CONTEXT Insects can be the cause of major ecological problems; they can transmit microbes and parasites that affect humans, and damage food crops, trees, and homes. The total economic cost of insect-related damage and disease is immeasurable. In traditional Iranian medicine (TIM), several medicinal plants have been identified as insecticides or insect repellents, but many of them are still unkn...

Concerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge the factors influencing wild pollinator abundance and diversity agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been identified as main cause of this “global crisis”, particularly due to reductions natural areas holding critical floral nesting resources. Maintaining native plants agricultural landscapes (e.g., field ...

Jaundice is the commonest ailments affecting the citizens of both developed and poor Asians countries including Iran. An ethnobotanical survey of plants used by the traditional healers for the treatment of jaundice was conducted in the Mashhad city, Northeastern Iran. A total of 37 plants belonging to 32 genera and 26 families have been documented for their therapeutic use against jaundice. The...

Abstract This study evaluated the potential of flowering plant species naturally occurring to promote conservation and early establishment key natural enemies aphids thrips in apple peach orchards. Flowering plants present North East Spain, a main fruit production area Europe, were sampled determine their period identify on each species. Thirty-six found blooming from March late May provided an...

Mucilage of malva nut fruit has been used as traditional medicine in Thailand. Our laboratory has succeeded in extracting malva nut gum (MNG) from malva nut seeds by using alkaline-extraction method. The extract had higher gelling properties compared to water-extracted MNG. This research was aimed to investigate the effect of MNG on the retardation of glucose diffusion in in vitro dialysis proc...