PurssEE, a Mahomedan boatman, aged 35, was admitted into the Medical College Hospital on tlie 29th of November, 1866, at 2-45 p.m. Ho had taken with his pawn, about half an hour before, a small portion of aconite root, mistaking it for " coord," a dried root used by the natives to relieve muscular pain. Immediately after chewing it, he felt a sweetish taste, which was soon followed by tingling ...

Spatiotemporal variation in nectar distribution is a key factor affecting pollinator movements between flowers and plants within a population. Pollinators having systematic searching ability can flexibly respond to the reward condition of floral patches, and they tend to revisit rewarding patches. However, foraging behaviour may be influenced by the nectar distribution within populations. To ev...

Abstract. In the current studies, crude and subsequent fractions of Aconitum violaceum aerial parts were screened for their toxicity, antimicrobial effects as well antioxidant potential. Phytochemically, plant is enriched in alkaloids alongside anthraquinones (present ethyl acetate fraction (AV3) saponins (detected chloroform (AV2). Brine shrimp lethality assay, AV3 was most potent (59 %) killi...

We report on the occurrence of Orobanche krylowii in the Alpet Shqiptare (Prokletije, Albanian Alps) mountain range in northern Albania (Balkan Peninsula). The species was previously known only from eastern-most Europe (Volga-Kama River in Russia), more than 2500 km away, and from adjacent Siberia and Central Asia. We used morphological evidence as well as nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences to sho...