Abstract:  This work was carried out to identify decapods of the Bushehr interidal zone, northern coast of the Persian Gulf. Specimens were collected from eight stations along the coast. During this survey, twelve species were identified, including one alpheid shrimp (Alpheus lobidens), three Anomura (Petrolisthes rufescens, Porcellana persica, Clibanarius signatus) and eight Brachyura (Portunu...

Abstract:  This work was carried out to identify decapods of the Bushehr interidal zone, northern coast of the Persian Gulf. Specimens were collected from eight stations along the coast. During this survey, twelve species were identified, including one alpheid shrimp (Alpheus lobidens), three Anomura (Petrolisthes rufescens, Porcellana persica, Clibanarius signatus) and eight Brachyura (P...

BACKGROUND New marine invasions have been recorded in increasing numbers along the world's coasts due in part to the warming of the oceans and the ability of many invasive marine species to tolerate a broader thermal range than native species. Several marine invertebrate species have invaded the U.S. southern and mid-Atlantic coast from the Caribbean and this poleward range expansion has been t...

Aim: As a highly valued fungus, Cordyceps militaris has been widely used all over the world. Although wild resources of C. are limited, fruiting bodies have successfully cultivated on large-scale with limited Cordycepin production. However, high-frequency degeneration during subculture and preservation seriously limits development industry.
 Methods Results: In this study, three different ...

A thin fiber-less sponge from Caribbean reefs (Bocas del Toro, Panama) with close genetic affinities (based on 18S and 28S nuclear ribosomal RNA gene sequences) to large fan-shaped fiber-bearing sponges (Ianthella and Anomoianthella) from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is here presented. We describe its overall external morphology, histological features, and ultrastructure. Its genetic distance from th...

Three new 10-membered macrolides (1-3) have been isolated from the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris BCC 2816, together with six known compounds, cepharosporolides C (4), E (5), and F (6), 2-carboxymethyl-4-(3'-hydroxybutyl)furan (7), cordycepin (8), and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid. The structures were determined by analysis of NMR data, and an X-ray analysis was performed to confi...

Cordyceps sinensis is age old herb in traditional Chinese herbology. Cordyceps species, including C. sinensis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa and C. ophioglossoides. It has been widely used as, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, nootropic, aphrodisiac and hepatoprotective. In Uttarakhand Cordyceps sinensis found in high altitudes of Western Himalaya. It is locally named as Keera Jari. In this...