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Bartosz Płachno

Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Verified email at uj.edu.pl
Cited by 2285

Quite a few reasons for calling carnivores 'the most wonderful plants in the world'

E Król, BJ Płachno, L Adamec, M Stolarz… - Annals of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background A plant is considered carnivorous if it receives any noticeable benefit from
catching small animals. The morphological and physiological adaptations to carnivorous …

Differences in the Occurrence of Cell Wall Components between Distinct Cell Types in Glands of Drosophyllum lusitanicum

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta, P Stolarczyk… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carnivorous plants are mixotrophs that have developed the ability to lure, trap, and digest
small organisms and utilize components of the digested bodies. Leaves of Drosophyllum …

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths in the Digestive Gland Transfer Cells in Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. (Droseraceae)

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta, P Stolarczyk, P Świątek… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carnivorous plants are unique due to their ability to attract small animals or protozoa, retain
them in specialized traps, digest them, and absorb nutrients from the dissolved prey material; …

Do Cuticular Gaps Make It Possible to Study the Composition of the Cell Walls in the Glands of Drosophyllum lusitanicum?

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta, P Stolarczyk… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Carnivorous plants can survive in poor habitats because they have the ability to attract,
capture, and digest prey and absorb animal nutrients using modified organs that are equipped …

Antioxidant potential of diosmin and diosmetin against oxidative stress in endothelial cells

M Wójciak, M Feldo, G Borowski, T Kubrak, BJ Płachno… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phlebotropic flavonoids, including diosmin and its aglycone diosmetin, are natural polyphenols
widely used in the prevention and treatment of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). As …

[HTML][HTML] Arabinogalactan Proteins in the Digestive Glands of Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis Traps

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta, P Stolarczyk, P Świątek - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The arabinogalactan proteins (AGP) play important roles in plant growth and developmental
processes. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no information on the spatial …

Carnivorous Plants from Nepenthaceae and Droseraceae as a source of secondary metabolites

M Wójciak, M Feldo, P Stolarczyk, BJ Płachno - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carnivorous plants are able to attract small animals or protozoa and retain them in their
specialized traps. Later, the captured organisms are killed and digested. The nutrients contained …

Do arabinogalactan proteins occur in the transfer cells of Utricularia dichotoma?

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta, P Stolarczyk, M Feldo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Species in the genus Utricularia are carnivorous plants that prey on invertebrates using
traps of leaf origin. The traps are equipped with numerous different glandular trichomes. …

The Localization of Cell Wall Components in the Quadrifids of Whole-Mount Immunolabeled Utricularia dichotoma Traps

BJ Płachno, M Kapusta - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Utricularia (bladderworts) are carnivorous plants. They produce small hollow vesicles, which
function as suction traps that work underwater and capture fine organisms. Inside the traps, …

Fungal symbionts impact cyanobacterial biofilm durability and photosynthetic efficiency

K Turnau, BJ Płachno, P Bień, P Świątek, P Dąbrowski… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Cyanobacteria contribute to over 25% of the world's net primary photosynthetic production
and are pivotal in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This study unveils a previously …