Usnea barbata (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg (U. barbata) is a medicinal representative of the lichens from genus (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes), containing bioactive secondary metabolites. The aim this study comparative analysis between two separated parts thallus layers: medulla–cortex (mcUB) and central cord (ccUB) whole dried U. (dUB). These three samples were examined regarding color diff...

Plants from the Finnish flora were extracted and studied for their biological activity in vitro, especially in relation to phenolic compounds, which are known to have several beneficial health effects. The content of total phenolic compounds in 92 crude plant extracts was determined according to the FolinCiocalteu procedure, and the antioxidant activities of the extracts were measured as inhibi...

According to the results of study, it found that in upper reaches Malka River, most common is group birch forests with tallgrass vegetation cover, including Betuletum calamagrostioso-herbosum . Smaller areas occupied by complex herbaceous forests, represented Pineto-betuletum and a pine herbrich Pinetum Forest stands are mainly singlestorey, medium low-density, bonitet classes II-IV. The floris...

Fusarium oxysporum is the causal agent for wilt diseases of many major ornamental and horticultural crops. In this study, we plated a local cut flower grower’s soil, with a persistent history of Fusarium wilt of scented stock, Matthiola incana but not the lettuce rotational crop. This yielded culture plates with characteristic pink to carmine red fungi, together with a mixed bacterial populatio...

Acne is a cutaneous pleomorphic disorder of the pilosebaceous unit involving abnormalities in sebum production and is characterized by both inflammatory (papules, pustules and nodules) and no inflammatory (comedones, open and closed) lesions. Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis are common pus-forming microbes responsible for the development of various forms of, acne vulgaris....