Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (Special), 2011

Contents:

1. DNA barcoding as a means for identifying medicinal plants of Pakistan
M. Schori and A.M. Showalter

2. Efforts on conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants of Pakistan
Zabta Khan Shinwari and M. Qaiser

3. Medicinal plant collection and taxonomic identification
S. I. Ali

4. Water stress mediated changes in growth, physiology and secondary metabolites of Desi Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.)
Nazila Azhar, Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf and Karim Yar Abbasi

5. In vitro plant regeneration in Sinapis alba and evaluation of its radical scavenging activity
Bilal Haider Abbasi, Abdur Rashid, Mubarak Ali Khan, Mohammad Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Nisar Ahmad and Tariq Mahmood

6. Ecological consequences, genetic and chemical variations in fragmented populations of a medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda and implications for its conservation
Syed Abdullah Gilani, Yoshiharu Fujii, Akira Kikuchi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Kazuo N. Watanabe

7. Medicinal flora of the Cholistan desert: a review
Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Quriany, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Younis and Nargis Naz

8. Chemistry of genus Lantana
Hidayat Hussain, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari

9. Physico-chemical, phytochemical evaluation and dpph-scavenging antioxidant potential in medicinal plants used for herbal formulation in Pakistan
Hina Fazal, Nisar Ahmad and Mir Ajab Khan

10. Seasonal variation in some medicinal and biochemical ingredients in Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf, Mumtaz Hussain and Muhammad Yasin Ashraf

11. Traditional drug therapies from various medicinal plants of central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hussain, Asghari Bano and Faizan Ullah

12. Antioxidant, antitumor activities and phytochemical investigation of Hedera nepalensis K.koch, an important medicinal plant from Pakistan
Simab Kanwal, Nazif Ullah, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Imran Afzal And Bushra Mirza

13. Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical profile and trace minerals of black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) fresh juice
Nauman Khalid, Sardar Atiq Fawad and Iftikhar Ahmed

14. Residual value analyses of the medicinal flora of the Western Himalayas: the Naran valley, Pakistan
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page, Habib Ahmad

15. Ethnobotanical survey of plants from Neelum, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Adeel Mahmood, Riffat Naseem Malik, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Aqeel Mahmood

16. Medicinal plants - a potent antibacterial source against bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice
Rukhsana Jabeen

17. Analgesic and antiemetic activity of Cleome viscosa L.
Salman Ahmed, Munnawar Sultana, Muhammad Mohtasheem Ul Hasan and Iqbal Azhar

18. In vitro inhibition potential of four Chenopod halophytes against microbial growth
Samiullah and Asghari Bano

19. Species richness, ethnobotanical species richness and human settlements along a himalayan altitudinal gradient: prioritizing plant conservation in Palas valley, Pakistan
Zafeer Saqib, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari, Zabta Khan Shinwari

20. Ethnobotanical study of Kohat Pass (Pakistan)
Shehla Shinwari, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Elias Baydoun

21. Authentication of herbal medicine neem (Azadirachta indica A.Juss.) by using taxonomic and pharmacognostic techniques
Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Asghari Bano, Muhammad Zafar and Zabta Khan Shinwari

22. Major phenolic acids of local and exotic mint germplasm grown in Islamabad
Riffat Tahira, Muhammad Naeemullah, Fazal Akbar and Muhammad Shahid Masood

23. Antibacterial activity in herbal products used in Pakistan
Cynthia Walter, Zabta K. Shinwari, Imran Afzal and Riffat N. Malik

24. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and gas chromatography analysis of Jasminum sambac essential oil
Adnan Younis, Aqsa Mehdi and Atif Riaz

25. Antimicrobial potentials of Eclipta alba by well diffusion method
Jehan Bakht, Amjad Islam and Mohammad Shafi

26. Phytotherapy: research gaps in Pakistan
Abdul Ghafoor, Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

27. Estimation of antimicrobial potential of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex Fr.) Karst. extracts
Ghazala Nasim And Muhammad Ali

28. NARC-Kalonji: An early maturing and high yielding variety of Nigella sativa released for cultivation in Pakistan
Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Shahid Masood

29. Eefficacy evaluation of Azadirachta indica, calotropis procera, datura stramonium and Tagetes erecta against root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita
Muhammad Arshad Hussain, Tariq Mukhtar and Muhammad Zameer Kayani


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Acta Botanica Brasilica - 24 (4), 2010

Contents:

Editorial: Os sessenta anos da Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 1950 - 2010
Diretoria da Sociedade Botânica do Brasil


Articles

"Tauari" species (Lecythidaceae) in non-flooded Amazon forest: patterns of geographic distribution, abundance, and implications for conservation
Procópio, Lilian Costa; Gayot, Marc; Sist, Plínio; Ferraz, Isolde D. K

Pollen harvest by Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Dourados region, Mato Grosso do Sul state (Brazil)
D'Apolito; Pessoa, Sheila Magalhaes; Balestieri, Fátima Cristina de Lazari Manente; Balestieri, José Benedito Perrella

Taxonomic novelties in Croton L. sect. Argyroglossum Baill. and sect. Lasiogyne Klotzsch (Crotonoideae-Euphorbiaceae
Gomes, Ana Paula de Souza; Sales, Margareth Ferreira de; Melo, André Laurenio de

Characterization and ontogeny of the glandular trichomes of Ocimum selloi Benth. (Lamiaceae)
Gonçalves, Letícia de Almeida; Azevedo, Aristéa Alves; Otoni, Wagner Campos

New aerophytic morphospecies of Cyanobacteria from tropical forest fragments in northwestern Sao Paulo state, Brazil
Lemes-da-Silva, Nadia Martins; Branco, Luis Henrique Zanini; Necchi-Júnior, Orlando

Characterization of phytoplankton biodiversity in tropical shipwrecks off the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil
Santos, Douglas Henrique Cavalcanti dos; Silva-Cunha, Maria da Glória Gonçalves; Santiago, Marilene Felipe; Passavante, José Zanon de Oliveira

Salt Marsh Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) in South Brazil
Silva, Juliana Gonçalves da; Torgan, Lezilda Carvalho; Cardoso, Luciana de Souza

New records of corticolous crustose lichens from southern Brazil
Käffer, Márcia Isabel; Cárceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Vargas, Vera Maria Ferrao; Martins, Suzana Maria de Azevedo

Toxicity and fluoride accumulation in herbs grown in the vicinity of an aluminum plant
Sant'Anna-Santos, Bruno Francisco; Azevedo, Aristéa Alves

Sampling effort and species richness of Angiosperms in the state of Ceará, Brazil
Freitas, Regina Celli Araújo de; Matias, Lígia Queiroz

Pollination biology of Paliavana tenuiflora (Gesneriaceae: Sinningeae) in Northeastern Brazil
Ferreira, Patrícia Alves; Viana, Blandina Felipe

Morphological characterization of fruits, seeds, seedlings and germination of Dalbergia cearensis Ducke - Fabaceae
Nogueira, Francisco Carlos Barboza; Medeiros Filho, Sebastiao; Gallao, Maria Izabel

Diversity and distribution Patterns of the infralittoral green macroalgae from Potiguar basin, Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Cocentino, Adilma de Lourdes Montenegro; Fujii, Mutue Toyota; Reis, Thiago Nogueira de Vasconcelos; Guimaraes-Barros, Nathalia Cristina; Rocha, Marcia de França; Neumann-Leitao, Sigrid

Periphytic diatoms in a Brazilian eutrophic system (Iraí reservoir, Paraná state)
Silva, Angela Maria da; Ludwig, Thelma Alvim Veiga; Tremarin, Priscila Izabel; Vercellino, Ilka Schincariol

New records of filamentous desmids (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) from Bahia state, Brazil
Oliveira, Ivania Batista de; Bicudo, Carlos Eduardo de Mattos; Moura, Carlos Wallace do Nascimento

Native plants used by Vila dos Pescadores community, Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, Amazon coast, Brazil
Carneiro, Diogo Borges; Barboza, Myrian Sá Leitao; Menezes, Moirah Paula

Nectary morphology of Leguminosae senso lato in areas of dry seasonal forest in Brazil
Melo, Yanna; Córdula, Elisabeth; Machado, Silvia R; Alves, Marccus

Culture media, growth regulators and nitrogen sources in callus formation regulation of Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.)
Werner, Elias Terra; Milanez, Camilla Rozindo Dias; Mengarda, Liana Holda Golin; Vendrame, Wagner Aparecido; Cuzzuol, Geraldo Rogério Faustini

Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a gypsum mining impacted semiarid area
Mergulhao, Adália Cavalcanti do Espírito Santo; Burity, Hélio Almeida; Goto, Bruno Tomio; Maia, Leonor Costa

Passiflora kikiana, a new species of Passifloraceae from the Brazilian Amazon
Cervi, Armando Carlos; Linsingen, Leonardo von

Periphytic diatoms on Polygonum hydropiperoides Michaux, Passaúna reservoir, Paraná state, Brazil
Bertolli, Lucielle Merlym; Tremarin, Priscila Izabel; Ludwig, Thelma Alvim Veiga

Seed morphology and post-seminal development of Physalis angulata L
Souza, Cíntia Luiza Mascarenhas de; Souza, Manuela Oliveira de; Oliveira, Milene Fonseca de; Oliveira, Lenaldo Muniz de; Pelacani, Claudinéia Regina

In vitro propagation of mature plants of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae)
Rache Cardenal, Leidy Yanira; Pacheco Maldonado, José Constantino

Scientifics Notes

New records of Rapateaceae from Brazil
Rodrigues, Rodrigo Schütz; Flores, Andréia Silva

Seed germination ecophysiology of the wild pineapple, Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L.B.Sm. (Bromeliaceae)
Silveira, Fernando Augusto Oliveira; Santos, Jean Carlos; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

New record of Trichodesmium thiebautii Gomont ex Gomont (Oscillatoriales - Cyanophyta) for the continental shelf of northeastern Brazil
Monteiro, José Juarez Ferreira; Leça, Enide Eskinazi; Koening, Maria Luise; Macedo, Silvio José de

Disposition of two names in Almeidea (Rutaceae)
Groppo, Milton; Bruniera, Carla P

Nomenclatural and taxonomic review of Passifloraceae species illustrated and described by Vellozo in Flora Fluminensis
Cervi, Armando Carlos; Rodrigues, William Antonio

Review

Acta Botanica Brasilica: International?
Ferreira, Alfredo Gui




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