The taxonomic affinity of six species of Crocus (C, cancellatus subsp. Damascenus C. almehensis, C. gilanicus, C. sativus, C.pallassi subsp. haussknechtii,C. speciosus subsp. speciosus) from Iran were studied usingdifferent electrophoresis techniques. The similarity index of the species was computed by comparison of protein bands of - Corm and seed tissues, and the related dendrogms of affi...

Plants that experience variation in pollinator visitation rates or fluctuations in weather conditions may be expected to have evolved homeostatic mechanisms that regulate their nectar offerings, thereby providing a more constant reward to the pollinators. A limited degree of such nectar homeostasis is reported here for Penstemon. First, nectar removal stimulates replenishment: when nectar was r...

Habitats of two closely related Japanese field mice, Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus, broadly overlap in many Japanese forests. A. argenteus being more arboreal and A. speciosus being more terrestrial, it is thought that such ecological segregation allows their sympatric distribution. Comparing these two congeners, whether ecological difference is reflected in postcranial development was ex...

Abstract Background Bisphenol A (BPA) causes environmental pollution and is used as a natural antioxidant to protect against chemical side-effects. Costus well-known medicinal plant containing several biologically active compounds. We investigated the protective effects of costus extract toxic BPA in rat testes. Results Biochemical immunohistochemical investigations revealed that bisphenol redu...

In many western North American forests, prescribed burning and mechanical thinning are widely used to reduce fuels and restore stand conditions after a century of fire suppression. Few studies have followed the relative impacts of these treatments on the production and consumption of truffles in forest ecosystems, particularly in the Sierra Nevada of California. Using a full-factorial completel...

We examined the morphology of male genitalia six Muridae and five Cricetidae in Muroidea focusing on medial lateral bacular mounds, as well their ossification patterns to discuss diversity movement mechanism trident structure. All species possessed a mound two which collectively formed In species, was ossified or consisted cartilage, while mounds were composed soft tissue. By contrast, both spe...

Synthesis of metallic and semiconductor nanoparticles through physical and chemical routes has been extensively reported. However, green synthesized metal nanoparticles are currently in the limelight due to the simplicity, cost-effectiveness and eco-friendliness of their synthesis. This study explored the use of aqueous leaf extract of Costus afer in the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (CA-Ag...

We have carried out epizootiologic surveys at various sites in Japan to investigate wild animals that serve as reservoirs for the agents of human babesiosis in the country. Small mammals comprising six species, Apodemus speciosus, Apodemus argenteus, Clethrionomys rufocanus, Eothenomys smithii, Crocidura dsinezumi, and Sorex unguiculatus, were trapped at various places, including Hokkaido, Chib...

The present study, was conducted to investigate the effect of crude Alkaloids, Flavonoids, and Terpenoids compounds extract from roots (Saussurea costus) against Candida species isolated different clinical samples such as mouth vagina in province Babil 2021 Iraq. Anticandidal activity achieved vitro by using agar well diffusion method preparing three concentrations for each compound (25, 50, 10...