NOUN
- small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
How To Use Catharanthus In A Sentence
- Of the plant-derived anticancer drugs in clinical use, the best known are the alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine, isolated from the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus.
- Habitat condition and interfering extent formed the heterogeneity that was the main external cause to form the life cycle forms of the plant of Catharanthus roseus.
- Of the plant-derived anticancer drugs in clinical use, the best known are the alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine, isolated from the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus.
