BACKGROUND Amarkand tubers are routinely used by many Indian tribes as a specialized food for health and longevity but so far there is no scientific evidence for their activities. Taxonomically, Amarkand belong to genera Eulophia and Dioscorea. METHODS In this communication, comparative antifatigue potential of Amarkand was analyzed using forced swimming model in rats and evaluated using biom...

Based on genitalic studies, the new genus Pionenta is established for two taxa formerly placed under Antepione. The taxa hewesata and ochreata (and previously associated synonyms) are now synonomized as Pionenta ochreata. Three species of Antepione are now recognized: Antepione thisoaria, Antepione imitata, Antepione tiselaaria with the taxa comstocki, constans, and indiscretata synonomized und...

We collected data on the distribution of booted macaques (Macaca ochreata) in Faruhumpenai Nature Reserve in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, in order to assess its conservation status. Methodology included censuses conducted along piecewise linear transects established at two sites from April – July 2006. The total distance walked was 45 km for the Matano site, and 20 km for the Kasintuwu site. Grou...

Kudis merupakan penyakit kulit yang mudah menular disebabkan oleh pola hidup kurang bersih. Tumbuhan semprawang (Dilenia ochreata) salah satu tumbuhan obat tradisional untuk penoobatan kudis. Kegiatan ini bertujuan mengedukasi masyarakat tentang kudis, potensi D. ochreata kudis dan keterampilan pembuatan sedian dalam bentuk salep. dilakukan dengan metode ceramah diskusi, faktor penyebabnya sert...

Amarkand tubers are routinely consumed by Indian tribes as food and medicine. Some species from genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae) and Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoraceae) are referred as Amarkand. Their different local names and location specific availability lead to ambiguity in identification and incorrect selection of a particular species as medicine. Present study is focused to find out their p...

On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, nonhuman primate pets come into frequent contact with humans, presenting the possibility of zoonotic and anthropozoonotic disease transmission. We collected fecal samples from 88 pet macaques representing six of the seven macaque species currently recognized as endemic to Sulawesi (Macaca nigra, M. nigrescens, M. hecki, M. tonkeana, M. maura, and M. ochreat...

The alkaloids of leaves and flowers of 18 populations of four Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae) species were characterized. Both leaves and flowers of individuals from all populations have two diasteroisomers of 1-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine (RI=1290 and 1311). The 1290 isomer was the most abundant in all populations of P. johannensis (74-93%) and P. fabiobarrosii (63-93%), two morphologically closed ...