New records of water mites the family Hydryphantidae from Australia are reported. Five new species described, i.e. Mamersa neorouxi n. sp., Pseudohydryphantes crenulatus pandanus corniculatus sp. and Tartarothyas gracilipes Hydryphantes meridianus Lundblad is raised to full species.

Famili Pandanaceae seluruhnya diperkirakan sekitar 600 jenis yang menyebar di daerah tropis pada habitat mulai dari tepi-tepi pantai, dataran tinggi sampai ke pegunungan. Suku Dani dan Lanny mengenal memanfaatanakn pandan kelapa hutan dengan nama lokal “Tuke” “Woromo”. Untuk itu dilakukan survei pengamatan lapangan terkait potensi sebarannya (Pandanus spp.) Distrik Malagai Neri Melagi Kabupaten...

Microbes are good sources of biologically active compounds that can be used as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. As part of our continuous efforts in search for biopesticides from natural sources, a fungus is isolated from leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius that shows severe necrosis. This fungus is cultured in potato dextrose agar and identified as Curvularia intermedia. The ethyl acetate extr...

Daun pandan wangi ( Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb . ) merupakan genus pandanus dari suku Pandanaceae. Pandan Roxb.) mengandung alkaloida, saponin, flavonoida, tanin, polifenol, fenil propanoid, dan zat warna, Antioksidan fenolik dapat digunakan untuk mencegah kerusakan akibat reaksi oksidasi pada makanan. Sediaan kosmetik yang paling sering perawatan kulit adalah bentuk sediaan gel karna mudah m...

This study was conducted to determine the concentration of total mercury in the edible portion of 46 species of marine fish (n = 297) collected from selected major fish landing ports and wholesale markets throughout Peninsular Malaysia. Samples were collected in June to December 2009. Prior to analysis, the fish samples were processed which consisted of drying at 65 °C until a constant weight w...