Since, landfill areas are still the most widely used solid waste disposal method across the world, leachate generated from landfills should be given importance. Leachate of landfills exerts environmental risks mostly on surface and groundwater with its high pollutant content, which may cause unbearable water quality. This leads to the obligation for decontamination and remediation program to be...

Plants are the most common bioindicatorsused in air quality biomonitoring studies because they are immobile and they have more sensitive to the most prevalent air pollutants than humans and animals. To identify the concentrations and sources of heavy metals in ornamental plants of Isfahan landscape, samples of leaves and soil around Pinuseldarica and Nerium oleander were collected at different ...

OBJECTIVE The goal for this study was to evaluate the effects of an Aloe vera-based Nerium oleander extract (NAE-8(®)), compared to an extract of A. vera gel alone (ALOE), and to an aqueous extract of N. oleander (AQ-NOE) in bioassays pertaining to dermatologic potential with respect to antioxidant protection, anti-inflammatory effects, and cytokine profiles in vitro. METHODS Cellular antioxi...

We investigated the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka by prospectively recording 2189 admissions to two secondary hospitals. Many patients were young (median age 25 years), male (57%) and used pesticides (49%). Of the 198 who died,156 were men (case fatality 12.4%) and 42 were women (4.5%). Over half of female deaths were in those under 25 years old; male deaths were...

Significance to the Landscape and Nursery Industries In the face of California’s rapid population growth, the competition for increasingly limited water resources has necessitated the use of recycled water for landscape and nursery irrigation. A reference list of the sensitivity of plant species to recycled water would facilitate implementation of recycled water irrigation. The information gene...

Nerium oleander Lin, which is the only species listed in genus and a member of Apocynaceae family, was frequently employed traditional medicine to address various pathologies. N. has demonstrated its efficacy disease models at time when pharmaceutical firms are focusing more on plant-based medicines prevent side-effects resistance against synthetic drugs. Neriin, oleandrin, cardenolides, gentio...

of the case, with some remarks on the modus operandi of the poison. SrEenatjth Ciiuckerbutty, a Hindoo, aged 29, was brought into hospital in an apparently unconscious state on Friday, the 3rd August, 1866, at 1 p. m. At the time of admission his trunk and limbs were found somewhat rigid, the jaws spasmodically closed, and tlie pulse very feeble, and exceedingly slow, beating about 30 per minut...