Uric acid accumulates in several tissues of the Indian apple snail, P. globosa, during aestivation. This accumulation is particularly high in the foot muscle and reproductive organs. Since the kidney, a tiny organ in the snail, has only a limited capacity to store uric acid, extrarenal tissues are used as storage depots of uric acid during aestivation. It is suggested that the aestivating snail...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic and recurrent superficial dermatitis in which Malassezia species play an important role. There are different Malassezia species, which have been recently reported to be resistant to common antifungals. Natural sources can be useful alternatives to reduce the emergence of this resistance. Kombucha tea is believed to have potential antimic...

Abstract Background The plant body in duckweed species has undergone reduction and simplification from the ancient Spirodela towards more derived Wolffia species. Among five genera, members are rootless represent smallest most reduced A better understanding of frond architecture is necessary to fully explore evolution. Results We conducted a comprehensive study morphology anatomy globosa , only...

Though biological and ecological characteristics of Scopimera globosa have been intensively investigated, little has understood on bioturbation, especially sediment reworking. This study was designed to evaluate variation reworking S. based feeding pellet production (FP) burrowing (BP) with influencing factors estimating the chlorophyll content reduction within surface by its feeding. The FP BP...

In the framework of the correlation between chemotaxonomy and chemical analysis studies, the chemical composition of the essential oils of four varieties of Thuja species cultivated in Poland - T. occidentalis 'globosa', T. occidentalis 'aurea', T. plicata and T. plicata 'gracialis' - were investigated by GC and GC-MS. Thirty-one compounds were identified from T. occidentalis 'globosa', represe...