Polyploidy poses challenges for phylogenetic reconstruction because of the need to identify and distinguish between homoeologous loci. This can be addressed by use of low copy nuclear markers. Panicum s.s. is a genus of about 100 species in the grass tribe Paniceae, subfamily Panicoideae, and is divided into five sections. Many of the species are known to be polyploids. The most well-known of t...

BACKGROUND Anti-inflammatory activities of medicinal plants have largely been attributed to their content of sesquiterpene lactones (SLs). SLs are predominantly found in the sunflower family Asteraceae and have been isolated from many plants of this family, particularly Centaurea. The anti-inflammatory activities of extract of Centaurea ainetensis, a Lebanese endemic plant, and the isolated act...

A new species, Garcinia urceolata Munzinger, Bruy & M. Pignal, sp. nov. (Clusiaceae), is described from New Caledonia. It restricted to North Province, the Tchamba valley in south Mandjélia north of main island Grande-Terre, occurring dense humid rainforests on non-ultramafic substrate. Material this small tree species was first collected more than fifty years ago but confused with G. virgata V...

Bacillus thuringiensis has been widely used as a biopesticide for a long time. Its molluscicidal activity, however, is rarely realized. Here, we report the genome sequence of B. thuringiensis strain DAR 81934, a strain with molluscicidal activity against the pest snail Cernuella virgata.

R. Gonzalez-Arrabal, N. Gordillo, M. S. Martin-Gonzalez, R. Ruiz-Bustos, and F. Agulló-López Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, ETSI de Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28006 Madrid, Spain Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, C/Isaac Newton, 8 Tres Cantos, E-28760 Madrid, Spain Parque Científico de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Centro de Microanálisis de M...

Coordinadora: Lina R. Riego Ruiz, IPICYT Alejandro Cabrera. Oregon National Primate Research Center, Portland, USA. Investigador postdoctoral en el laboratorio de P. Michael Conn. “Species sequence differences influence the interaction of GnRH receptor with chaperone protein calnexin” Gabriela Caraveo. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA. Investigadora postdoctoral en el...

The macroscopic characters of L. lavandulaefolia, physical constant values, behaviour on treatment with different chemical reagents, fluorescence characteristics after treatment with different chemical reagents of the powder of L. Lavandulaefolia were studied to fix some pharmacognostical parameters. Preliminary phytochemical studies and TLC characterization of different extractives has also be...

Numerous species of the Asteraceae, the composites, are famous for their use in both traditional and conventional medicine. Reliable anatomical descriptions of these plants and of possible adulterations provide a basis for fast identification and cheap purity controls of respective medicinal drugs by means of light microscopy. Nevertheless, detailed comparative studies on root and rhizome anato...