Salvia divinorum is a perennial labiate used for curing and divination by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. The psychotropic effects the plant produces are compared to those of the other hallucinogens employed by the Mazatecs, the morning glory, Rivea corymbosa L., Hallier f. and the psilocybin-containing mushrooms. A discussion of the role of ska María Pastora in the native "pharmacopeia"...

conclusions this study showed significant associations between the seven dietary patterns and overweight and obesity among adolescents. using dietary patterns within adolescents can provide important information on dietary consumption, and this approach is clearer and much easier to follow. patients and methods a total of 840 students, ages 15 - 17, from six schools were enrolled in this cross-...

A perennial complaint in biogerontology, and one whose legitimacy I would be the last to dispute, is that public funding for ageing research is far lower than it should be. Such funding has roughly kept pace with biomedical research spending as a whole, but much more is warranted because postponement of ageing would have a far greater impact on public health and healthcare spending than postpon...

BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis is traditionally subdivided into seasonal (SAR) and perennial (PAR), although the new definitions of persistent and intermittent were recently proposed. We assessed the validity of the traditional classification in a large group of subjects suffering from allergic rhinitis alone. METHODS Young males referred to a Navy Military Hospital for routine fitness visit, a...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Despite general agreement regarding the adaptive importance of plasticity, evidence for the role of environmental resource availability in plants is scarce. In arid and semi-arid environments, the persistence and dominance of perennial species depends on their capacity to tolerate drought: tolerance could be given on one extreme by fixed traits and, on the other, by plastic ...

Abstract Date Presented 04/02/2022 This study surveyed 214 informal caregivers on their occupational engagement, caregiver burden, depression, resilience, and quality of life. A positive statistically significant correlation was found between engagement resilience. In addition, level responsibilities (number instrumental activities daily living performed), supportive services were predictors re...

Perennial crops need far less energy to plant, require less fertilizer and pesticides, and show a lower negative environmental impact compared with annual crops like for example corn. This makes the cultivation of perennial crops as energy crops more sustainable than the use of annual crops. The conversion into biogas in anaerobic digestion plants shows however much lower specific methane yield...

The use of plants to provide nectar and pollen resources to natural enemies through habitat management is a growing focus of conservation biological control. Current guidelines frequently recommend use of annual plants exotic to the management area, but native perennial plants are likely to provide similar resources and may have several advantages over exotics. We compared a set of 43 native Mi...