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The aim of the present work is to evaluate the putative antidepressant-like effects of a hydro-ethanolic extract (CEAp) and their fractions from the aerial parts of Aloysia polystachya (Griseb.) Moldenke (Verbenaceae) on the performance of male mice in the forced swimming test (FST). A single dose (100.0mg/kgp.o.) of CEAp, in male mice provoked a significant reduction of the immobility time (p<...

A new complex triterpenoid saponin, polystachyasaponin, was isolated from leaves of Entada polystachya (L.) DC. (Leguminosae) by using chromatographic methods. Its structure was established as 15,16-dihydroxy-3-[[O-β -D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-2(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-β -D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-(3β ,15α ,16α)-olean-12-en-28-oic acid O-D-apioβ -D-furanosyl-(1→3)-O-β -D-xylop...

Lobrathiumjianqingi sp. n. (Guangxi: Shiwanda Shan) and Lobrathiumatanggei sp. n. (Yunnan: Nabanhe) from southwest China are described and illustrated.

Shan Shui in the World presents shanshui (山水, landscape) paintings of selected places in the world (Manhattan, New York in this first production) generated by a computational process based on geography-related information. This project revisits the ideas implicit in Chinese literati paintings of shan shui: the relationship between urban life and people’s yearning for the nature, and between soc...