The almond moth, Cadra cautella (Walker), is a common storage pest known to infest a wide range of dried plant materials, and it has been recorded from a warehouse in Florida during storage of dried passion-flower ( Passiflora incarnata L.) and dried saw palmetto berries Serenoa repens (Bartram) Small. Its status as a pest of stored saw palmetto was confirmed by trapping in a second warehouse u...

The orchid species protected in the Republic of Tatarstan are sensitive to certain environmental conditions, therefore, when they disturbed, can disappear. As a result studies carried out 1998-2022 on territory National Park "Nizhnyaya Kama" (Tatarstan, Russia), maps distribution were built. It was revealed that only 7 orchids found national park, which is 23% total number Tatarstan, there prac...

Extracts of Hypericum, Passiflora and Valeriana are used for the treatment of mild depression and anxiety. We were interested whether a combination of Hypericum and Passiflora exerts comparable effects to Hypericum alone. We used two well-established models for investigating extracts for their anti-depressant activity, namely the effects on synaptic uptake of serotonin and the forced-swimming-t...

O uso de produtos naturais tem sido cada vez mais comum em pacientes oncológicos, contudo, a identificação da utilização plantas medicinais e derivados pode ser essencial para promover saúde segurança na terapia antineoplásica. objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar o atendidos um Centro oncológico Caruaru-PE. Trata-se transversal, quantitativo descritivo, realizado Caruaru-PE entre fevereiro a...

1. Trade-offs in an herbivore’s ability to feed, avoid predation and succeed on alternative hosts are thought to be major driving factors in host specialization. In this study, we compared how two closely related milkweed beetles (Tetraopes spp.) that have specialized on separate Asclepias species respond to host switching to alternative milkweed plants. By additionally examining effects on the...