The antioxidant efficiency of 70% aqueous methanolic extracts from the leaves of twelve selected Cotoneaster Medik. species was evaluated using four complementary in vitro tests based on SET- (single electron transfer) and HAT-type (hydrogen atom transfer) mechanisms (DPPH, FRAP, O₂(•-) and H₂O₂ scavenging assays). The samples exhibited the dose-dependent responses in all assays with activity p...

Responses of plant traits to climate changes are complex, which could be mirrored by the investigations of herbarium specimens. By examining specimens of Rosa and Cotoneaster species collected since 1920s in Hengduan Mountains, we analyzed the changes of flowering phenology and flower size in the past century when climate changes were considered to be intensified. We found that flowering phenol...

This study was focused on the analysis of the phenolic content, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-cholinesterase, anti-tyrosinase, anti-amylase and anti-glucosidase activity of three solvent extracts from Cotoneaster nummularia. Moreover, water extract was tested in terms of mutagenic/anti-mutagenic effects. The antioxidant activities of these extracts were evaluated by DPPH, ABTS, O2, metal che...

در مطالعات زمین‌شناسی و کانی‌شناسی، وجود پوشش‌ گیاهی سالم خشک پیکسل‌های حاوی اطلاعات طیفی اجتناب‌ناپذیر است. بنابراین، بازیابی حد زیرپیکسل، مانند برآورد میزان حضور یک کانی پیکسل از تصاویر سنجش دور ابرطیفی، مسئله‌ای مهم محسوب می‌شود. این پژوهش، روش عمق پیوستار اصلاح‌شدة اثر پوشش (VCCD)، برای کاهش تخمین کانی‌های هدف، با استفاده داده‌های طیف‌سنجی، آزمایشگاهی کانی‌شناسی هایپریون (Hyperion) اصلاح من...

Hybridization accompanied by polyploidization and apomixis has been demonstrated as a driving force in the evolution and speciation of many plants. A good example to study the evolutionary process of hybridization associated with polyploidy and apomixis is the genus Cotoneaster (Rosaceae), which includes approximately 150 species, most of which are polyploid apomicts. In this study, we investig...