The current study aimed to investigate ethanolic extracts from the following medicinal plant species cultivated in western Romania: Melissa officinalis L., Rosmarinus officinalis L. (RO) and Salvia officinalis L. (SO). Antioxidant activity, total phenolics content and a profile of the main hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs), including caffeic, ferulic, coumaric and rosmarinic acids, was determined fo...

Increasing energy and housing demands are impacting wildlife populations throughout western North America. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species known for its sensitivity to landscape-scale disturbance, inhabits the same low elevation sage-steppe in which much of this development is occurring. Wyoming has committed to maintain sage-grouse populations through conservation ea...

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a species of concern for which little demographic information exists. To help fill this information gap, we investigated factors affecting nest success in two populations of Gunnison Sage-Grouse. We assessed the relative effects of (1) vegetation characteristics (e.g., shrub height, shrub cover, grass cover, and grass height), (2) temporal factors ...

We present a computer program, termed V-SAGE (Virtual-SAGE), designed to facilitate the analysis of gene expression profiles by combining elements of SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expression) with high-throughput EST analysis. The program re-iteratively correlates sequence tags adjacent to poly(A) tail sequence strings with a second or several tags located within the cDNA adjacent to the recogn...

BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease is characterized by a slow, progressive decline in cognitive function and behaviour. Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors are the only agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. All other agents prescribed for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease are used on an off-label basis. Current research into new drugs is focu...

The paper presents the results regarding the electron beam irradiation of fresh Salvia Officinalis and Calendula Officinalis. Irradiation is already a well-known decontamination method, but it received less attention for medicinal plants, especially on fresh herbs. Microbial load behaviour, antioxidant activity, and enzymatic inhibition activity were measured for doses up to 50 kGy. Herbs are d...

The trichomes and chemical composition of three species the genus Salvia wild-grown (Salvia lanigera, spinosa) cultured officinalis) were studied in Anbar governate, components stem leaves by Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry(GC-MS), addition to studying epidermis (upper lower epidermis) Light microscope. Important differences appeared us study, where it was found that some compounds without...