A new species, Adactylidium europaeum n. sp. (Acari: Acarophenacidae), is described based on phoretic females collected thorax of larvae Phlaeothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in European Russia. An updated key to the species provided.

Asari Radix et Rhizoma is a herbal medicine for the treatment of common cold, rhinitis, etc. An ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry method has been established for the rapid analysis of 22 components in 27 samples from the raw materials of Asari Radix et Rhizoma and an adulterant. A total of 5 lignans, 5 essential oils, 3 aristolochic...

We report the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium europaeum strain CSUR P1344, a slowly growing mycobacterium of the Mycobacterium simiae complex and opportunistic respiratory tract colonizer and pathogen. This genome of 6,152,523 bp exhibits a 68.18% G+C content, encoding 5,814 predicted proteins and 74 RNAs.

The Amami Island group of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, harbors extensive species diversity of Asarum in a small landmass. The fine-scale population genetic structure and diversity of nine insular endemic Asarum species were examined using nuclear DNA microsatellite loci and ITS sequences. High population genetic diversity (HS = 0.45-0.79) was estimated based on the microsatellites, implying o...

The mother tinctures of desert were screened for antibacterial activity against bacterial strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Mother tinctures were prepared by maceration process and antibacterial activity of different plants was evaluated and compared by measuring their zones of inhibition. The results indicated that Boerrhavia diffusa mother tincture had excellent activity on...

Species of Asarum are used in traditional Chinese medicine and, similar to members of the genus Aristolochia, they contain aristolochic acid analogs (AAAs). These compounds are known for their nephrotoxic and carcinogenic effects. So far, the phytochemistry and nephrotoxicity of species of Asarum is not well studied. A high-resolution LC-MS-based metabolomic approach was used to study the phyto...

Tế tân lá hình tim (Asarum cordifolium) được người Dao Đỏ ở Lào Cai sử dụng làm thuốc tắm trị đau lưng, nhiễm trùng vết thương và bệnh trĩ. Trong nghiên cứu này, hoạt tính in vitro kháng viêm thông qua ức chế sản sinh NO 11 chủng vi khuẩn nấm của cặn chiết tổng (ACM), các phân đoạn ethyl acetate (ACE) nước (ACW) loài Asarum cordifolium đã thử nghiệm. Kết quả cho biết, ACM thể hiện tốt nhất với ...

Herba Asari and Asiasari Radix (AR) have a centuries-old history as a folk medicine in China, Korea and Japan. AR has long been used in combination with other herbs to treat cough, toothache, headache, neuralgia, aphthous stomatitis, gingivitis, chronic bronchitis, asthma and allergies. AR from three species of the genus Asarum: A. heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitag., ...