| Family |
Lauraceae |
| Scientific name |
Persea americana Miller |
| Synonyms |
Laurus persea L.; Persea americana Miller var. angustifolia Miranda; Persea
americana Miller var. drymifolia (Schlechtendal & Chamisso) S. F. Blake;
Persea americana Miller var. leiogyna (S. F. Blake) Kelsey & Dayton;
Persea americana Miller var. nubigena (L. O. Williams) L. E. Kopp; Persea
drymifolia Schlechtendal & Chamisso; Persea edulis Rafinesque; Persea
floccosa Mez; Persea gigantea L. O. Williams; Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertner;
Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertner var. drymifolia (Schlechtendal & Chamisso)
Mez; Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertner var. macrophylla Meisner; Persea
gratissima C. F. Gaertner var. oblonga Meisner; Persea gratissima C. F.
Gaertner var. praecox Nees von Esenbeck; Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertner
var. vulgaris Meisner; Persea leiogyna S. F. Blake; Persea macrocarpa Rafinesque;
Persea nubigena L. O. Williams; Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell; Persea
persea (L.) Cockerell; Persea steyermarkii C. K. Allen |
| Common name |
(English common name) avocado, alligator pear |
| (Japanese common name) wani-nashi [alligator pear], Avogado |
| Distribution |
Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Reference |
Persea americana Mill. |
| Persea americana Mill. |
| Avocado |
| DNA constructs and plants incorporating them (US Patent 6204437/2001) |
| Herbal tonic composition that improves respiration, aids in the elimination of toxins and improves overall vitality (US Patent 6582702/2003) |
| Mixture for the oxidation tinting of keratin fibres containing a laccase and tinting method using said mixture (US Patent 6551359/2003) |
| Compositions for the oxidation dyeing of keratinous fibers comprising at least one oxidation dye and at least one enzymatic oxidizing agent, and dyeing methods (US Patent 6733539/2004) |
| OAR polynucleotides, polypeptides and their use in PHA production in plants (US Patent 6806401/2004) |
| Composition and method for lowering cholesterol (US Patent 6793946/2004) |
| Formulation for counteracting and ethylene response in plants, preparation process thereof, and method using the same (US Patent 6897185/2005) |
| Preparation of essential oil compositions for portable liquid disinfection (US Patent 6929810/2005) |
| Lipoxygenase polynucleotides and methods of use (US Patent 6921847/2005) |
| Hepatic disorder suppressant (US Patent 6942882/2005) |
| Promoter fragment that is recognized by the product of the tobacco Nic gene (US Patent 6911541/2005) |
| Antithrombotic agents (US Patent 6958164/2005) |
| Method of modifying the content of cottonseed oil (US Patent 6974898/2005) |
| Control of post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants (US Patent 6972349/2005) |
| Compositions of marine botanicals to provide nutrition to aging and environmentally damaged skin (US Patent 7025966/2006) |
| Compositions and methods for altering the disulfide status of proteins (US Patent 7009087/2006) |
| Selective destruction of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus (US Patent 7018633/2006) |
| Compositions and methods for the targeted insertion of a nucleotide sequence of interest into the genome of a plant (US Patent 7102055/2006) |
| Manipulation of plant polysaccharide synthases (US Patent 7098380/2006) |
| High efficiency gene targeting in plants (US Patent 7126041/2006) |
| OAR polynucleotides, polypeptides and their use in PHA production in plants (US Patent 7129395/2006) |
| Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content (US Patent 7154029/2006) |
| Ecdysone receptors and methods for their use (US Patent 7151168/2006) |
| Self-processing plants and plant parts (US Patent 7102057/2006) |
| Compositions and methods for promoting expression of nucleic acids in plants (US Patent 7041873/2006) |
| Development of a stress-responsive promoter from maize (US Patent 7074985/2006) |
| Genes and regulatory DNA sequences associated with stress-related gene expression in plants and methods of using the same (US Patent 7176027/2007) |
| Composition (US Patent 7309496/2007) |
| Skin cream (US Patent 7306810/2007) |
| Stable cheese condiment (US Patent 7309510/2007) |
| Aqueous hair cleansing composition comprising a sulfate surfactant mixture and an amino-modified silicone (US Patent 7307050/2007) |
| Anti-apoptosis genes and methods of use thereof (US Patent 7223597/2007) |
| Nucleic acid molecules encoding cyclotide polypeptides and methods of use (US Patent 7232939/2007) |
| Ecdysone receptors and methods for their use (US Patent 7238859/2007) |
| Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (US Patent 7235268/2007) |
| Engineering single-gene-controlled staygreen potential into plants utilizing ACC synthase from maize (US Patent 7230161/2007) |
| Regulating metabolism by modifying the level of trehalose-6-phosphate (US Patent 7247770/2007) |
| Wuschel (WUS) Gene Homologs (US Patent 7256322/2007) |
| Antifungal polypeptides (US Patent 7306946/2007) |
| Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes (US Patent 7301069/2007) |
| Process for preparing vegetable oil fractions rich in non-tocolic, high-melting, unsaponifiable matter (US Patent 7288278/2007) |
| Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the Dw3 P-glycoprotein of sorghum and methods of modifying growth in transgenic plants therewith (US Patent 7276647/2007) |
| Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi (US Patent 7273965/2007) |
| Promoter from maize invertase inhibitor gene (US Patent 7276596/2007) |
| Cosmetic rejuvenating and healing product, method of its manufacture and uses thereof (US Patent 7262224/2007) |
| Auxin-repressed, dormancy-associated promoter and uses thereof (US Patent 7265219/2007) |
| Coloring composition for keratin fibres comprising a system limiting the transcutaneous passage of an oxidation dye (US Patent 7270685/2007) |
| FUS6 nucleic acid molecules and methods of their use in enhancing disease resistance in plants (US Patent 7262342/2007) |
| Genes for galactomannan production in plants and methods of use (US Patent 7265265/2007) |
| Rhizoc3 antimicrobial polypeptides and their uses (US Patent 7202214/2007) |
| Seed-preferred regulatory elements (US Patent 7211712/2007) |
| Root-preferred, wound- and insect-inducible 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase promoter from maize and its use (US Patent 7193135/2007) |
| Insecticidal plant cyclotide with activity against homopteran insects (US Patent 7211658/2007) |
| Oxyethylenated based hair pre-treatment anti-penetration composition and method using such a composition for limiting the penetration of dyes into the skin (US Patent 7189267/2007) |
| Nucleic acids encoding oryza sativa nuclear cap binding protein 80 and methods of use (US Patent 7186887/2007) |
