Lepidium latifolium L. is an invasive exotic crucifer that has spread explosively in wetlands and riparian areas of the western United States. To understand the ecophysiological characteristics of L. latifolium that affect its ability to invade riparian areas and wetlands, we examined photosynthesis, chlorophyll concentration, carbohydrate partitioning and nutrient uptake in L. latifolium in re...

Sargassum species are brown macroalgae found in shallow marine meadows. These are nutritious and rich source of several bioactive compounds. These isolated active compounds exhibit diverse biological activities like antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, antiviral, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, anti-obesity, cholinesterase inhibitory activities etc. This makes the Sargassum sp...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to elucidate the role and mode of action of Sargassum subrepandum methanolic extract in management of dyslipidemia in adult female rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty adult female Sprague Dawley rats were assigned into four groups: (1) lean control rats fed on standard diet, (2) dyslipidemia control fed on the atherogenic diet, (3) lean rats orally administered with 1...

Feeding ecology of organisms associated with floating Sargassum in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico was assessed using fatty acids. Nineteen groups were collected from the Sargassum community including four autotrophs, eight invertebrates, five juvenile fishes, and two adult fishes. Spatial and temporal variability in polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) signatures of selected taxa (Sargassum fluit...

Over the past 5 years, massive accumulations of holopelagic species of the brown macroalga Sargassum in coastal areas of the Caribbean have created "golden tides" that threaten local biodiversity and trigger economic losses associated with beach deterioration and impact on fisheries and tourism. In 2015, the first report identifying the cause of these extreme events implicated a rare form of th...

Two new compounds, asperversin A (1) and 9ξ-O-2(2,3-dimethylbut-3-enyl)brevianamide Q (2), and nine known compounds, brevianamide K (3), brevianamide M (4), aversin (5), 6,8-di-O-methylnidurufin (6), 6,8-di-O-methylaverufin (7), 6-O-methylaverufin (8), 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (9), ergosta-7,22-diene-3β,5α,6β-triol (10), and 6β-methoxyergosta-7,22-diene-3β,5α-diol (11), were obtain...

Discovery of anticancer drugs that kill or disable tumor cells in the presence of normal cells without undue toxicity is a potential challenge for therapeutic care. Several papers in the literature have emphasized the potential implications of marine products such as seaweeds which exhibit antitumor activity. Study attempts to screen the antitumor effect of Sargassum sp, against chosen cell lin...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the anti-hyperglycemic effect of the methanol extract of Gongronema latifolium leaves singly and in combination with an oral hypoglycemic agent; glibenclamide. MATERIALS AND METHODS The plant material was extracted with methanol for 48 h using cold maceration and concentrated in vacuo in a rotary evaporator. The methanol extract of G. latifolium at doses of 200,...

This data article presents a simple method for providing a biosorbent from Sargassum oligocystum harvested from the northern coast of Persian Gulf, Bushehr, Iran. The characterization data of Sargassum oligocystum biochar (SOB) were analyzed using various instrumental techniques (FTIR and XPS). The kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics data of Hg(2+), Cd(2+), and Cu(2+) ions onto SOB were pre...

Abstiact: When offered single species of seaweeds in excess amounts, the sea urchin Arbuciapunctulata (Lamarck) Philippi consumed significantly more Gracilana folijr,a (Forsskal) Borgrsen and Codium z3thmocladium Vickers than Sargassum filipendula C. Agardh, Padina vickersiae Hoyt, or Dictyota dichotomu (Hudson) Lamouroux. When all five species were offered to urchins simultaneously, patterns o...