The present study was focused to evaluate the anti-anaemic activity of Mukia maderaspatana (MM) and Kedrostis foetidissima (KF) of Cucurbitaceae family. Anaemia was induced by administration of phenylhydrazine in the dose of 10 mg/kg for 8 days. The rats with haemoglobin content less than 14 mg/dl were selected for the study. Then animals were divided into 7 groups of 6 animals each. Both extra...

The Rancho La Brea tar pit fossil collection includes Juniperus (C3) wood specimens that 14C date between 7.7 and 55 thousand years (kyr) B.P., providing a constrained record of plant response for southern California during the last glacial period. Atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) ranged between 180 and 220 ppm during glacial periods, rose to approximately 280 ppm before the industrial per...

The recent massive dieback of forest trees due to drought stress makes assessment of the variability of physiological traits that might be critical for predicting forest response and adaptation to climate change even more urgent. We investigated xylem vulnerability to cavitation and xylem specific hydraulic conductivity in seven species of three principal conifer genera (Juniperus monticola, Ju...

In this issue we (Adams and Wingate, pp. 123-133) have presented data that show that J. bermudiana is being subjected to hybridization and likely introgression from Darrell's cedar (J. virginiana var. silicicola) and Smith's cedar (J. v. var. virginiana). Because Dr. Wingate and I have differing philosophies on the conservation of species, we decided to omit conclusions from the previous paper ...

Although considered rare, airborne pollen can be deposited far from its place of origin under a confluence of favorable conditions. Temporally anomalous records of Cupressacean pollen collected from January air samples in London, Ontario, Canada have been cited as a new case of long-distance transport. Data on pollination season implicated Juniperus ashei (mountain cedar), with populations in c...

As presently interpreted Phoradendron sec tion Pau cifiorae consists of 15 spec ies. These mistletoes parasitize primarily conifers. We describe seven new spec ies . make sta tus changes for four species, and provide information on the hosts and di str ibution of all members of the sec tion. New species described are: Phoradendron abietinurn Wiens, on Abies durangen si s in Chihuahua, Durango, ...

Juniperus and Cupressus genera are mainly used as diuretic, stimulant, and antiseptic, for common cold and wound healing in Turkish folk medicine. In the present study, essential oils obtained from cones of Cupressus and berries of Juniperus were evaluated for their wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects. In vivo wound healing activity was evaluated by linear incision and circular excision...