The cotton fleahopper (CFH), Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter), is an early season pest that feeds on terminals resulting in flower abortion, irregular plant growth, and delayed maturity. CFH has been documented over 160 host plants across 35 families. Identification of was accomplished through observed presence a the field and/or controlled feeding studies under lab conditions. Because genera...

Anecdotal and scientific evidence suggests that Cannabis use may be beneficial in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Here, we have investigated the effect of a standardized Cannabis sativa extract with high content of cannabidiol (CBD), here named CBD BDS for "CBD botanical drug substance," on mucosal inflammation and hypermotility in mouse models of intestinal inflammation. Colitis was...

Tumors have been induced frequently in the laboratory mouse following exposure to the carcinogenic hydrocarbons (6). In many of these studies, the chemicals were applied continuously and at a relatively high concentration. Cramer and Stowell (5) compared the tumorigenic effectiveness of e0-methylcholanthrene when applied continuously or discontinuously to the skin of mice and concluded that ski...

Plasma, obtained from rabbits given injections of urethan 2J hours previously, when administered intraperitoneally to Swiss mice, produced a significantly increased inci dence of lung adenomas in these animals, as well as an increased incidence of skin papillomas at the site of subsequent croton oil applications. These effects were not obtained when the plasma was lyophilized or desiccated, wit...

Studies on the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content of normal nondividing plant and animal nuclei revealed that it is quite stable in interphase, showing little variation from cell to cell (4, 21). This is in sharp contrast to the wide varia tion and generally larger amounts of DNA found in tumor cells (1,17, 20,31) and normal cells dur ing periods of rapid growth (32). Preliminary ex periments ...

Inflammation is defined as the local response of living mammalian tissues to injury due to any agent. Inflammation involves 2 basic processes early inflammatory response later followed by healing. There are two types of inflammation, Acute and Chronic. Acute inflammation is of short duration and represents the early body reaction, resolves quickly and is usually followed by healing. Chronic inf...

The Streptoverticillium sp. Z1 is an actinomycete isolated from the soil under Cerrado vegetation, the extract of this strain was investigated in nociceptive and inflammatory models. The Streptoverticillium extract (ExS) 50 and 100 mg/kg (s.c.) produced a significant inhibition of acetic acid-induced abdominal writhings thereby demonstrating an anti-nociceptive effect. In the tail flick test th...