Abstract Rising consumer concerns with synthetic drugs to treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have promoted a shift towards using natural biological active constituents that offer similar health benefits. Hairless canary seed ( Phalaris canariensis L ) is an emerging crop traditionally used in Mexico NCDs. Peptides liberated during simulated digestion of protein are believed be responsible f...

At Prehispanic sites of the Canary Islands (ca. 2nd–15th centuries CE), fuel gathering strategies have traditionally been interpreted as result a taxonomic selection based on physical properties each woody species, while little attention has paid to other criteria such soundness wood used, parameter which could significantly weighed indigenous firewood selection, hearth functions and supply are...

We recognize 20 species of Symmocinae, concluding that all belong in the genus Chersogenes Walsingham, 1908 with synonyms Epanastasis 1908, syn. rev., Ambloma nov. and Thanatovena Gozmány, 1957. Thirteen are described as new: variabilis Falck & Karsholt, sp. (Spain: Gran Canaria), pseudocanariensis subextricata Tenerife), gomerae La Gomera), nigra hermiguae mercedella duabusalis Fuerteventu...