The swim bladder of the croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) was believed to have good curative effects in various diseases, including amnesia, insomnia, dizziness, anepithymia, and weakness after giving birth, in traditional Chinese medicine. However, there is no research focusing on the antioxidant and anti-fatigue peptides from croceine croaker swim bladders at present. Therefore, the pur...

Aging of the skin is the result of continuous "wear and tear" processes. Chronological skin aging is a universal and inevitable process, while in contrast, photoaging results from the UV rays of sunlight, and the damage becomes apparent in sun-exposed skin. The “AntiWrinkle cream” is a polyherbal formulation recommended for the management of skin wrink the efficacy and safety of the “Anti-Wrink...

Self-fertilization, which results in reduced fitness of offspring, is a common problem in hermaphrodite angiosperms. To prevent this, many plants utilize self-incompatibility (SI), which is determined by the multi-allelic S locus, that allows discrimination between self (incompatible) and non-self (compatible) pollen by the pistil. In poppy (Papaver rhoeas), the pistil S-determinant (PrsS) is a...

Agricultural expansion and loss of (semi-)natural habitats are major drivers pollinator declines (Potts et al., 2010), with associated threats to the pollination services these species provide wild plant populations (Clough 2014; Martins 2015; Pauw & Bond, 2011) crop yields (Fijen 2018; Sritongchuay 2020; Webber 2020). However, reversing trends by converting agricultural fields semi-natural hab...

Memory colours have been extensively investigated. They are important for different image applications, such as colour image reproduction. However, it is possible memory colours vary according to different cultures. The present experiments were conducted to investigate 22 memory colours, which are divided into three types: 12 common colours such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, 6 natural colo...