Brittonia - 64 (2), 2012

Contents:

    Beilschmiedia vestita (Lauraceae), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic forest
    Leandro C. S. Assis, Matheus F. Santos 
    
    Sinningia lutea (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Southern Brazil
    Cristiano Roberto Buzatto, Rodrigo B. Singer 
    
    Paullinia unifoliolata, a remarkable new species of Sapindaceae from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil
    Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz, André M. Amorim, María Silvia Ferrucci
    
    Updates to the taxonomy of Swartzia (Leguminosae) in extra-Amazonian Brazil, with descriptions of five new species and a regional key to the genus
    Rafael Barbosa Pinto, Benjamin M. Torke, Vidal de Freitas Mansano 

    A new species of Pradosia (Sapotaceae) from Central Amazonia
    Mário Henrique Terra-Araujo, Aparecida Donisete De Faria, Alberto Vicentini 
    
    Una nueva especie de Miconia (Melastomataceae) de la Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero y Oaxaca, México
    Jesús Ricardo de Santiago Gómez 
    
    Bolbitis moranii (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from southern Guatemala
    Jorge B. Jiménez 
    
    A new species of Stephanopodium (Dichapetalaceae) from eastern Brazil
    Pedro Fiaschi, André M. Amorim 
    
    A new species of Vanilla (Orchidaceae: Vanilloideae) from Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Emerson R. Pansarin, Joao M. R. B. V. Aguiar, Alessandro W. C. Ferreira 
    
    Lockhartia viruensis (Orchidaceae-Oncidiinae), a new species from Roraima state, Brazilian Amazonia region
    Edlley Pessoa, Marccus Alves 
    
    Taxonomic revision of Eubotrys (Ericaceae, Gaultherieae)
    Walter S. Judd, Norman C. Melvin III, Katherine Waselkov, Kathleen A. Kron 
    
    Taxonomía de Pachyanthus (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)
    Eldis R. Bécquer Granados 
    
    Anatomy, pollen, and chromosomes of Adenoa (Turneraceae), a monotypic genus endemic to Cuba
    Ana M. Gonzalez, Cristina R. Salgado, Aveliano Fernández, María M. Arbo 
    
    Primary hemiepiphytism and gametophyte morphology in Elaphoglossum amygdalifolium (Dryopteridaceae)
    Laura P. Lagomarsino, Amanda L. Grusz, Robbin C. Moran 
   

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Pharmacognosy Magazine - 29-30, 2012 (vol.8)

Pharmacognosy Magazine - 29, 2012 (vol.8)


Contents:

EDITORIAL    

    2012 - Another successful new year for Pharmacogn Mag.    
K.K. Mueen Ahmed

ORIGINAL ARTICLES    

    Application of deoxyribonucleic acid barcoding in Lauraceae plants    
Zhen Liu, Shi-Lin Chen, Jing-Yuan Song, Shou-Jun Zhang, Ke-Li Chen

    A new flavonol glycoside from the Abelmoschus esculentus Linn.    
Haibing Liao, Huixin Liu, Ke Yuan

    Phytochemical characterization of several hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) species sampled from the Eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey    
Oguzhan Çaliskan, Kazim Gündüz, Sedat Serçe, Celil Toplu, Önder Kamiloglu, Memnune Sengül, Sezai Ercisli

    Isolation and characterization of a bactericidal withanolide from Physalis virginiana    
Kathleen A. Gibson, R. Neil Reese, Fathi T. Halaweish, Yulin Ren

    Species identification of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) using the chloroplast deoxyribonucleic acid PsbA-trnH genetic marker    
Yimei Liu, Lehua Zhang, Zhen Liu, Kun Luo, Shilin Chen, Keli Chen

    Comparative study of rosmarinic acid content in some plants of Labiatae family    
Maryam Shekarchi, Homa Hajimehdipoor, Soodabeh Saeidnia, Ahmad Reza Gohari, Morteza Pirali Hamedani

    A novel high-performance liquid chromatography fingerprint approach to discriminate Phyllostachys pubescens from China    
Jin Yong-Chun, Yin Lin, Ke Yuan

    Validated reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector method for the quantitation of Rutin, a natural immunostimulant for improving survival in aquaculture practice, in toonea sinensis folium    
Yuping Shen, Huawu Yin, Bin Chen, Guohua Xia, Huan Yang, Xiaobin Jia

    Effects of H2O2, paraquat, and ethephon on herbal drug quality of Schiandra chinensis based on reactive oxygen species system    
Meng Xiang-Cai, Yang Guo-Hui, Sun Hui, Yu Dong-Mei, Wang Xi-Jun, Wang Ping, Niu Yi-Min

    Cytotoxicity of fucosterol containing fraction of marine algae against breast and colon carcinoma cell line    
Mahnaz Khanavi, Razieh Gheidarloo, Nargess Sadati, Mohammad Reza Shams Ardekani, Seyed Mohammad Bagher Nabavi, Shohreh Tavajohi, Seyed Nasser Ostad

    Antihyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic effects of guar gum on streptozotocin-induced diabetes in male rats    
Samarghandian Saeed, Hadjzadeh Mosa-Al-Reza, Amin Nya Fatemeh, Davoodi Saeideh

    Inorganic ions in the medium modify tropane alkaloids and riboflavin output in Hyoscyamus niger root cultures    
Katrin Pudersell, Tonis Vardja, Rael Vardja, Vallo Matto, Elmar Arak, Ain Raal

    Clonal propagation of Phyllanthus amarus: A hepatoprotector    
Janifer R. Xavier, Ramaswamy Gnanam, Muthiah P. Murugan, Anju Pappachan

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Pharmacognosy Magazine - 30, 2012 (vol.8)


Contents:

EDITORIAL    

    Pharmacognosy in modern pharmacy curricula    
Satyajit D Sarker
       
ORIGINAL ARTICLES    

    Identification and elimination of bacterial contamination during in vitro propagation of Guadua angustifolia Kunth Highly      
Harleen Kaur Nadha, Richa Salwan, Ramesh Chand Kasana, Manju Anand, Anil Sood

    Chemical constituents with free-radical-scavenging activities from the stem of Fissistigma polyanthum    
Hua Fan, Tong Zheng, Yu Chen, Guang-Zhong Yang

    Evaluation of the antifungal activity and modulation between Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. leaves and roots ethanolic extracts and conventional antifungals    
Samara A. Brito, Fabíola F. G. Rodrigues, Adriana R. Campos, José G. M. da Costa

    Identification of four Sedum plant medicines by Fourier transform infrared spectra    
Ran Xu, Yujie Chen, Dingrong Wan, Jing Wang

    Effect of Agrobacterium rhizogenes and elicitation on the asiaticoside production in cell cultures of Centella asiatica    
Komar Ruslan, Anggrahaeni Dewi Selfitri, Shella A. Bulan, Yaya Rukayadi, Elfahmi

    Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of standardized herbal extracts Highly accessed article    
Deepak Bhaskarmurthy Hiraganahalli, Chinampudur Velusami Chandrasekaran, Shekhar Dethe, Deepak Mundkinajeddu, Manoj Kumar Pandre, Jaya Balachandran, Amit Agarwal

    Biotransformation of furannoligularenone by transgenic crown galls of Panax quinquefolium    
Chunyan Yan, Jue Wang, Guoyan Duan, Rongmin Yu

    Biodistribution properties of cleistanthin A and cleistanthin B using magnetic resonance imaging in a normal and tumoric animal model    
Subramani Parasuraman, Ramasamy Raveendran, Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, Ramesh Ananthakrishnan, Ali Jabbari-Arabzadeh, Mohammad Shafiee Alavidjeh, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Sundararajan Elangovan, Halanaik Dhanapathi

    Antifungal activity of Arctotis arctotoides (L.f.) O. Hoffm. and Gasteria bicolor Haw. against opportunistic fungi associated with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Wilfred M. Otang, Donald S. Grierson, Roland N. Ndip

    The impact of the Uighur medicine abnormal savda munziq on antitumor and antioxidant activity in a S180 and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma mouse tumor model    
Ainiwaer Aikemu, Abdiryim Yusup, Anwar Umar, Bénédicte Berké, Nicholas Moore, Halmurat Upur

    Kirenol production in hairy root culture of Siegesbeckea orientalis and its antimicrobial activity    
Jian-Ping Wang, Ya-Ming Zhou, Yong-Hui Zhang

    Analysis and comparison of the active components and antioxidant activities of extracts from Abelmoschus esculentus L    
Haibing Liao, Wenqi Dong, Xiangjun Shi, Hualiang Liu, Ke Yuan

    Simultaneous determination of four bioactive compounds in Verbena officinalis L. by using high-performance liquid chromatography    
Zhen Liu, Zhiwei Xu, Hanyu Zhou, Gang Cao, Xiao-Dong Cong, Yun Zhang, Bao-Chang Cai

    Ultrasound-assisted extraction of total flavonoids from Inula helenium 
Jin Wang, Yong-Ming Zhao, Chun-Yan Guo, Shao-Meng Zhang, Chun-Lei Liu, Dan-Shen Zhang, Xue-Mei Bai

    Electron spin resonance measurement of radical scavenging activity of Aronia melanocarpa fruit juice    
Stefka Valcheva-Kuzmanova, Branka Blagovic, Srecko Valic

    Anatomical study of secondary tuberized roots of Harpagophytum procumbens DC and quantification of harpagoside by high-performance liquid chromatography method     p. 175
Fatiha El Babili, I. Fouraste, C. Rougaignon, C. Moulis, C. Chatelain
 

Plant Species Biology - 27 (1), 2012

Contents:

EDITORIAL


Plant Species Biology—Run on the main street (pages 1–2)

MASASHI OHARA


INVITED ARTICLE


Heterostyly and the possibility of its breakdown by polyploidization (pages 3–29)

AKIYO NAIKI


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Development and plasticity of endangered shrub Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) seedlings under contrasting light regimes (pages 30–45)

BRIAN ROY LOCKHART, EMILE S. GARDINER, THERAN STAUTZ and THEODOR D. LEININGER


Effects of stolon severing on the expansion of Alternanthera philoxeroides from terrestrial to contaminated aquatic habitats (pages 46–52)

WEI GUO and ZHENG-HUA HU


Positive effects of native shrubs on three specially protected cacti species in Durango, México (pages 53–58)

GISELA MURO-PÉREZ, ENRIQUE JURADO, JOEL FLORES, JAIME SÁNCHEZ-SALAS, JAIME GARCÍA-PÉREZ and EDUARDO ESTRADA


Patterns of leaf asymmetry changes in Plantago major L. (ssp. major) natural populations exposed to different environmental conditions (pages 59–68)

MIROSLAVA VELIČKOVIĆ and TATJANA SAVIĆ


Clonal growth of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) (Asteraceae) and its relationship to volatile communication (pages 69–76)

SATOMI ISHIZAKI, KAORI SHIOJIRI, RICHARD KARBAN and MASASHI OHARA


Influence of pollinator grooming on pollen-mediated gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) (pages 77–85)

KARSTEN G. HOLMQUIST, RANDALL J. MITCHELL and JEFFREY D. KARRON


Biotic versus abiotic pollination in Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. (Orchidaceae) (pages 86–95)

JOAO M.R.B.V. AGUIAR, LUDMILA M. PANSARIN, JAMES D. ACKERMAN and EMERSON R. PANSARIN


Pollination biology of Lilium japonicum var. abeanum and var. japonicum: evidence of adaptation to the different availability of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators (pages 96–105)

SHIZUKA YOKOTA and TETSUKAZU YAHARA


NOTES AND COMMENTS


Decoupling of reproduction and growth: an unusual pattern in the life cycle of the Mediterranean geophyte Narcissus serotinus (pages 106–109)

ISABEL MARQUES and DAVID DRAPER

Microclimate and production of peat moss Sphagnum palustre L. in the warm-temperate zone (pages 110–118)

EIJI FUKUTA, AKIKO SASAKI and TAKAYUKI NAKATSUBO


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