Momordica cymbalaria is an underutilized, non-cultivated cucurbit often seen as a weed. A study to record diversity of pollinators in M. was conducted during September November, 2021 Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu). total 26 species (18 hymenopterans, 5 dipterans, 2 coleopterans and 1 hemipteran) were found pollinators. Hymenopterans the predominant (69.23%; 38.47% solitary bees 15.38% each social an...

Nagashree Kanchenahalli Shivarajaiah1*, Salini Parameswaran Nair1, Chaithra Surendran Rathi1, Vijay Solanki2 and Raju Koneri3Author informationPDFCitations1Department of Pharmacology, JSS College Pharmacy, Academy Higher Education Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, INDIA2Birstol Laboratories, Bristol House, Unit 3, Canalside, Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1EG, UNITED KINGDOM3BGS Gl...

Türkiye, Campanula cinsi çeşitliliği bakımından Akdeniz Havzası’ndaki en zengin ülkelerinden biridir ve Türkiye türlerinin yarısından fazlası endemiktir. Bu yazıda C. cymbalaria var. papillosa (Campanulaceae) Türkiye’den yeni bir varyete olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Varyetenin ayırt edici karakterleri, tam betimi kapsamlı fotoğrafları verilmiştir. Morfolojik özelliklerine göre subgen. sect. Saxicol...

BACKGROUND This study was aimed to evaluate the protective effects of a novel anti-hyperglycemic "Mcy protein" isolated from the fruits of Momordica cymbalaria in streptozotocin induced- diabetes rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Wild type and Streptozotocin induced diabetic male wistar albino rats were either treated with single intraperitoneal injection of 2.5 mg Mcy protein/kg body weight o...

Numerical analysis of Saxifraga in Iran was carried out on the basis of morphological and chorological data. The cluster analysis confirmed that the genus in Iran includes two distinct groups: Group one consists of two subgroups, a) alpine Irano-Turanian endemic species (S. ramsarica, S. iranica, S. wendelboi, S. koelzii), and b) Euxino-Hyrcanian species (S. paniculata subsp. Cartilaginea, S. k...