Polystachya usambarensis n. sp.

گزارش 3 گونه موریانه جدید از ایران Microcerotermes varaminicus sp. N. Amitermes iranicus sp. N. and Amitermes Kharrazii sp. N. Isoptera:Termitidae,Termitinae

Cytotoxic isoflavans from Eysenhardtia polystachya.

Two new cytotoxic isoflavans, (3S)-7-hydroxy-2',3',4',5', 8-pentamethoxyisoflavan (1) and (3S)-3',7-dihydroxy-2',4',5', 8-tetramethoxyisoflavan (2), were isolated from the bark and trunks of Eysenhardtia polystachya (Leguminosae), together with the known constituents stigmasterol, isoduartin, cuneatin, 7-hydroxy-2',4', 5'-trimethoxyisoflavone, and 3,4-dimethoxy-8, 9-(methylenedioxy)pterocarpan....

Alkaloids of Strychnos usambarensis Stem Bark.

Strychnos usambarensis Gilg (Loganiaceae) is one of thé three most widely distributed African species of Strychnos L. In East and South Africa thé plant grows as a small tree 3-15 m in height. In several other localities in East Africa, as well as in Zaïre, Congo, and West Africa, it is found as a climber up to 70 m long (1). The only other morphological différence between thé two forms is thé ...

Anuretes grandis sp . n . ,

A new species of caligid copepod (Siphonostomatoida), Anuretes grandis sp. n., parasitic on the painted sweetlips [Diagramma pictum (Thunberg)] in Taiwan is described. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by having: (1) free margin of cephalothorax not covering fourth pediger, (2) large genital complex longer than 2/3 of the cephalic shield, (3) no maxillary whip, (4) leg 3 with ...

Pullulomyxa botrytis n. sp.

A brief note was published some years ago by W. T. Morgan of the Lister Institute, London, and the writer (1932) describing the isolation from decayed woody tissues of a micro-organism which decomposes the specific polysaccharides of Shigella dysenteriae, Shiga; Shigella dysenteriae, Flexner Y; Pneumococcus Type II; and the tubercle bacillus. At the time a study of the relationship of this orga...