Complete List of Authors: Zöhrer, Evelyn; Medizinische Universitat Graz Alisi, Anna; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Jahnel, Jörg; Medizinische Universitat Graz Moscla, Antonella; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Della Corte, Claudia; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Crudele, Annalisa; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS Fauler, Günter; Medizinische Universitat Gra...

The essential oils of water-distilled aerial parts of Anthemis pseudocotula and Anthemis cretica subsp. pontica (Asteraceae) were analysed by GC-MS. As a result thirty-five and forty compounds were identified representing 93.1% and 89.0% of the oils, respectively. The main compounds of A. pseudocotula were 1,8-cineole (39.40%), camphor (9.36%), artemisiaketone (5.68%), filifolene (5.15%), and a...

The identity of the common lowland freshwater crab in western Sarawak, Borneo, East Malaysia, Parathelphusa oxygona Nobili, 1901 (family Gecarcinucidae), is clarified. The species is redescribed and figured, and its taxonomy discussed. Specimens from western Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, which have been referred to P. oxygona are here referred to a new species, Parathelphusa nobilii. The new s...

Leidya infelix, new species, is described as a parasite of the grapsid crab Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall from the west coast of Baja California, Mexico. Another male belonging to the genus Leidya from the same host and nearly the same locality may belong to the same species, but that is not certain. A lone immature female bopyrid assignable to the genus Lobocepon is recorded as a parasite of ...

Expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers could enrich the current resource of molecular markers. In this study, microsatellite markers were developed for Dendrobium nobile Lindl. by mining the ESTs. Twenty-eight EST-SSRs amplified 2 to 6 nucleotide repeats with a mean number of 2.82 alleles per locus. The observed and expected heterozygosities per locus ranged f...

Background: The elderly often face difficulties in achieving a comfortable sleep. Due to its relaxing properties, chamomile may be effective in improving sleep quality in the elderly. Aim: to determine the effect of Chamaemelum Nobile extract on the sleep quality of hospitalized elderly in nursing homes of Isfahan. Methods: This study is a clinical trial with pretest and post test. The study po...

BACKGROUND We compare traditional knowledge and use of wild edible plants in six rural regions of the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula as follows: Campoo, Picos de Europa, Piloña, Sanabria and Caurel in Spain and Parque Natural de Montesinho in Portugal. METHODS Data on the use of 97 species were collected through informed consent semi-structured interviews with local informants. A semi-qua...