The seed of Cycas pectinata is widely used in traditional practices the Northeastern region India for diverse purposes along with improving testicular functions. Thus, it may be hypothesized that phytochemicals C. could modulate steroidogenesis. Therefore, we have investigated effects Pectinata extract (CPE) on steroidogenesis by using vivo and vitro approaches. We also performed molecular dock...

In the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), females mate preferentially with larger males. Large body mass is advantageous to both sexes: large males sire more young than small males, and large females have higher fecundity than small females. Here we report that body mass is heritable in both sexes, indicating that by choosing larger males females obtain genetic benefits for their...

A nomenclatural revision of the Santolina chamaecyparissus species complex is presented. detailed survey original material for all names applied to members was performed, and 28 are newly typified. The current usage S. villosa ericoides, relating some Spanish French populations, discussed. name a taxon endemic Spain, whereas ericoides those populations often traditionally referred villosa.

The antifungal activity of 43 hydrosols, 7 herbal teas and 12 essential oils was determined using Candida albicans as a test organism. All of the hydrosols examined showed more potent inhibition against the filamentous form than the yeast form of C. albicans. In particular, the filamentous form was markedly inhibited by seven hydrosols, of which monarda, santolina and clove water also inhibited...

Cultivation and preservation of yarrow has recently attracted wide attention due to its beneficial properties; however, genetic variation of Achillea species is still relatively unknown. We used RAPD and ISSR markers to assess genetic diversity in 16 accessions of yarrow belonging to two species native to Iran. Seven ISSR and nine RAPD primers generated 187 amplified fragments, of which 1...

Twelve Bonsmara tracer calves (aged 6-12 months) were used to monitor helminth infections in the communal farming system of Botshabelo in the Free State. One calve was slaughtered each month from December 1995 to November 1996 and processed for helminth recovery. All the calves harboured worms, but the numbers were always low. The order of prevalence of the major parasites was Trichostrongylus ...

The Santolina chamaecyparissus complex includes 13 species of dwarf aromatic evergreen shrubs from the western Mediterranean Basin. Five native occurring in Italy are currently accepted. Four them endemic to relatively restricted areas peninsula, whereas S. corsica Jord. & Fourr. is Corsica and Sardinia. taxonomic treatments Italian have been changing significantly past, probably due misint...

Background: Desert condition in which plants grow and survive and altering biochemical properties of plants are known to increase the secondary metabolite induction in a variety of medicinal plants. Cancer is a terrible disease and fighting it is of abundant significance to public health. Aims and Objective: To search for new compounds with cytotoxic activity isolated from natural source. In th...

Diffraction data to 2.7 A resolution were measured on crystals of the homotetramers of components II and III of the cytoplasmic hemoglobin of the symbiont-harboring clam Lucina pectinata. Even though the crystallization conditions are different and the sequence homology of the two hemoglobins is only 63%, the crystals are isomorphous to each other and to the heterotetramer Hb II/III, implying t...