Since plants are soil-dependent organisms, they directly exposed to biotic and abiotic stress factors. Of these factors, salinity has a direct effect on the growth development of plants, at increasing rates can be critical for viability plant species. The current study aimed investigate effects in vitro endemic Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal.. In this context, it been observed that concentra...

Research dedicated to rare endemic plants is usually focused on one given aspect. However, holistic studies, addressing several key issues, might be more useful, supporting management programmes while unravelling basic knowledge about ecological and population-level processes. A more comprehensive approach to research is proposed, encompassing: phylogenetics/systematics, pollination biology and...

A new species of Homalomena Chamaecladon Clade is described from the Santubong Peninsula, Kuching Division, Sarawak, to where it endemic, and compared with H. paucinervia nearby Matang Massif, atrox Sri Aman, two other most similar NW Borneo. All three are illustrated living plants, keyed-out.

Native birds may have been underestimated as pollinators of the New Zealand flora due to their early decline in abundance and diversity on the mainland. This paper reconsiders the relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators to eight native flowering plants, representing a range of pollination syndromes, on two offshore island refuges. Experimental manipulations were made on five of ...

In this review we discuss the ongoing situation of human malaria in the Brazilian Amazon, where it is endemic causing over 610,000 new acute cases yearly, a number which is on the increase. This is partly a result of drug resistant parasites and new antimalarial drugs are urgently needed. The approaches we have used in the search of new drugs during decades are now reviewed and include ethnopha...

An ethnobotanical survey on traditional treatment of malaria was carried out in Mbarara District, western Uganda, a malaria-endemic area. From this study, traditional healers understood malaria symptoms. Malaria was reported to be the most common condition treated by traditional healers in this area. Plants were the single most important source of natural products used for malaria treatment. Mo...

Panama is a unique terrestrial bridge of extreme biological importance. It is one of the "hot spots" and occupies the fourth place among the 25 most plant-rich countries in the world, with 13.4 % endemic species. Panamanian plants have been screened for a wide range of biological activities: as cytotoxic, brine shrimp-toxic, antiplasmodial, antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidant, immunosuppressi...

East Asia is a very integral region, the Asian sub-kingdom of Holarctic, in which two large areas stand out: Sino-Himalayan and Sino-Japanese. The flora rich unique. About 25 000 species vascular plants grow this area. There are about 23 endemic families over 350 genera. number 15 000. In Asia, there modern centers diversity for many plants, but also relict groups that have survived territory f...

Bioactive compounds of medicinal herbs have possible health benefits with antioxidative, anticarcinogenic, antihypertensive, antimutagenic and antimicrobial activities. Iranian folk medicine is rich of various herbs which have been employed as drug for treatment of various diseases and disorders since ancient times. The present paper provides a brief overview of the medicinal benefits of some i...

     Roads have an important role in plants dispersal on different scales. Various plant species settle on roadsides, but some of them can enter the natural environments and threaten their biodiversity. Worldwide knowledge of roadside flora is necessary for local and global management of natural areas. Accordingly, the roadside flora of Northern Khorasan rangelands was studied along the 600 km ...