t ( s t a ( s a c s t t ( a o a O F c m t a P w 1 i a We surveyed 15 wild and cultivated plant species in earch of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) parasitoids uring 4 years (1993–1996) in the state of Veracruz, exico. The following species were infested by Anastreha larvae: Spondias purpurea L., S. mombin L., Tairira mexicana Marchand, Mangifera indica L. (all nacardiaceae), Ximenia americana ...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the main nutrients and their antioxidant properties of a Chinese wild edible fruit, Passiflora foetida, collected from the ecoregion of Hainan province, China. The analytical results revealed that P. foetida fruits were rich in amino acids (1097 mg/100 g in total), minerals (595.75 mg/100 g in total), and unsaturated fatty acids (74.18 g/100 g in total fat)....

El inadecuado manejo de las aguas residuales domésticas en zonas rurales vertidas cuerpos hídricos sin previo tratamiento constituye un gran problema polución ambiental, así como riesgo para la salud pública. propósito del este estudio fue evaluar eficiencia remoción materia orgánica mediante lombrifiltros una zona rural. En condiciones experimentales, se diseñó el lombrifiltro utilizando base ...

With the expansion of the planted area of transgenic Bt+CpTI cotton, the effects of this crop on non-target organisms in soil, including earthworms, are becoming the most important aspect of their ecological risk assessment. Laboratory toxicity studies were conducted to determine the effects of transgenic Bt+CpTI cotton leaves, containing high concentrations of the Bt toxin and cowpea trypsin i...

Free radicals and reactive oxygen species are generated in the body due to various physiological and biochemical processes. They are responsible for various chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and oxidative damage of DNA and proteins. There is a huge demand of herbal antioxidant compounds in the market. Padaeria foetida,Tribulus terrestris and Oxalis corniculata are used in traditional healt...

The present study was designed to evaluate and compare the phenolic (total phenols and flavonoid) contents and antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of Momordica foetida (AEMF) and ethanolic extract of Momordica foetida (EEMF) extract of Momordica foetida leaves; a popular medicinal plant used for traditional medicine preparations. The antioxidant activity of both extracts was assessed using ...

Comparisons were made of the ratios of the specific activities of stearic acid to oleic acid in adipose tissue and liver triglycerides of rats given methyl stearate-lJ4C dissolved in 0.25 ml of corn oil and Sterculia foetida oil. The ratios were about 3 in the corn oil control animals compared to 31 to 43 in adipose tissue and 44 to 246 in liver triglycerides of the S. foetida test animals. Whe...