The genus Satureja is represented by fifteen species of which five are endemic and Satureja pilosa and S. icarica have recently been found as new records for Turkey. Aerial parts of the Satureja pilosa, S. icarica, S. boissieri and S. coerulea collected from different localities in Turkey were subjected to hydrodistillation to yield essential oils which were subsequently analysed by GC and GC/M...

Patrice Connelly B. Nat Therapies (SCU), Dip. Nutrition, is a nutritionist, energetic healer and musician practising in Kilcoy, Qld. PO Box 272, Kilcoy QLD 4515. Telephone (07) 5422 0806. [email protected]. Amember of the Asteraceae family, the weed Bidens pilosa Linn. is found throughout the world, probably originating in South America. First noted in Linneus’s Species Plantarum (1753), ...

Argyreia nervosa has been used as an antiulcer in ethano medicine. So the aim of the present study was to evaluate the leaves of the plant for its antiulcer potential and to isolate the bioactive compounds. On the basis of the result of the preliminary screening for antiulcer potential of different fractions of methanolic extract of Argyreia nervosa leaves; n-butanol fraction was charged into s...

In his article "The Reception of Mao's 'Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art' in English-language Scholarship" Qilin Fu examines the three waves of the reception of Mao Zedong's 1942 text. Fu elaborates on the understandings of Mao's ideas about literature and art and discusses the changes depending on historical and political contexts. Fu argues that the changes are explicit or impl...

Antibacterial activity of cold water and ethanolic crude extracts of leaves of Strophanthus wightianus Wall. ex Wight was evaluated against Gram negative bacteria(Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter aerogenes) and Gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans and Bacillus subtilis). ...

Cross incompatibility of wild Manihot species with cassava (M. esculenta) can impede their utilization for improving this cultigen. We tested whether compatibility could be determined based on electrophoresis results. Manihot pilosa, M. glaziovii, M. reptans, and M. cearulescens were tested. These species were allowed to hybridize with cassava to determine whether hybridization coincides with t...

Abstract Compositae family comprises the largest number of species invasive alien plants (IAPs) in China. Two IAPs can co-invade same habitat. Drought alter litter decomposition and soil enzyme activities. This study aims to estimate independent combined effects two composite (Bidens pilosa Solidago canadensis) on activities under drought. A polyethylene litterbags experiment (5 g litters B. pi...

In her article "The Significance of the Variation Theory in Cross-Cultural Communication" Yi Wan analyzes some problems that East-West Comparative Literature, as a discipline, has encountered and discusses the significance of the development of the Variation Theory, proposed by Shunqing Cao. The author aims to explore two important points of this new platform, namely, heterogeneity and variatio...