Amaç: Bu çal??mada, alt? orkide türünün yumrusundaki mineral besin elementi (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn ve B) a??r metal (Co, Cr, Ni Cd) seviyeleri standart analitik metotlar kullan?larak belirlenmi?tir.Materyal Yöntem: çal??mada bitki materyali olarak Orchis purpurea Huds. subsp. purpurea, provincialis Balb. ex Lam.& DC., coriophora L. coriophora, Ophrys oestifera M. Bieb. oest...

• 40 polling centers were assigned to receive designed information, with 5 different interventions: individuals were shown the same debate as in other polling centers; individuals were shown a ‘getting to know you’ video of candidates; individuals listened to a radio recording of a journalist summarizing candidates policy positions; individuals participated in a ‘lab’ experiment where they were...

Many lament that weak accountability and poor governance impede economic development in Africa. Politicians rely on ethnic allegiances that deliver the vote irrespective of performance, dampening electoral incentives. Giving voters information about candidate competence counters ethnic loyalty and strengthens accountability. I extend a canonical electoral model to show how information provision...

Halving the burden of malaria by 2015 and ensuring that 80% of people with malaria receive treatment is among the health related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Despite political momentum toward achieving this target, progress is slow and many with malaria (particularly in poor and rural communities in Africa) are still without access to effective treatment. Finding ways to ...

BACKGROUND Hypoglycemic and/or anti-hyperglycemic activities have been recorded with numerous plants, many of which are used as traditional herbal treatments of diabetes. Albizzia Lebbeck Benth. stem bark have been used in traditional medicine along with some preliminary reports on its hypoglycemic action. The aim of present investigation was to evaluate the antidiabetic and antioxidant activit...

Pogostemon cablin Benth is one of the most important crops grown in Indonesia, especially Aceh province. It well known as Patchouli belongs to Lamiaceae family and shows a great demand for perfume, luxury products, food beverage industry. This study conducted determine effect organic fertilizers application on leaf morphology stomatal density Benth. The seedlings were transplanted three months ...

One new royleanumoate, a benzene ester (1), has been isolated from T. royleanum Wall. ex Benth along with two known compounds, namely, 3,4-dihydroxymethyl benzoate (2) and oleanolic acid (3). The structure elucidation of the isolated compounds was established on two-dimensional (2D) NMR techniques including heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC), heteronuclear multiple quantum Coherence...