The Master's thesis focused predominantly on the effects of biphenol compounds of magnolol and honokiol, which have been subjected to many studies. The main attention was given to the immunosuppressive effect and pharmacologic effects on the nervous system. Essential oils were observed to have an anti-inflammatory and a myorelaxant effect. Alkaloids and neolignans, which had been known to relax spasms of skeletal muscles, expressed neuroprotective activity. Neolignans were shown to have the inhibitory effect on bacteria, viruses and pathogenic fungi. They also proved themselves to be...

Margaret Fuller’s and Elizabeth Stoddard’s innovative use of the language of flowers in “The Magnolia of Lake Pontchartrain” and The Morgesons explore multilevel feminine discourse in ways later described by Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigary. Fuller uses flowers symbolically in her text, not mimicking conventional sentimental motifs, but inspiring women’s independence and self-development. Fuller’s flower images become anthropomorphic possibilities for female empowerment which re-envision American women’s social roles and express Fuller’s developing feminism. Stoddard’s use of flowers reflects her realist writing and captures many of the contemporary social applications of flowers. Stoddard, like Alice Walker, sees some artistic agency for women through gardening, but ultimately finds the comparison of women to flowers an antiquated system which holds women back in search of social progress.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Valerie J. Conner, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 22, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.