The research was carried out to determine the total phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant activity (according DPPH FRAP assays) of 21 strawberry tree genotypes grown naturally in Piraziz (Giresun, East Black Sea) Gebze (Kocaeli, Marmara regions) districts. A wide variation determined between terms properties investigated. In examined, phenolics from 528 985 mg GAE 100 g-1, while detected 134 QE...

Abstract Background Ethnobotanical studies on plants and their active compounds take a great interest in traditional medicine. After pharmacological toxicological studies, there will be possibility to used therapy. This study aimed examine the vitro antioxidant cytotoxic activity of methanol extracts Arbutus andrachne L. Euphorbia rigida M.Bieb. 10, 25, 50, 75, 100 150 µg mL −1 concentrations A...

Implications for adults' fitness through the foliage effects of five different host plants on larval survival and performance of the lappet moth, Streblote panda Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), as well as their effect on species fitness were assayed. Larvae were reared under controlled laboratory conditions on excised foliage. Long-term developmental experiments were done using first insta...

We collected and mapped epigeous fruitbodies of both ectomycorrhizal (ECM) and saprobic fungi in an oldgrowth Quercus ilex L. Mediterranean forest within a permanent transect of 6400 m2 over three consecutive fruiting seasons. Out of 5382 fruitbodies, a total of 234 species were found, including 166 and 68 ECM and saprobic taxa, respectively. Both communities were mainly composed of rare specie...

Fleshy-fruit availability is rarely used as a predictor in stone marten ( Martes foina ) habitat models, despite its frugivorous carnivore diet. Data on stone marten occurrence, habitat structure and fl eshy-fruit species abundance was collected along 2 km long survey routes within 2 x 2 km sample plots (n = 30). Two different spatial scales were considered: 1) the entire survey route; and 2) 2...

Myrtus communis, Arbutus unedo and Retama sphaerocarpa are Mediterranean shrubs widely used in revegetation of semiarid degraded soils. The aim of this work is to study the resistance of these plants to arsenic under controlled conditions, in order to evaluate their potential use in revegetation and/or phytoremediation of As-polluted soils. R. sphaerocarpa showed higher resistance to As than M....