Conservation and restoration projects involving abandoned cattle pastures pose several challenges. Restoration ecologists recognize that natural restoration is possible, but few species can successfully colonize degraded pastures. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether land colonized by the tree Myracrodruon urundeuva increase the amount of habitat available for bird communities i...

Spondias tuberosa Arr., a fructiferous tree endemic to the northeast Brazilian tropical dry forest called Caatinga, accounts for numerous benefits for its ecosystem as well as for the dwellers of the Caatinga. The tree serves as feed for pollinators and dispersers as well as fodder for domestic ruminants, and is a source of additional income for local smallholders and their families. Despite it...

Plants of the family Anacardiaceae have a long history of use by various peoples for medicinal and other purposes. Cotinus coggygria, also known as the “smoke tree”, is one of the two species constituting a small genus of the family Anacardiaceae, viz., C. coggygria Scop. (syn.: Rhus cotinus L.) The Iranian smoke tree, plant material air-dried C. coggygria we...

Pistacia atlantica is one of the species of Anacardiaceae that grows in the wild in different regions of Iran. Traditionally, anacardiaceae family has antibacterial, fungicidal and cytotoxic properties. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the possible cytotoxic and anti-proliferative properties of Baneh gum. Cytotoxicity of the plant gum was determined using MTT assay on MC...

Pistacia atlantica is one of the species of Anacardiaceae that grows in the wild in different regions of Iran. Traditionally, anacardiaceae family has antibacterial, fungicidal and cytotoxic properties. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the possible cytotoxic and anti-proliferative properties of Baneh gum. Cytotoxicity of the plant gum was determined using MTT assay on MC...

The evolutionary divergence of the galling habit of aphids (Homoptera: Fordinae) that induce different gall types on Pistacia spp. (Anacardiaceae) trees in the Mediterranean region was examined. The phylogenetic cladogram of the aphids that was based on sequences of mitochondrial genes (COI and COII) was constructed. Placing gall traits on the single parsimony cladogram suggests that gall types...

A Rare Case of Food-induced Anaphylaxis to Pink Peppercorns John Kim, MD, and Neil Minikes, MD,. Division of Allergy and Immunology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, NY. Background: The incidence and prevalence of food allergies appear to be on the rise over the past 20 ...

A Rare Case of Food-induced Anaphylaxis to Pink Peppercorns John Kim, MD, and Neil Minikes, MD,. Division of Allergy and Immunology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, NY. Background: The incidence and prevalence of food allergies appear to be on the rise over the past 20 ...

As a defense mechanism of the leaves of Rhus javanica (Anacardiaceae) against the aphid Melaphis chinensis (Aphididae) attack, tannic acid is rapidly accumulated and forms galls along the midrib of the leaves resulting in a unique natural medicine Gallae Rhois. Tannic acid was found to inhibit the oxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) catalyzed by tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) with an ...

A Rare Case of Food-induced Anaphylaxis to Pink Peppercorns John Kim, MD, and Neil Minikes, MD,. Division of Allergy and Immunology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, NY. Background: The incidence and prevalence of food allergies appear to be on the rise over the past 20 ...