Short-term salt (NaCl) treatment on Aegiceras corniculatum in roots and leaves showed no change in fresh and dry weight of leaves, roots and leaf area. There was no significant change in total soluble root protein, photosynthetic pigments of leaves and spectral characteristics of thylakoids. However, the activity of antioxidative enzymes (catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and guaiacol peroxidase) ...

In this study, Eryngium billardieri was collected from Patnos district of Ağrı province during the vegetation period. While some plant stored fresh in a -86oC freezer, other part preserved as herbarium material. After species were identified, methanol and pure water extracts prepared aerial parts samples. The phenolic contents determined by using HPLC. Moreover, various vitro antioxidant proper...

BACKGROUND Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. RESULTS Plants used include Piper hispidum, Pithecelobium unguis-cati, Bauhinia excisa, Bauhinia cumanensis, Cecropia peltata, Aframomum melegueta, Aristolochia rugosa, Aristolochia t...

In 1998 and 2000, we sampled small stream fish communities at 67 sites to evaluate the status of nongame fish species in the Greater Rock River Basin. Forty-five sites were located in the Lower Rock River sub-basin and twenty-two sites in the Sugar-Pecatonica River sub-basin. All of the sites were originally sampled as part of the Fish Distribution Study during the 1970’s. Most of the stream si...