Grassland vegetation can provide visual cover for terrestrial vertebrates. The most commonly used method to assess visual cover is the Robel pole. We test the use of digital photography as a more accurate and repeatable method. We assessed the digital photography method on four forage grassland species (Pseudoroegneria spicata, Festuca campestris, Poa pratensis, Achnatherum richardsonii). Digit...

Spearmint leaves (Mentha spicata L.) contain high levels of antioxidants that are known to protect against both exogenous and endogenous DNA damage. In this study, the protective effects of the hexane fraction (HF), chloroform fraction (CF) and ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) in an ethanol extract from M. spicata were evaluated against 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4-NQO) induced chromosome damage and...

The tribe Triticeae Dumortier in the grass family (Poaceae) includes the most important cereal crops (e.g., wheat, barley, and rye) and some economically important forage grasses. Elymus L. is the largest and most complex genus in the Triticeae tribe with approximately 150 species occurring worldwide. The genomic constitutions of approximately 40% of Elymus species are unknown and some have unv...

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Bu çalışmanın amacı, insan hayvanlar açısından önemli bazı patojenik bakteri mantarlara karşı, hidrodistillasyon yöntemi ile elde edilen GC-MS aile ayrıştırılan 18 çeşit uçucu yağın minimum inhibitör konsantrasyon değerlerini araştırmaktır. YÖNTEM GEREÇLER: Achillea gypsicola (Asteraceae), Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaceae), Satureja hortensis (Lamiaceae), Thymbra spicata biebersteini...

Mints emit diverse scents that exert specific biological functions and are relevance for applications. The current work strives to develop electronic noses can electronically discriminate the emitted by different species of Mint as alternative conventional profiling gas chromatography. Here, 12 sensing materials including 4 metal oxide nanoparticle dispersions (AZO, ZnO, SnO2, ITO), one Metal O...

Many Lamiaceae species are consumed in the Lebanese cuisine as food or condiment and are largely used in the traditional medicine of Lebanon to treat various diseases, including microbial infections. In this article we report the traditional medicinal uses of eleven Lamiaceae species: Coridothymus capitatus L., Lavandula stoechas L., Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Mentha spicata L. subsp. conden...