This study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of methanolic extracts peel, flesh mixed flesh, as well cytotoxic activity peel obtained from fruits six traditional pear varieties (Vidovaca, Lubenicarka, Karamanka, Jeribasma, Loncara Takisa), one commercial variety (Williams Bartlett) a wild (Pyrus communis) Serbia. The tested showed strong regarding prevention ?-...

Ricin is a heterodimeric plant protein that is potently toxic to mammalian and many other eukaryotic cells. It is synthesized and stored in the endosperm cells of maturing Ricinus communis seeds (castor beans). The ricin family has two major members, both, lectins, collectively known as Ricinus communis agglutinin ll (ricin) and Ricinus communis agglutinin l (RCA). These proteins are stored in ...

The genus Caecidotea is represented by 2 species in Massachusetts, C. communis and C. r. racovitzai. Caecidotea r. racovitzai is restricted to western portions of the state while C. communis occurs throughout the state. Collections of Caecidotea sp. are demonstratively unispecific in drainages where both species are found. Subsequent collecting in 2 localities that formerly produced both specie...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to clarify characteristics of truncus arteriosus communis associated with chromosome 22q11 deletion (del 22q11). BACKGROUND DiGeorge syndrome and conotruncal anomaly face syndrome are associated with del 22q11 (hemizygosity). In 30% of cases, truncus arteriosus communis is associated with the deletion. METHODS Fifteen consecutive patients with truncu...

Myrtus communis, Arbutus unedo and Retama sphaerocarpa are Mediterranean shrubs widely used in revegetation of semiarid degraded soils. The aim of this work is to study the resistance of these plants to arsenic under controlled conditions, in order to evaluate their potential use in revegetation and/or phytoremediation of As-polluted soils. R. sphaerocarpa showed higher resistance to As than M....

Collections of parasitoids attacking the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in South Korea yielded specimens that were originally identiÞed as Binodoxys communis (Gahan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). We report here on laboratory studies indicating that this population is actually a previously unknown species of Binodoxys. Four classes of comparisons weremade between th...

Five exotic carp species viz. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Cyprinus carpio var. specularis, Cyprinus idellus, Cyprinus carpio var. communis and Puntius gonionotus were examined for parasitic diseases out of which 793 fishes were infected by 3 protozoan (Trichodina sp., Ichthyophthirius sp. and Chilodonella sp.), 2 monogenean (Gyrodactylus sp., Dactylogyrus sp.), 2 trematoda (Gorgotrema sp., Met...

Oxidative stress and protein glycation play pivotal roles in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and its vascular complications. The present study aimed to investigate the anti-glycation properties of essential oils obtained from different parts of Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica. The branchlets of male tree (BMT) and branchlets of female (BFT) tree, and fruits of J. communis subsp...

INTRODUCTION Aedes aegypti is responsible for the transmission of the dengue and yellow fever viruses. This study evaluated the effects of extracts from Cnidosculos phyllacanthus, Ricinus communis, and Coutarea hexandra on the developmental periods of A.aegypti larvae and pupae. Crude extracts of C. phyllacanthus and C. hexandra and oil from R. communis and C. phyllacanthus were used. METHODS...

Put “metal into the petal” of plants which literally means bioavailability and translocation of the heavy metal to the plants is an important factor in phytoextraction. A green house experiments was conducted to study potential of Ricinus communis and Brassica juncea in metal accumulation at different concentration of Pb and also the effect of the application of two different chelators i.e., ED...