| Family |
Chloranthaceae |
| Scientific name |
Chloranthus serratus (Thunberg) Roemer & Schultes |
| Synonyms |
Nigrina serrata Thunberg |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) futarii-sizuka [twin Sizuka (Sizuka = a famous lady
in medieval era of Japan)] |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=28, 30 |
| Description |
Plants 30-50cm tall. Leaves 6-20cm long, 4-9cm wide. Flowers white, flowering
in April to June. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Chloranthus serratus (Thunberg) Roemer & Schultes |
| Flower initiation inducer (US Patent 6057157/2000) |
| Agents for inducing flower bud formation (US Patent 6174712/2001) |
| Methods of screening open reading frames to determine whether they encode
polypeptides with an ability to generate an immune response (US Patent
6410241/2002) |
| PEI: DNA vector formulations for in vitro and in vivo gene delivery (US
Patent 6846809/2005) |
| Method of screening for a biological response using linear and circular
expression elements (US Patent 6900018/2005) |
| Plant potentiators (US Patent 6987130/2006) |
| Linear and circular expression elements (US Patent 7018833/2006) |
| Method of vaccination comprising linear and circular expression elements
(US Patent 7049098/2006) |
| Ketol fatty acid derivatives and plant growth regulators (US Patent 7348457/2008) |
| Delivery of amall doses of ingestible treatments (WIPO Patent WO/2001/022934) |
