A new species group, the interrupta group, is established within the genus Leucophenga based on two known and three new species, all of which are endemic to the Oriental region: L. interrupta Duda, 1924, L. neointerrupta Fartyal & Toda, 2005, L. bifurcata sp. nov., L. quadrifurcata sp. nov. and L. retifoliacea sp. nov. A key to the five species of the interrupta group is provided. Sixteen mtDNA...

Human life is depending on plants for various needs including for food and medicine. The indigenous medicine system of every country is using plant and plant products as their basic material for preparation of medicine. Laportea interrupta L. Chew commonly known as ‘stinging nettle’ is one of the ethnomedicinal plants of India claimed for various medicinal uses like anti-inflammatory, anti-pyre...

The egg development and early life history of Korean spotted sleeper, Odontobutis interrupta which is Korean endemic species from Sora-choen was investigated. The Korean spotted sleeper were caught at Sora-myeon, Yeosu-si, Jeollanamdo, from Korea at May in 2014. The fertilized eggs were 4.23 ± 0.05 mm in long diameter and had oil globules. Hatching time of the embryo began about 442 hr 14 min a...

Sophora interrupta Bedd, was a common woody perennial herb native to India. Reports suggest that the plant possesses numerous health promoting benefits such as anticancer, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The plant exhibited several potential in vitro anticancer effects on MCF-7, PC-3, HeLa and HePG-2 cell lines. In vivo assay’s suppressed in mouse models Dalton’s lym...

Evolutionary relationships within the poorly known and anomalous South African endemic genus Lichtensteinia were elucidated. Phylogenetic analysis of morphological and anatomical characters suggests that there are two main groups of species, viz. the L. obscura–L. globosa–L. interrupta (including L. kolbeana) clade and the L. latifolia–L. trifida–L. lacera–L. crassijuga clade. Furthermore, Lich...

The spotted sleeper, Odontobutis interrupta, is a fish species endemic to Korea and shows potential as an aquaculture species. Nevertheless, the population size of this has declined significantly in recent years. To characterize structure genetic diversity O. interrupta Korea, we analyzed four microsatellite loci twelve populations from major river systems. provenance was investigated discern o...

Descriptions of two new water mite species, Piona inagadanensis (male, female, deutonymph), Piona anadyrensis (male, female, deutonymph) and one new subspecies P interrupta interruptella (female) from standing waters of the Magadan Province and Chukotka of Russia are presented.