luffa


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Synonyms for luffa

the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa

any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits

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A multiscale study on the structural and mechanical properties of the luffa sponge from Luffa cylindrica plant.
Some pollen types obtained from pollen loads of Apis mellifera: A) Acacia auriculiformis; B) Borassus flabellifer; C, D) Brassica nigra; E) Chrozophora rottleri; F) Citrus x aurantiifolia; G) Cocos nucifera; H) Cucumis sativus; I) Delonix regia; J, K) Euphorbia tithymaloides; L) Luffa cylindrical; M) Monochoria hastate; N) Poa gangetica; O, P) Sesamum indicum; Q) Sida acuta; R) Syzygium cumini; S, T) Trema orientalis.
Luffoliate is made with 100% organic and natural Luffa. Luffoliate's interchangeable Luffa pads can easily be removed for cleaning or to swap it out with another family member's Luffa pad.
Wang et al., "Effects of chitosan coating on postharvest quality and shelf life of sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) during storage," Scientia Horticulturae, vol.
Amin, "Adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions by Luffa cylindrica fibers: Kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamic studies," Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, vol.
sativa) for the second situation, and bath sponge (Luffa cylindrica L.) for the third situation; however, no plant was available for the fourth situation.
Gey, "Isolation, 1H and 13C NMR studies of (4-O-methyl-D-glucurono)-D- xylans from luffa fruit fibres, jute bast fibres and mucilage of quince tree seeds," Carbohydrate Research, vol.
| WHAT do we call a fibrous skeleton of the fruit of Luffa cylindrica?
BLAST search analysis of nucleotide sequence KT833850 revealed 95-98% sequence identity with various strains of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) infecting Tomato (AB976527), Chilli (DQ029202), Pumpkin (JN129254), Luffa (HM989845), Poppy (KC513822), Potato (KC205270) from India and Black nightshade (AJ620187), Field bindweed (KC960492), Bitter gourd (AM747291) and Tomato (DQ116883) from Pakistan and KC207815 on Luffa from South Korea.
Effect of raffinose and ultrasound pulses on invertase release by free and immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae in loofa (Luffa cylindrica) sponge.
cucurbitae, as estimated by infestation of ridge gourd, Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxbdata (Cucurbitaceae), as the standard protein hydrolysate used in Mauritius for fruit fly control (Sookar et al.