use of new agencies) the different actions attributed to ipecacuanha in its power over dysentery may be curiously mentioned. Dr. Low of Madras, who took the remedy himself, endeavours to account for its good effects by its sedative action on the system of sympathetic nerves, whereby an antiperistaltic action of the intestines is effected and irritation quelled, while it specially influences the...

Severa1 storage proteins of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers have been identified, including severa1 proteinase inhibitors such as proteinase inhibitor I and I1 and the 22-kD protein group (Melville and Ryan, 1972; Bryant et al., 1976; Suh et al., 1990). The 22-kD cathepsin D inhibitor protein of potatoes (PDI) has been purified and characterized (Mares et al., 1989). This glycosylated prot...

The Gran Chaco Americano is a major savanna woodland system in South America that harbours great plant and animal diversity. Two new herbaceous species of the Morelloid clade of Solanum (largely corresponding to the traditional Solanum section Solanum) are described here from the Bolivian Chaco. Both species are morphologically similar to a group of related species with glandular pubescence and...

Comparative transcriptomics between species can provide valuable understanding of plant-pathogen interactions. Here, we focus on wild Solanum species and potato clones with varying degree of resistance against Phytophthora infestans, which causes the devastating late blight disease in potato. The transcriptomes of three wild Solanum species native to Southern Sweden, Solanum dulcamara, Solanum ...

Three new species of "non-spiny" Solanum are described from Peru and Ecuador, and a revised description for Solanum verecundum M. Nee is presented. Solanum kulliwaita S. Knapp, sp. nov. (Dulcamaroid clade) is endemic to the Department of Cuzco in southern Peru, and is most similar to the recently described Solanum sanchez-vegae S. Knapp of northern Peru. Solanum dillonii S. Knapp, sp. nov. (Bre...

BACKGROUND Ethnobotanical surveys of the Western Balkans are important for the cross-cultural study of local plant knowledge and also for obtaining baseline data, which is crucial for fostering future rural development and eco-tourism initiatives in the region. The current ethnobotanical field study was conducted among the last remaining Albanians inhabiting the upper Reka Valley at the base of...

Several abiotic stresses, including ethylene, methyl jasmonate, temperature, light, and wounding, were tested for their ability to induce accumulation of phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity in purple-flesh potatoes (cv. All Blue). Results indicated that temperature, ethylene, methyl jasmonate, and light treatments did not significantly affect the accumulation of phenolic compounds compa...

A new species of Solanum from Brazil is described. Solanum evolvuloides Giacomin & Stehmann, sp. nov. belongs to section Gonatotrichum, a small group assigned to the Brevantherum Clade of the genus Solanum. It resembles Solanum turneroides Chodat, sharing with it heterandry, and Solanum parcistrigosum Bitter, with which it shares a similar habit and pubescence. Despite these similarities, the s...

this research had been carried out to ecological characters, phytochemical, anti bacterial and antioxidant activity of thymus carmanicus jalas. in golestan  province .in several field observation, the aerial parts of plant in blooming were collected from deraznoo mountain inseptember 2013 (2700 m). essential oil was obtained by hydro distillation and  analyzed by gc/ms. phytochemical assay incl...

Survival and growth of Shigella flexneri were assessed in various foods, including boiled rice, lentil soup, milk, cooked beef, cooked fish, mashed potato, mashed brinjal, and raw cucumber. Growth at 25 and 37 degrees C and survival at 5 degrees C were observed by viable counts on MacConkey agar. The organism grew well in all tested foods and growth increased from 10(5) to 10(8) to 10(10) cells...