BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES In India, diurnally sub periodic Wuchereria bancrofti transmitted by Downsiomyia nivea is prevalent only in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The ongoing LF elimination programme aims at transmission interruption by bringing down the microfilarie (mf) load in the community, which has implication on the parasite load in mosquito vector. Therefore, under...

Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. is a potential candidate for the remediation of Cd contaminated sites. The present investigation aims to explore Cd tolerance threshold and to quickly identify the role of exogenous organic acids in Cd uptake and abiotic metal stress damage. Elevated Cd levels (0-10mg/L) resulted in an obvious rise in Cd accumulation, ranging from 268.0 to 374.4 in root and 25.2 to 41...

Byssochlamys and related Paecilomyces strains are often heat resistant and may produce mycotoxins in contaminated pasteurised foodstuffs. A comparative study of all Byssochlamys species was carried out using a polyphasic approach to find characters that differentiate species and to establish accurate data on potential mycotoxin production by each species. Phylogenetic analysis of the ITS region...

The typhlocybine, Zygina nivea Mulsant & Rey 1855, was found in urban areas of Argentina colonizing trees of poplar (Populus alba L. and P. nigra L.). This is the first mention of the genus Zygina Fieber from the Neotropical region. In this paper redescription of the male, description of the female, distributional and host plant data, and behavioural observations of this species are given.

Kazakhstan flora is rich in promising little-studied plants that are used folk medicine, but additional deep research required for their introduction into medical practice with the help of modern scientific techniques. An interesting object official and pharmaceutical Alfredia Nivea Kar. & Kir, family Asteraceae, whose extracts have a neurotropic effect.
 The aim. Regarding mentioned a...

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) is one of the Urticaceae family plants with various potential for pharmacological development. In this study, we analyzed bioactive content n-hexane extract B. nivea leaves and flowers, crude was tested antibacterial activity. The metabolites in flowers ramie were using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). Antibacterial analysis carried out by disc diffusion m...