Background and objectives: In review of traditional Persian medicine (TPM) literature concerning multi drug therapy, a group of medicinal plants that are called "convoy drugs", agents which penetrate fast into whole or specific part of the body and accelerate delivery of drugs into specific target has been mentioned. In this study, the inhibitory effect of the aqueous extracts ...

Mushrooms are widely appreciated all over the world for their nutritional value and medicinal properties. They have low fat, high protein and vitamins contents. Mushrooms contain several minerals and trace elements, as well as substantial amount of dietary fibers. Basidiomycetes mushrooms (phylum Basidiomycota) including agaric and bracket fungi are also producers of bioactive molecules and val...

Vanadium is special in at least two respects: on the one hand, the tetrahedral anion vanadate(v) is similar to the phosphate anion; vanadate can thus interact with various physiological substrates that are otherwise functionalized by phosphate. On the other hand, the transition metal vanadium can easily expand its sphere beyond tetrahedral coordination, and switch between the oxidation states +...

In this research, 10 species of Agaricales including, Agrocybe dura, A. ochracea, A. vervacti, Conocybe dunensis, C. lacteal, Entoloma griseorubellum, Pholiota highlandensis, Psilocybe atrobrunnea, Stropharia coronilla and S. magnivelaris belonging to Bolbitiaceae, Entolomataceae and Strophariaceae families are identified from Kermanshah and Harsin region in Kermanshah province (W Iran). From i...

in this research, 10 species of agaricales including, agrocybe dura, a. ochracea, a. vervacti, conocybe dunensis, c. lacteal, entoloma griseorubellum, pholiota highlandensis, psilocybe atrobrunnea, stropharia coronilla and s. magnivelaris belonging to bolbitiaceae, entolomataceae and strophariaceae families are identified from kermanshah and harsin region in kermanshah province (w iran). from i...

At the base level of creative practice, artists often reap inspiration from their surroundings. Writers might eavesdrop on a conversation in a coffee shop and then use it in a novel, and a composer might transform sounds from his urban environment into an orchestral work. In Kelly Lanphier’s case, working at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, early on created a substantial i...

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia: Banksiophoma australiensis (incl. Banksiophoma gen. nov.) on Banksia coccinea, Davidiellomycesaustraliensis (incl. Davidiellomyces gen. nov.) on Cyperaceae, Didymocyrtis banksiae on Banksia sessilis var. cygnorum, Disculoides calophyllae on Corymbia calophylla, Harknessia banksiae on Banks...

Climate models project that by 2100, the northeastern US and eastern Canada will warm by approximately 3– 5 8C, with increased winter precipitation. These changes will affect trees directly and also indirectly through effects on ‘‘nuisance’’ species, such as insect pests, pathogens, and invasive plants. We review how basic ecological principles can be used to predict nuisance species’ responses...

The hydrocyanic acid potential (HCN-p) of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] plants is recognized as a heritable trait, but previous tudies on the mode of inheritance of HCN-p have produced inconsistent results. The objective of this study was to investigate the inheritance patterns of seedling HCN-p and also of seed weight in reciprocal crosses of sorghum and sudangrass [formerly S. sudanen...