Tomato plants produce tomatine, a compound that is closely related to avenacin. Only certain pathovars of the fungal pathogen Septoria lycopersici can cause disease on tomatoes, and these pathovars produce a glucosidase that can detoxify tomatine.

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Many plants contain mixtures of volatile monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, called essential oils examples- Peppermint, lemon, basil, and sage 

Chief monoterpene constituent of peppermint oil is menthol; that of lemon oil is limonene

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Second cleavage of Notch occurs within membrane-spanning region & catalyzed by γ-secretase

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Economically important plants

Cereals

Wheat-King of cereal crop

Family: poaceae (gramineae)

Botanical name:triticum aestivum

Cereals

Rice-“Dhan“

Family: poaceae (Gramineae)

Botanical Name: Oryza sativa

Uses

It is used in making alcoholic beverages.

Rice bran served as cattle food.

Paddy straw is used for making hats, ropes and baskets etc.

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Cdc25B is act as a starter phosphatase that initiates CDK1 activation

Cdc25C is the workhorse phosphatase that activates the vast majority of cyclin-CDK1 complexes

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The tighter the binding of a ligand to its receptor,the lower the concentration of ligand needed to achieve binding to 50 percent of the receptors.