Light permeates the sheer petals of a Madagascar periwinkle.

灯光透过了一朵马达加斯加长春花的纤薄的花瓣.

Women look at the same swatch and declare it to be periwinkle blue .

女人看着同一块斯沃琪手表却会把它描述成浅紫光蓝色。

A group of drugs known as the vinca alkaloids, commonly included in chemotherapy regimens, are derived from Madagascar periwinkle.

常在化疗方案中看到的一种被称为长春花生物碱的药物，是从马达加斯加的长春花中提取的。

Last year, Chappell, with the help of Space Tango, a commercial company that provides support for research in microgravity, sent Madagascar periwinkle seedlings to the International Space Station.

去年，查佩尔得到了为微重力研究提供支持的商业公司Space Tango的帮助，将马达加斯加长春花幼苗送往国际空间站。

Joe Chappell, who researches natural products at the University of Kentucky, wondered whether exposing Madagascar periwinkle to a new threat would increase its anti-cancer properties by waking up inactive genes.

肯塔基大学研究天然产物的乔·查佩尔想知道，将马达加斯加的长春花暴露于一种新的威胁之下，是否会通过唤醒不活跃的基因来提高其抗癌特性。