Animals often express behavioral preferences for different types of food or other resources, and these preferences can evolve or shift following association with novel food types. Shifts in preference can involve at least two phenomena: a change in rank preference or a change in specificity. The former corresponds to a change in the order in which hosts are preferred, while a shift in specifici...

Herbs are commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Their vast use is connected with their antibacterial or antioxidising properties, as well as numerous pro-health properties. The aim of the presented research was assessment of the quantitative and qualitative composition of moulds which contaminate samples of dried herbs: Sage (Salvia officinalis L.), Camomile (Matricaria chamo...

Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, PhD; Nickolas T. Agathis, MD; Jennifer M. Nelson, Leigh Ellyn Preston, DrPH; Jean Y. Ko, Brook Belay, Audrey F. Pennington, Melissa L. Danielson, MSPH; Carla DeSisto, R. Chevinsky, Lyna Z. Schieber, DPhil, Hussain Yusuf, James Baggs, William Mac Kenzie, Karen K. Wong, Tegan Boehmer, Adi V. Gundlapalli, MD, Alyson B. Goodman, MD

A.J. Balukoff Eric L. Berliner Marilyn Bickle Melinda Blinken Jerry M. Brady Christopher Burke Bethine Church Chase Church Nina Church-Adams Richard Claussen Lily Kepros Collias Kellie Cosho Curtis Eaton Dr. Roy Ellsworth Peter Fenn Rod Gramer Diane Plastino Graves Penny Gross James Grossman The Hon. Orval Hansen Russ Heller Charles Herrington Stanley Johnson Dr. John H. Keiser The Hon. Larry L...

Adenovirus causes a number of diseases in Human, and to date, no specific antiviral therapy approved against this virus. Thus, searching for effective anti-adenovirus agents seems to be required. Many studies showed that components derived from medicinal plants had effective antiviral activity. Therefore, the present was aimed to evaluate activity of Melissa officinalis L. extract against adeno...