Objective: To study the technological features of allspice pepper (Pimenta dioica L. Merr) production and to show potential areas social intervention in crop. Methodology: The took place five 22 producing municipalities Veracruz state, Mexico, selected by non-probabilistic sampling; n = 50 surveys were applied producers following snowball method. Data collected on profile unit knowledge-practic...

Extreme changes in climate, especially temperature, could have implications for herbal plants various world regions. Medicinal often produce a wide variety of natural phytochemicals to enhance their defence and survival mechanisms against harsh environmental conditions, when these fail, consequently die. We investigated the impact high temperatures coupled with specific duration exposure on yie...

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis, one of the most widespread zoonotic infectious diseases worldwide, is caused by spirochetes bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The present study examined inhibitory activity of purified xanthones and crude extracts from Garcinia mangostana against both non-pathogenic and pathogenic leptospira. Synergy between γ-mangostin and penicillin G against leptospires was also det...

The refractive index of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) leaf cell walls was measured by two methods. The refractive index of fully hydrated walls in the living leaf was about 1.415, while that of dried cell walls was about 1.53. The refractive index of the external surface of the living leaf hair was 1.48.