BACKGROUND The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who are not allowed to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock. METHODS In 2003 we conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 participants obtained using a purposive sample. Medicinal plants are used to treat a range of condi...

willows due to the rapid growth rate, low nutrient requirements, resistance to many pollutants, and environmental stresses are ideal candidates for developing the landscapes and reducing the environmental degradation. the purpose of this study was to determine the response of salix alba seedling to water deficit conditions. this experiment was set up as complete randomized design with five irri...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Increased echogenicity of the substantia nigra is a typical transcranial sonography finding in Parkinson disease. Experimental software for digital analysis of the echogenic substantia nigra area has been developed. The aim of this study was to compare the evaluation of substantia nigra echogenicity by using digital analysis with a manual measurement in patients with Park...

Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in use of wide range phytoadditives to counteract harmful effects heat stress poultry. Willow (Salix spp.) is tree with long history. Among various forms, willow bark an important natural source salicin, β-O-glucoside saligenin, but also polyphenols (flavonoids and condensed tannins) antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory activity. ...

This paper reviews the potential for using trees for the phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated land. It considers the following aspects: metal tolerance in trees, heavy metal uptake by trees grown on contaminated substrates, heavy metal compartmentalisation within trees, phytoremediation using trees and the phytoremediation potential of willow (Salix spp.).

increasing of wood demand is currently one of the most important problems in our society. different clones of populus nigra from salicacea as a native fast-growing species have a good potential for planting in wide scale. but because of the ecological differences in the field, especially. temperature alterations, segregation of the cold resistant clones in relation to in seedling stage establis...

Disclosure. Dr. Shaya has performed research in collaboration with SMT,Inc. Nevin Whitelaw and George Whitelaw have received honoraria from Shire Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Joseph is a full-time employee at Shire. Dr. Cohen has received research grants from, and has served as a paid consultant for, Salix Pharmaceuticals. Persistence with Pharmacotherapy for Gastrointestinal Disease: Associated Costs ...

Lactarius (Russulales) is an important component of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in cold-dominated contiguous arctic and disjunct alpine habitats where it associates primarily with Betula, Dryas and Salix However, little is known of this genus in the central and southern Rocky Mountain alpine zone (3000-3900 m) of North America. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (...

We examined the impact climate change (CC) will have on the availability of climatically suitable habitat for three native and one exotic riparian species. Due to its increasing prevalence in arid regions throughout the western US, we predicted that an exotic species, Tamarix, would have the greatest increase in suitable habitat relative to native counterparts under CC. We used an ecological ni...

background: mediodorsal (md) thalamic nucleus, which is considered to take place between extra pyramidal and limbic feedback circuit, receives projective fibers from ventrolateral neurons of reticular part of substantia nigra (snr). in order to better understand the influence and chemical reaction of these fibers upon md nucleus, the morphology and synaptology of them were examined in the prese...