A semidistributed, physical-based Urban Forest Effects – Hydrology (UFORE-Hydro) model was created to simulate and study tree effects on urban hydrology and guide management of urban runoff at the catchment scale. The model simulates hydrological processes of precipitation, interception, evaporation, infiltration, and runoff using data inputs of weather, elevation, and land cover along with nin...

plant extracts are rich sources of natural antioxidant and antibacterial compounds. in recent decades, the need for using natural antioxidants in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics has promopted extensive scientific research. the purpose of this study was to investigation of effect of different percentages of rosemary extract (0, 1, 2.5 and 5%) on the quality, chemical and microbial of the pr...

The modulatory influence of Rosmarinus officinalis (rose albino mice at a dose of 3 Gy gamma radiation. For this purpose, ad gamma rays in the presence (experimental) or absence (control) of r were necropsied and their blood was collected at days 1, 3, 5, 10 number of erythrocyte and leucocyte counts, hemoglobin content control group; whereas a recovery pattern was recorded in e hematological p...

In vitro antibacterial activity of hydro-alcoholic extract of four selected medicinal plants was screened using agar well diffusion and broth dilution techniques. The four medicinal plants were leaf of Buddleja polystachya and Cordia Africana, stem bark of Albizia gummifera and areal part of Thymus schimperi. Antibacterial activity was assessed against: Pasteurella gallinarum, Salmonella gallin...

Tectona grandis (teak) and Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) are plants used in traditional medicine in West Africa. In this study, we tested ethanolic and hydro-ethanolic extracts of bark and leaves of T. grandis and ethanolic extract of leaves of V. amygdalina for their inhibitory effect on Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis. Ethanolic extract of V. amygdali...

fumigant toxicity of rosemary essential oil on abamectin-resistant vs. susceptible populations of two spotted spider mites, tetranychus urticae koch was studied under laboratory conditions. results indicated that fumigant toxicity of rosemary essential oil on the susceptible population was 3.06 times higher than that of the resistant one. accordingly, there was a slight cross resistance observe...

the aim of the present research was to study the effect of different concentrations of rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.) extract, (0, 10, 12.5, 16.6, 25 and 50) mg/l added to semen extender, on sperm qualitative and quantitative parameters after freezing-thawing process of rooster sperm. 10 ross strain rooster were used. semen samples were collected, 2 times a week. after adding the samples ...

background and objectives: the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of bitter orange (citrus aurantium) leaf, ripe and unripe peel essential oils, cultivated in southwest of iran, were investigated. materials and methods: the analysis of chemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oils was carried out by gc-ms. the disc diffusion and broth micro-dilution were used to assay the ...