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Narcissus and Daffodil

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424 Index<br />

Leaf numbers, 11<br />

Leaf scorch, 61, 87, 97<br />

Leaf senescence, 2, 88f, 91<br />

Leaves <strong>and</strong> leaf bases, 4ff, 11f<br />

Lectin content; life cycle effects, 389;<br />

varietal differences, 383<br />

Lectins, 185, 382ff, 389f, 411; applications, 390;<br />

carbohydrate-binding, 388; classification,<br />

382; concentration, 385; isolation, 382;<br />

mannose-binding, 383, 390; mitogenic<br />

activity, 389; molecular cloning, 385;<br />

purification, 382, 384; role in plants, 389f;<br />

snowdrop, 385f, 390; structure, 384, 386<br />

Legends, 22ff<br />

Leucojum, 170, 196, 215, 242ff, 247, 249f,<br />

256f, 274, 276, 291ff, 304, 372, 413<br />

Leukaemia, 351<br />

Lewis lung carcinoma, 351<br />

Light (effects of), 11<br />

Liliaceae, 390<br />

Lilium, 231<br />

Lily rash, 401<br />

Linseed, 134f<br />

Lithium, 346<br />

Liver function, 340, 349<br />

Longevity (life span), 5, 7<br />

Longidorus spp., 60<br />

L-selectride, 319, 323<br />

Lycoramine, 277, 282, 288, 292, 304, 306,<br />

325, 327ff, 414<br />

Lycorenine, 167, 288f, 292, 294<br />

Lycoricidine, 274<br />

Lycorine, 26, 141f, 165ff, 177, 180, 186,<br />

196, 243ff, 249, 274, 277, 287ff, 413<br />

Lycorine hydrochloride, 243<br />

Lycorine synthesis, 196<br />

Lycorine-type alkaloids, 164ff, 177, 180<br />

Lycoris, 166, 245, 288, 413<br />

Magnesium, 70f<br />

Magnicoronati narcissus, 47<br />

Male impotence, 273<br />

Mammals, 184<br />

M<strong>and</strong>rax, 345<br />

Manganese, 70<br />

Mania, 344, 416<br />

Masonin, 405ff<br />

Mass spectrometry, 171, 180ff, 291, 299<br />

Mediicoronati narcissus, 47<br />

Meristematic tissues, 277<br />

Meristem-tip culture, 104<br />

Merodon equestris (see large narcissus fly)<br />

Mesembrane- (Sceletium-) type alkaloid, 141<br />

Mesembrenone, 141<br />

Metam-sodium, 70<br />

Methyl bromide, 72<br />

Methylapogalanthamine, 269<br />

Methylgalanthamine hydroxide, 244<br />

Methylnorbelladine, 165ff, 320<br />

Methyloduline, 258<br />

Metrifonate, 359<br />

Microbiological reduction, 314<br />

Micropropagation (see tissue culture)<br />

Migraine, 345<br />

Mineral oil sprays, 88<br />

Miniature daffodils, 27<br />

Mites, 73<br />

Mn (III) acetylacetonate, 314, 320<br />

Mononucleosis, 416<br />

Montanine, 142, 169<br />

Montanine-type alkaloids, 167ff, 183<br />

Morphine, 342<br />

Mother bulbs, 5, 7<br />

Mucilage, 185, 405<br />

Mucor plumbeus, 75<br />

Mulches, 85<br />

Multi-headed cultivars, 1<br />

Multi-nosed bulbs, 7<br />

Multiple sclerosis, 344<br />

Muscarinic agonist, 414<br />

Muscle function, 336, 417<br />

Muscular dystrophy, 242, 345<br />

Muscular relaxant antagonists, 242<br />

Myalgic encephalitis, 416<br />

Myasthenia, 195, 242<br />

Mycoplasma-like organisms, 61<br />

Mycorrhizae, 14<br />

Myopathy, 242<br />

Mythology, 22ff<br />

Narciclasine, 25, 142, 169f, 186, 197, 274,<br />

295, 408<br />

Narciclasine biosynthesis, 169<br />

Narciclasine-type alkaloids, 167ff, 178<br />

Narcissidine, 166<br />

Narcissin, 243<br />

Narcissine, 26<br />

Narcissistic personality disorder, 23<br />

Narcissimum (ointment), 26<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong>; anatomy, 10, 12; annual growth<br />

cycle, 2ff, 59f, 103; constituents, 399ff;<br />

distribution, 1, 31, 242; extracts, 185;<br />

fragrance, 408; genes, 103; growth/<br />

development, 4ff, 277; production for<br />

medicine, 276; species <strong>and</strong> cultivars, 1f,<br />

100, 106, 142ff, 276<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong> (mythological character), 22<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong> absolute, 397, 400, 411<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong> leaf miner, 60<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong> oil, 25f<br />

<strong>Narcissus</strong>-type radiation effect, 409, 411<br />

Narcotic, 26<br />

Narwedine, 243, 282, 296, 304, 306, 320f,<br />

329, 413

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