Elucidating the relationship between ciliate communities in the benthos and the plankton is critical to understanding ciliate diversity in marine systems. Although data for many lineages are sparse, at least some members of the dominant marine ciliate clades Oligotrichia and Choreotrichia can be found in both plankton and benthos, in the latter either as cysts or active forms. In this study, we...

Abstract: Background: A daunting public health issue that mainly affects women is breast cancer. Resistance to drugs applied in the treatment of this cancer as well their side effects have made it necessary look for new therapeutic agents. Objectives: The study aimed at identification multi-targeted inhibitors molecular targets associated with Methods: We investigated fifteen compounds from Ber...

The determination of the reactions and behaviour of isolated fragments of a protozoan is of value to the study of three problems, namely, the relationship between the nucleus and behaviour, the detection of any area in the organism specialized for the reception of external stimuli, and in the case of a ciliate, the role played in normal swimming by the cilia of different regions of the body. Re...

Screening of phenolic constituents in leaves of Cedrela serrata, Toona ciliata, Azadirachta indica and Melia azedarach was done by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The phenolic compounds were identified by comparison with authentic standards. The phenolic acids identified in all plants leaves extract were gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, ...