Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a species of concern for which little demographic information exists. To help fill this information gap, we investigated factors affecting nest success in two populations of Gunnison Sage-Grouse. We assessed the relative effects of (1) vegetation characteristics (e.g., shrub height, shrub cover, grass cover, and grass height), (2) temporal factors ...

We present a computer program, termed V-SAGE (Virtual-SAGE), designed to facilitate the analysis of gene expression profiles by combining elements of SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expression) with high-throughput EST analysis. The program re-iteratively correlates sequence tags adjacent to poly(A) tail sequence strings with a second or several tags located within the cDNA adjacent to the recogn...

The paper presents the results regarding the electron beam irradiation of fresh Salvia Officinalis and Calendula Officinalis. Irradiation is already a well-known decontamination method, but it received less attention for medicinal plants, especially on fresh herbs. Microbial load behaviour, antioxidant activity, and enzymatic inhibition activity were measured for doses up to 50 kGy. Herbs are d...

Emblica officinalis (Amla) are widely used in the Indian system of medicine and believed to increase defense against diseases. This article discuses and summarizes important medicinal values of Emblica officinalis (EO). In this communication, we reviewed the applications of EO in cancer, diabetis, liver treatment, heart disease, ulcer, anemia and various other diseases. The use of EO as antioxi...

The Inhibition efficiency of Rosemary oil (Rosmarinus officinalis) for corrosion control high carbon steel was done in citric acid medium by weight loss method. Rosmarinus officinalis administered the proportion 0%, 0.50%, 1.00%, 1.50%, 2.00% and 2.50% concentration. This study unveiled that inhibition performed excellently with maximum percentage 88.3% at room temperature 0.5M solution. has sh...

Thin-layer chromatographic method, with postchromatographic derivatization, was applied for the purposes of the quality control of pharmaceutical preparations, containing S. officinalis L. extract. Six finished products underwent the analysis: capsules, tablets, two ointments, tincture and finished product being a mixture of ethanolic S. officinalis and Thymi vulgaris extracts. Chromatographic ...

Three new germacrane-type sesquiterpenoids, volvalerenal F (1), volvalerenal G (2) and volvalerenic acid D (3), along with five known compounds 4-8, were isolated from the CHCl₃ soluble partition of the ethanol extract of Valeriana officinalis var. latiofolia. The structures of the new compounds were determined on the basis of spectroscopic evidence, including their 1D- and 2D-NMR spectra, as w...

The antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants (Ocimum gratissimum, L., Cybopogum citratus (DC) Stapf., and Salvia officinalis, L.) was assessed on bacterial strains derived from 100 urine samples. Samples were taken from subjects diagnosed with urinary tract infection living in the community. Microorganisms were plated on Müller Hinton agar. Plant extracts were ap...

This study was done to investigate the interaction effect of the mixture of each pair of traditional medicinal plants including: Sage (Salvia officinalis), Hawthorn (Crataegusoxyacantha), Walnut Leaf (Juglansregia L.), Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea), and Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis) on the antioxidant activities and free radical scavenging by using DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhy...

In the present study, coarse powder of Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott. fruit was extracted successively using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and 50% ethanol. The ethyl acetate and 50% ethanolic extracts were investigated for its antioxidant activity by using nitric oxide and DPPH radical scavenging methods. The IC value was also calculated. Ascorbic acid was used as standard. Both the...