Euphytica - 188 (1), 2012

Contents:

    Pre-harvest sprouting in cereals
    Joseph M. Nyachiro

    Developing standardized methods for breeding preharvest sprouting resistant wheat, challenges and successes in Canadian wheat
    R. M. DePauw, R. E. Knox, A. K. Singh, S. L. Fox, D. G. Humphreys, P. Hucl

    Determination of the influence of climate on falling number of winter wheat in the dryland production areas of the Free State Province of South Africa
    Annelie Barnard, Marie F. Smith

    The effect of germination temperature on seed dormancy in Croatian-grown winter wheats
    I. Ikić, M. Maričević, S. Tomasović, J. Gunjača, Z. Šatović, H. Šarčević

    Wheat ABA-insensitive mutants result in reduced grain dormancy
    Elizabeth C. Schramm, Sven K. Nelson, Camille M. Steber

    Effects of exogenous abscisic acid and gibberellic acid on pre-maturity alfa-amylase formation in wheat grains
    K. R. Kondhare, P. S. Kettlewell, A. D. Farrell, P. Hedden, J. M. Monaghan

    Vp1 expression profiles during kernel development in six genotypes of wheat, triticale and rye
    Sarah De Laethauwer, Dirk Reheul, Jan De Riek, Geert Haesaert

    Isolation and characterization of Viviparous-1 haplotypes in wheat related species
    Y. W. Sun, Y. Yang, P. R. Shewry, H. D. Jones, L. Q. Xia

    Integration of marker-assisted selection for resistance to pre-harvest sprouting with selection for grain-filling rate in breeding of white-kernelled wheat for the Chinese environment
    Shi-He Xiao, Hai-Ping Zhang, Guang-Xia You, Xiu-Ying Zhang, Chang-Sheng Yan

    Association mapping for pre-harvest sprouting tolerance in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
    V. Jaiswal, R. R. Mir, A. Mohan, H. S. Balyan, P. K. Gupta

    Comparative analysis of Australian and Canadian barleys for seed dormancy and malting quality
    Xiao-Qi Zhang, Sharon Westcott, Joe Panozzo, Mehmet Cakir, Stefan Harasymow

    Grain dormancy QTL identified in a doubled haploid barley population derived from two non-dormant parents
    L. T. Hickey, W. Lawson, V. N. Arief, G. Fox, J. Franckowiak, M. J. Dieters

    Seed development-related expression of ARGONAUTE4_9 class of genes in barley: possible role in seed dormancy
    Manjit Singh, Jaswinder Singh

    Stability of genome-wide QTL effects on malt ?-amylase activity in a barley doubled-haploid population
    R.-C. Yang, B. J. Ham

    Ant28 gene for proanthocyanidin synthesis encoding the R2R3 MYB domain protein (Hvmyb10) highly affects grain dormancy in barley
    Eiko Himi, Yuko Yamashita, Naoto Haruyama, Takashi Yanagisawa

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Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - 55 (5), 2012

Contents:

 Agriculture, Agribusiness and Biotechnology
    
 Changes in hyphal morphology due to chitosan treatment in some fungal species
Oliveira Junior, Enio Nazaré de; Melo, Itamar Soares de; Franco, Telma Teixeira

 Determination of optimal condition to obtain the bromelain from pineapple plants produced by micropropagation
Leite, Nadjma Souza; Lima, Aloísio André Bomfim de; Santana, José Carlos Curvelo; Lopes, Francisco Luiz Gumes; Lédo, Ana da Silva; Tambourgi, Elias Basile; Souza, Roberto Rodrigues de

 Endophytic fungi occurring in Ipomoea carnea tissues and their antimicrobial potentials
Tayung, Kumanand; Sarkar, Meenakshi; Baruah, Paran

 Germination, carbohydrate composition and vigor of cryopreserved Caesalpinia echinata seeds
Zanotti, Rafael Fonseca; Motta, Ludymila Brandao; Bragatto, Juliano; Labate, Carlos Alberto; Salomao, Antonieta Nassif; Vendrame, Wagner A.; Cuzzuol, Geraldo Rogerio Faustini

 Partial characterization of an inulinase produced by Aspergillus japonicus URM5633
Silva, Anna Carolina da; Queiroz, Alana Emilia Soares de França; Porto, Tatiana Souza; Spier, Michele Rigon; Soccol, Carlos Ricardo; Porto, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo; Souza-Motta, Cristina Maria; Moreira, Keila Aparecida

 Proximate composition, minerals and fatty acid composition of Juglans regia L. genotypes and cultivars grown in Turkey
Yerlikaya, Cemile; Yucel, Sevil; Erturk, Ümran; Korukluoglu, Mihriban

 Human and Animal Health
    
 Effect of probiotic administration on the immune response: a systematic review of experimental models in rats
Silva, Viviam de Oliveira; Foureaux, Renata de Carvalho; Araujo, Thiago Santos; Peconick, Ana Paula; Zangeronimo, Marcio Gilberto; Pereira, Luciano José

 Effect of oral supplementation of the linoleic and gammalinolenic acids on the diabetic pregnant rats
Consonni, Marcos; Damasceno, Débora Cristina; Kempinas, Wilma De Grava; Nassr, Azize Cristina Capelli; Volpato, Gustavo Tadeu; Dallaqua, Bruna; Iessi, Isabela Lovizutto; Saito, Felipe Hiroshi; Calderon, Iracema Mattos Paranhos; Rudge, Marilza Vieira Cunha

 Biological and Applied Sciences
    
 Correlation between the length and weight of Arius maculatus off the southwestern coast of Taiwan
Chu, Wu-Shan; Hou, Yi-You; Ueng, Yih-Tsong; Wang, Jiang-Ping

 Cuticle of 'Gala' and 'Galaxy' apples cultivars under different environmental conditions
Tessmer, Magda Andréia; Antoniolli, Lucimara Rogéria; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz

 Floristic survey of the herbaceous-shrub layer of a gallery forest in Alto Paraíso de Goiás - GO, Brazil
Chaves, Eduardo; Soares-Silva, Lucia Helena

 Mortality of Oryzophagus oryzae (Costa Lima, 1936) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae Exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis and Extracts of Melia azedarach
Berlitz, Diouneia Lisiane; Azambuja, Aline Oliboni de; Sebben, Alessandra; Oliveira, Jaime Vargas de; Fiuza, Lidia Mariana

 Stage preference and functional response of Rhynocoris longifrons (Stal) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on three hemipteran cotton pests
Sahayaraj, Kitherian; Kalidas, Subramanian; Tomson, Majesh

 Food/Feed Science and Technology
    
 Fresh pasta production enriched with Spirulina platensis biomass
Lemes, Ailton Cesar; Takeuchi, Katiuchia Pereira; Carvalho, Joao Carlos Monteiro de; Danesi, Eliane Dalva Godoy

  Optimizing dehydration of apples Malus Domestica with fructo-oligosaccharide incorporation
Egea, Mariana Buranelo; Silva, Rui Sérgio Souza Ferreira da; Yamashita, Fábio; Borsato, Dionísio

 Influence of osmotic dehydration on ascorbic acid loss in pickled dry peppers (Capsicum chinense)
Silva, Tissiane Mayara da; Argandona, Eliana Janet Sanjinez; Madrona, Grasiele Scaramal; Moraes, Izabel Cristina Freitas; Haminiuk, Charles Windson Isidoro; Branco, Ivanise Guilherme

 Engineering, Technology and Techniques
    
 Evaluation of oat hull hemicellulosic hydrolysate fermentability employing Pichia stipitis
Chaud, Luciana Cristina Silveira; Silva, Débora Danielle Virgínio da; Mattos, Rafael Taino de; Felipe, Maria das Graças de Almeida

 Environmental Sciences
    
 Evaluation of microorganisms with sulfidogenic metabolic potential under anaerobic conditions
Sakamoto, Isabel Kimiko; Maintinguer, Sandra Imaculada; Hirasawa, Julia Sumiko; Adorno, Maria Angela Tallarico; Varesche, Maria Bernadete Amâncio

 Factors influencing crude oil biodegradation by Yarrowia lipolytica
Ferreira, Tatiana Felix; Coelho, Maria Alice Zarur; Rocha-Leao, Maria Helena Miguez da

 Production of amylase from Streptomyces sp. SLBA-08 strain using agro-industrial by-products
Santos, Édilla Ribeiro dos; Teles, Zozilene Nascimento Santos; Campos, Núria Mariana; Souza, Diogo Angeli Jacinto de; Bispo, Aline Simoes da Rocha; Nascimento, Rodrigo Pires do

  
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American Journal of Botany 99 (5), 2012
American Journal of Botany 99 (4), 2012

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - 55 (3), 2012

Contents:

 Agriculture, Agribusiness and Biotechnology
    
 Efficient Regeneration of Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus grandis from Stem Segment
Ouyang, Lejun; Huang, Zhenchi; Zhao, Longyan; Sha, Yuee; Zeng, Fuhua; Lu, Xiangyang

 Micropropagation of an elite F1 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) hybrid from the shoot tip of field grown plants
Khalekuzzaman, Mohammad; Khatun, Marufa; Rashid, Mohammad Harunur; Sheikh, Mominul Islam; Sharmin, Shamima Akhtar; Alam, Iftekhar

 Patent application in biotechnology at subclass C12N in Brazil at the period of 2001 to 2005
Buttow, Mônica Elisa; Steindel, Mário

 Phenotypic Diversity of Apple (Malus sp.) Germplasm in South Serbia
Mratinić, Evica; Akšić, Milica Fotirić

 Relationships of photosynthetic photon flux density, air temperature and humidity with tomato leaf diffusive conductance and temperature
Righi, Evandro Zanini; Buriol, Galileo Adeli; Angelocci, Luiz Roberto; Heldwein, Arno Bernardo; Tazzo, Ivonete Fátima

 Human and Animal Health
    
 Comparison between deep intracornual artificial insemination (dIAI) and conventional artificial insemination (AI) using low concentration of spermatozoa in beef cattle
Meirelles, Ciro; Kozicki, Luiz Ernandes; Weiss, Romildo Romualdo; Segui, Marcio Saporski; Souza, Antonio; Santos, Ivo Walter dos; Breda, Jose Carlos dos Santos

 Detection of Lsr2 gene of Mycobacterium leprae in nasal mucus
Custodio, Luiz Antonio; Saito, Alexandre; Amarante, Marla Karine; Fujita, Thiago Cezar; Perim, Aparecida de Lourdes; Costa, Ivete Conchon; Felipe, Ionice; Jankevicius, Shiduca Itow

 Determination of eye irritation potential of low-irritant products: comparison of in vitro results with the in vivo draize rabbit test
Nóbrega, Andréa Martins da; Alves, Eloisa Nunes; Presgrave, Rosaura de Farias; Costa, Rodrigo Netto; Delgado, Isabella Fernandes

 Infliximab treatment prevents hyperglycemia and the intensification of hepatic gluconeogenesis in an animal model of high fat diet-induced liver glucose overproduction
Haida, Karissa Satomi; Bertachini, Gabriela; Tavoni, Thauany; Guilhermetti, Márcio; Loures, Marco Rocha; Bazotte, Roberto Barbosa

 Biological and Applied Sciences
    
 Antifouling effect of bioactive compounds from marine sponge Acanthella elongata and different species of bacterial film on larval attachment of Balanus amphitrite (cirripedia, crustacea)
Ganapiriya, Viswambaran; Maharajan, Athisuyambulingam; Kumarasamy, Pothiappan

 Interannual and seasonal variability of macroinvertebrates in monsoonal climate streams
Mesa, Leticia Mariana

 Physiological Responses of Callus from Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex. Hook f. to Gamma Irradiation
Hasbullah, Nor Azlina; Taha, Rosna Mat; Saleh, Azani; Mohamed, Normadiha

 Tolerance of Anadenanthera peregrina to Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus grandis essential oil as condition for mixed plantation
Duarte, Neimar de Freitas; Karam, Decio; Bucek, Elizabeth Uber; Muzzi, Maria Rita Scotti

 Food/Feed Science and Technology
    
 Advantages and Applications of Cryopreservation in Fisheries Science
Tsai, S.; Lin, C.

 Antimicrobial activity of lactic acid bacteria and the spectrum of their biopeptides against spoiling germs in foods
Djadouni, Fatima; Kihal, Mebrouk

 Ractopamine as a metabolic modifier feed additive for finishing pigs: a review
Almeida, Vivian Vezzoni de; Nunez, Amoracyr José Costa; Miyada, Valdomiro Shigueru

 Engineering, Technology and Techniques
    
 Fast assessment of mineral constituents in grass by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry
Santos, Éder José dos; Baika, Loana Mara; Herrmann, Amanda Beatriz; Kulik, Suzete; Sato, Charyane Satie; Santos, Arlene Bispo dos; Curtius, Adilson José

 Viability in the production of a drug extracted from Ananas comosus by a flat membrane system
Lopes, Francisco Luiz Gumes; Sbruzzi, Dalva; Barros, Kleber Vanio Gomes; Ferreira, Juliana Ferrari; Santana, José Carlos Curvelo; Souza, Roberto Rodrigues de; Tambourgi, Elias Basile

 Environmental Sciences
    
 Decolourization of textile dye effluent by non-viable biomass of Aspergillus fumigatus
Kalaiarasi, K.; Lavanya, A.; Amsamani, S.; Bagyalakshmi, G.

 Using fluid bed granulation to improve the dissolution of poorly water-soluble drugs
Takahashi, Andrea Ikeda; Lourenço, Felipe Rebello; Duque, Marcelo Dutra; Consiglieri, Vladi Olga; Ferraz, Humberto Gomes

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1-7), 2012

African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Chiraz Chaffei Haouari, Afef Hajjaji Nasraoui, Donia Bouthour, Maaroufi Dghimi Houda, Chiraz Ben Daieb, Jamel Mnai and Houda Gouia

Response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) to cadmium toxicity: Growth, element uptake, chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rate

     
Adenike A. O. Ogunshe, Zibi M. Johnny and Amala O. Arinze

Effects of food spices on Gram-negative food indicator bacteria from some Nigerian ethnic fermented plant food condiments

     
Ipou Ipou J., Koffi K. A. D., Ouattara D and N’Guessan K. E.

Vegetation and flora dynamic of the fallow of the national centre of  floristic (NCF) of Cocody-Abidjan University (Ivory Coast)


Nasrullah Khan

A community analysis of Quercus baloot Griff, forest District Dir, Upper Pakistan

     
Lwandiso Dyubeni and Lisa V. Buwa

Foliar micromorphology of Salvia greggii A. Gray (Lamiaceae)

     
Salah Balla M. Ahmed and Abubakri F. Ahmed

Genotype × season interaction and characters association of some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes under rain-fed conditions of Sudan

      
T. I. Borokini and A. E. Ayodele

Pollen morphology of Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze in Nigeria

      

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (2), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Tamal Chakraborty, Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal Parui

Studies on the prospects and some problems of sand dune vegetation at the fragile coastal zones of West Bengal and Orissa, in Eastern India

      
Aluko Olubunmi A., Chikoye D. and Smith Muftau A. K.

Effect of soybean (Glycine max) leaf extracts on germination and early growth of speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Reauschel

     
Mahmut Dogan

Investigation of the effect of salt stress on the antioxidant enzyme activities on the young and old leaves of Salsola (Stenoptera) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

    
M. Sharrifmoghaddasi

Study on florets harvest effects on grain and oil yields and their components in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

     
Yoseph Beyene, Stephen Mugo, Tadele Tefera, James Gethi, John Gakunga, Samuel Ajanga, Haron Karaya, Ruth Musila, Wilson Muasya, Regina Tende and Stephen Njoka

Yield stability of stem borer resistant maize hybrids evaluated in regional trials in east Africa

       
Olawuyi O. J., Ezekiel-Adewoyin D. T., Odebode, A. C., Aina. D. A. and Esenbamen. G. E.

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (Glomus clarum) and organomineral fertilizer on growth and yield performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

      
Mohamad Pirigharnaei Samad Zare,Reza Heidary, Jalil Khara and Reza EmamaliSabzi

Determination and comparing of the essential oil components in wild and cultivated populations of Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen

      
Xavier Mhike, Patrick Okori, Cosmos Magorokosho and Thokozile Ndlela

Validation of the use of secondary traits and selection indices for drought tolerance in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

       
Aikpokpodion P. O. and Edet O. U.

Karyotype characterization of Platostoma africanum P. Beauv. in Southeastern Nigeria

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (3), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Muhammad S. A., Malik Z. H., Malik N. Z. and Sadia M. A

The position of Pinus roxburghii in the forests of Kotli hills, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

    
Gidey Yirga, Mekonen Teferi, Gebrerufael Gidey and Samuel Zerabruk

An ethnoveterinary survey of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases in Seharti-Samre district, northern Ethiopia

      
Ncube Lindani and Calistus Bvenura

Effects of the integrated use of effective micro-organisms, compost and mineral fertilizer on greenhouse-grown tomato

       
Maria Goss

A study of the initial establishment of multi - purpose moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) at various plant densities, their effect on biomass accumulation and leaf yield when grown as vegetable

     
J. Karanja, S. Nguluu and M. Gatheru

Farm yard manure reduces the virulence of Alectra vogelii (Benth) on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)


M. K. Abdurakhimov

Growing ecologically clean potato seed material


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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (4), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Fatemeh Ahmadloo, Masoud Tabari, Hamed Yousefzadeh, Yahya Kooch and Ahmad Rahmani

Effects of soil nutritional status on seedling nursery performance of Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica var arizonica Greene) and Medite cypress (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizantalis (Mill.) Gord)

       
David Akpoebi Akpuluma and Charles Chukwumah Opara

Determination of the characteristics of plant exudates from selected tropical trees and unripe fruits

      
P. E. Norman, P. Tongoona and P. E. Shanahan

Diversity in chromosome number and raphide morphology of yam (Dioscorea spp.) genotypes from Sierra Leone

      
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (5), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Alamu L. O., Ojo A. O. and Ogunesan B. A.

Effect of oil types as pollutants on physiognomic characteristics of Gmelina arborea in the tropical rainforest zone of Nigeria

       
D. Oppong-Sekyere, R. Akromah, E. Y. Nyamah, E. Brenya and S. Yeboah

Evaluation of some okra (Abelmoschus spp L.) germplasm in Ghana

   
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (6), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sushma Koul, Arun Kumar , M. K. Kaul, A. S. Soodan and S. N. Raina

Assessment and characterization of genetic diversity in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

      
Dereje Ademe, Derbew Belew and Getachew Tabor

Influence of bulb topping and intra row spacing on yield and quality of some shallot (Allium Cepa Var. Aggregatum) varieties at Aneded woreda, western Amhara


Fatemeh Zarinkamar, Maryam Ghannadnia and Raheem Haddad

Limonene synthase gene expression under different concentrations of manganese in Cuminum cyminum L.

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (7), 2012



Contents:

Review

 
Farhood Golmohammadi and Mohammad Karim Motamed

A viewpoint toward farm management and importance of barberry in sustainable rural livelihood in desert regions in east of Iran

      
Research Articles

 
Abdulrahim Aljamal, Abdallah Ibrahim, Mohammad A. Al-Fararjeh and Taha Alqadi

Effects of rosemary on lipid profile in diabetic rats

       
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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2-4), 2011

Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2), 2011


Contents:

Filogenia de hongos roya (Uredinales) en la zona andina colombiana mediante el uso de secuencias del ADN ribosomal 28S
Zuluaga, Catalina; Buriticá, Pablo; Marín, Mauricio

Macrophytes in the upper Paraná river floodplain: checklist and comparison with other large South American wetlands
Alves Ferreira, Fernando; Mormul, Roger Paulo; Thomaz, Sidinei Magela; Pott, Arnildo; Pott, Vali Joana

Ultraestructura de la epidermis foliar de Zeugites (Poaceae: Panicoideae)
Soriano, Ana María; Terrazas, Teresa; Dávila, Patricia

Phenotypic plasticity of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae) in wild populations of mountain forests in Colombia
Ligarreto, Gustavo A; Patino, Maria del Pilar; Magnitskiy, Stanislav V

Composición química de los aceites esenciales de las hojas de Helicteres guazumifolia (Sterculiaceae), Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae), Scoparia dulcis (Arecaceae) y Solanum subinerme (Solanaceae), recolectadas en Sucre, Venezuela
Ordaz, Gabriel; D’Armas, Haydelba; Yánez, Dayanis; Moreno, Shailili

Effect of sucrose and methyl jasmonate on biomass and anthocyanin production in cell suspension culture of Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomaceae)
Suan See, Koay; Bhatt, Arvind; Lai Keng, Chan

Genetic molecular analysis of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) hybrids using SRAP markers
Kumar Mishra, Manoj; Suresh, Narayana; Bhat, Asha M.; Suryaprakash, Nayani; Satheesh Kumar, Saya; Kumar, Anil; Jayarama

Biología pesquera de la langosta Panulirus gracilis en Playa Lagarto, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Naranjo Madrigal, Helven

Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Penas Blancas, Costa Rica
Guevara Mora, Meyer

La pesquería de tiburones oceánicos-costeros en los litorales de Colima, Jalisco y Michoacán
Cruz, Angélica; Soriano, Sandra R.; Santana, Heriberto; Ramírez, Cecilia E.; Valdez, Juan J.

Reproductive biology of common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Perciformes: Centropomidae) in two tropical habitats
Perera-García, Martha A.; Mendoza-Carranza, Manuel; Contreras-Sánchez, Wilfrido M.; Huerta-Ortíz, Maricela; Pérez-Sánchez, Eunice

Caracterización cariotípica en mitosis y meiosis del robalo blanco Centropomus undecimalis (Pisces: Centropomidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Indy, Jeane R.; Ahumada-Hernández, Rosa I.; Barragán-Cupido, Helen; Ávalos-Lázaro, Antonieta A.; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón

Ictiofauna de los humedales del río San Pedro, Balancán, Tabasco, México
Castillo-Domínguez, Alfonso; Barba Macías, Everardo; Navarrete, Alberto de Jesús; Rodiles-Hernández, Rocío; Jiménez Badillo, María de Lourdes

Morfología de las especies de Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), grupo heterorhabdus, en Colombia
García-Alzate, Carlos A.; Ruiz-C, Raquel I.; Román-Valencia, César; González, Melissa I.; Lopera, Diana X.

Diet, reproduction and population structure of the introduced Amazonian fish Cichla piquiti (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir (Paranaíba River, central Brazil)
Ferraz Luiz, Tatiane; Roquetti Velludo, Marcela; Carvalho Peret, Alberto; Rodrigues Filho, Jorge Luiz; Moldenhauer Peret, André

Estructura y la ultraestructura del ovario de Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Viedma, Rubí; Franco, Jonathan; Bedia, Carlos; Guedea Fernández, Guadalupe; Barrera Villa Zevallos, Héctor; Barrera Escorcia, Héctor

Bacterial infection of mudfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) fingerlings in tropical nursery ponds
Ikpi, Gabriel; Offem, Benedict

Edad y crecimiento del híbrido de tilapia Oreochromis niloticus x Oreochromis aureus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en la represa “Zimapán” Hidalgo, México
Gómez-Ponce, M. A.; Granados-Flores, K.; Padilla, C.; López-Hernández, M.; Núnez-Nogueira, G.

Patrones de crecimiento postnatal en ocho especies de garzas (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae)
Denis Ávila, Dennis

Sex determination in Turdus amaurochalinus (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): morphometrical analysis supported by CHD gene
de Andrade Silva, Katyucha Von Kossel; Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele; Alves, Maria Alice S.

Caracterización molecular de poblaciones venezolanas de Sigmodon hirsutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Lessmann, Janeth; Arrivillaga, Jazzmín; Aguilera, Marisol

Interpretación fitosociológica de la vegetación de las lomas del desierto peruano
Galán de Mera, Antonio; Linares Perea, Eliana; Campos de la Cruz, José; Vicente Orellana, José Alfredo

Identificación de las prioridades de conservación de la biodiversidad marina y costera en Costa Rica
Alvarado, Juan José; Herrera, Bernal; Corrales, Lenin; Asch, Jenny; Paaby, Pía

Distribución y densidad de dos especies de holoturoideos en la isla de Cubagua, Venezuela
Tagliafico, Alejandro; Rangel, María Salomé; Rago, Néstor

Influencia de las macrófitas sobre la estructura poblacional de rotíferos y microscrustáceos en un plano de inundación tropical
Villabona-González, Silvia Lucía; Aguirre R, Néstor Jaime; Estrada P, Ana Lucía

Monitoreo de la ictiofauna usando grupos taxonómicos superiores en el Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo, México
Saldívar-Lucio, Romeo; Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor

Population parameters of the Pacific flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus currani (Perciformes: Gerreidae) captured by shrimp trawling fishery in the Gulf of California
López-Martínez, Juana; Rodríguez-Romero, Jesús; Hernández-Saavedra, Norma Y; Herrera-Valdivia, Eloisa

Air pollution in a tropical city: the relationship between wind direction and lichen bio-indicators in San José, Costa Rica
Neurohr Bustamante, Erich; Monge-Nájera, Julián; González Lutz, María Isabel

Abundancia relativa y uso de microhábitat de la rana Geobatrachus walkeri (Anura: Strabomantidae) en dos hábitats en Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Martínez Banos, Vera; Pacheco Florez, Vanesa; Ramírez-Pinilla, Martha P

Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae)
Castellanos, Maria Clara; Stevenson, Pablo R.

Diversidad alfa y beta de la comunidad de reptiles en el complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, Colombia
Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián

Traffic noise affects forest bird species in a protected tropical forest
Arévalo, J. Edgardo; Newhard, Kimberly



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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (3), 2011


Contents:

Which statistics should tropical biologists learn?
Loaiza Velásquez, Natalia; González Lutz, María Isabel; Monge-Nájera, Julián

Viruses, definitions and reality
Herrero-Uribe, Libia

Sobre terminología errónea en publicaciones entomológicas
Hilje, Luko

Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis soil isolates from Cuba, with insecticidal activity against mosquitoes
González, Aileen; Díaz, Raúl; Díaz, Manuel; Borrero, Yainais; Bruzón, Rosa Y; Carreras, Bertha; Gato, René

Caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de doce rizobios aislados de diversas regiones geográficas de Venezuela
Marquina, María Eugenia; González, Néstor Enrique; Castro, Yulimar

Diversidad de helechos y licófitas de la Reserva Natural Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Giudice, Gabriela E; Ramos Giacosa, Juan Pablo; Luján Luna, María; Yanez, Agustina; de la Sota, Elías R

Anatomía foliar comparada y relaciones filogenéticas de 11 especies de Laeliinae con énfasis en Brassavola (Orchidaceae)
Noguera-Savelli, Eliana; Jáuregui, Damelis

Germination and soil seed bank traits of Podocarpus angustifolius (Podocarpaceae): an endemic tree species from Cuban rain forests
Ferrandis, Pablo; Bonilla, Marta; Osorio, Licet del Carmen

Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation
Bueno, Andrea; Baruch, Zdravko

In vitro rescue of interspecific embryos from Elaeis guineensis x E. oleifera (Arecaceae)
da Silva Angelo, Paula Cristina; Cardoso Moraes, LarissaAlexandra; Lopes, Ricardo; Reis Sousa, Nelcimar; Vieira da Cunha, Raimundo Nonato; Caetano Quisen, Regina

Antioxidant and antitopoisomerase activities in plant extracts of some Colombian flora from La Marcada Natural Regional Park
Nino, Jaime; Correa, YanedMilena; Cardona, GermánDavid; Mosquera, Oscar Marino

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda) in the endangered fish Profundulus hildebrandi (Cyprinodontiformes), Mexico
Velázquez-Velázquez, Ernesto; González-Solís, David; Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo

Lepidochitona bullocki, una nueva especie de quitón (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) del Caribe colombiano
García-Ríos, Cedar I.

Geographical variation in the genetic diversity and composition of the endangered Queen Conch Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) from Yucatán, México
Pérez-Enriquez, Ricardo; Garcia-Rodriguez, Francisco Javier; Mendoza-Carrion, Gabriela; Padilla, Claudia

Diversidad genética de dos poblaciones del caracol Strombus gigas (Gastropoda: Strombidae) en Yucatán, México, con microsatélite
Zamora-Bustillos, Roberto; Rodríguez-Canul, Rossanna; García de León, Francisco J; Tello Cetina, Jorge

Molluscan assemblage from a tropical intertidal estuarine sand-mud flat, Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific, Costa Rica (1984-1987)
Vargas-Zamora, José A; Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A

Influence of Diadema antillarum populations (Echinodermata: Diadematidae) on algal community structure in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
Blanco, Félix Martín; Clero Alonso, Lídice; González Sansón, Gaspar; Pina Amargós, Fabián

Distribución y taxonomía de Pyrgophorus platyrachis (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), en el Sistema de Maracaibo, Venezuela
Nava, Mario; Severeyn, Héctor; Machado, Nakary

Intraspecific non-sexual interactions of Grammostola schulzei (Araneae: Theraphosidae) under laboratory conditions
Ferretti, Nelson E; Pérez-Miles, Fernando

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Martín García Island, Argentina
Ronderos, María M; Marino, Pablo I.; Díaz, Florentina; Estévez, Ana L

Trophic levels of fish species of commercial importance in the Colombian Caribbean
García, Camilo B; Contreras, Cristian Camilo

Sistemática del pez Petenia splendida (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en el lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala
Méndez, Anaitté; García, María-Elena; Lozano, Lourdes

Variación espacial y temporal en la composición de la dieta de peces invertívoros en un río neotropical, Venezuela
Ortaz, Mario; Martín, Ricardo; López-Ordaz, Adriana

Condition factor and diet of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and Chrysichthys auratus (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Aiba Reservoir, Iwo, Nigeria
Atobatele, Oluwatosin Ebenezer; Ugwumba, Alex Obih

Digestive tract morphology of the Neotropical piscivorous fish Cichla kelberi(Perciformes: Cichlidae) introduced into an oligotrophic Brazilian reservoir
Gonzalez Neves dos Santos, Alejandra Filippo; Neves dos Santos, Luciano; Gerson Araújo, Francisco

External parasites of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes): identification in an ex situ population from Mexico
de Oliveira, JaquelineB; Santos, Tiziano; Vaughan, Christopher; Santiago, Heber

Health of an ex situ population of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes) in Mexico: diagnosis of internal parasites
Anonym

Population density of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the Cananéia region, Southeastern Brazil
Havukainen, Liisa; de Araujo Monteiro Filho, Emygdio Leite; de Fatima Filla, Gislaine

Hábitos alimentarios del Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) en el Parque Nacional Natural Puracé, Colombia
Hernández-Guzmán, Andrés; Payán, Esteban; Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio

Prevalence of Colacium vesiculosum (Colaciales: Euglenophyceae) on planktonic crustaceans in a subtropical shallow lake of Argentina
Zalocar, Yolanda; Frutos, Santa Margarita; Casco, Sylvina Lorena; Forastier, Marina Elizabet; Vallejos, Silvina Vanesa

Relación entre suelos y estructura del bosque en la Amazonía colombiana
Calle-Rendón, Bayron R; Moreno, Flavio; Cárdenas-López, Dairon

Restauración ecológica de bosques tropicales en Costa Rica: efecto de varios modelos en la producción, acumulación y descomposición de hojarasca
Celentano, Danielle; Zahawi, Rakan A; Finegan, Bryan; Casanoves, Fernando; Ostertag, Rebecca; Cole, Rebecca J; Holl, Karen D

Recuperación de la biomasa mediante la sucesión secundaria, Cordillera Central de los Andes, Colombia
del Valle, Jorge Ignacio; Restrepo, Héctor Iván; Londono, Mónica María

Sincronía reproductiva interpoblacional de Agave cocui (Agavaceae) en Venezuela
Figueredo, Carmen J; Villegas, José Luis; Nassar, Jafet M

Structure of mixed ombrophyllous forests with Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) under external stress in Southern Brazil
Vibrans, Alexander C; Sevegnani, Lúcia; Uhlmann, Alexandre; Schorn, Lauri A; Sobral, Marcos G; de Gasper, André L; Lingner, Débora V; Brogni, Eduardo; Klemz, Guilherme; Godoy, Marcela B; Verdi, Marcio

Paleoclima de La Guajira, Colombia; según los anillos de crecimiento de Capparis odoratissima (Capparidaceae)
Ramírez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle, Jorge Ignacio

The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows
Franceschini, María Celeste; De Wysiecki, María Laura; Poi de Neiff, Alicia; Galassi, María Eugenia; Solange Martínez, Fedra

Insect herbivores associated with Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae): responses of gall-forming and free-feeding insects to latitudinal variation
Fagundes, Marcílio; Wilson Fernandes, G

Indicadores ecológicos de hábitat y biodiversidad en un paisaje neotropical: perspectiva multitaxonómica
González-Valdivia, Noel; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Pozo, Carmen; Gordon Ferguson, Bruce; Rangel-Ruiz, Luis José; Arriaga-Weiss, Stefan Louis; Ponce-Mendoza, Alejandro; Kampichler, Christian


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Contents:

Local technicians in long-term research projects: evaluation of 25 years experience in an active tropical research station
Hurtado, Johanna; Clark, David B

Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I; Carrera-Parra, Luis F; de León-González, J. Angel

The Bobbit worm dilemma: a case for DNA (Reply to Salazar-Vallejo et al. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59-4: 1463-1474)
Schulze, Anja

Caracterización molecular y resistencia antimicrobiana de aislamientos de Clostridium perfringens de diferentes orígenes en Costa Rica
Gamboa-Coronado, María del Mar; Mau-Inchaustegui, Silvia; Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn

Government conservation policies on Mexican coastal areas: is "top-down" management working?
Nava, Héctor; Ramírez-Herrera, M. Teresa

Pastas de Rhodomonas salina (Cryptophyta) como alimento para Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera)
Guevara, Miguel; Bastardo, Leandro; Cortez, Roraysi; Arredondo-Vega, Bertha; Romero, Lolymar; Gómez, Patricia

Variación estacional de la composición proximal del mejillón Tagelus peruvianus (Bivalvia: Solecurtidae) del Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Fonseca Rodríguez, Cristian; Marín-Vindas, Carolina; Chavarría-Solera, Fabián; Cruz, Rafael A; Toledo Agüero, Pedro

Crecimiento del cangrejo Callinectes danae (Decapoda: Portunidae) de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Castillo, Jesylén; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo Walter

Grupos funcionales alimentarios de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en el río Gaira, Colombia
Rodríguez-Barrios, Javier; Ospina-Tórres, Rodulfo; Turizo-Correa, Rodrigo

Oligoneuria macabaiba sp. nov. (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Brazil
Gonçalves, Ines C; Da-Silva, Elidiomar R; Nessimian, Jorge L

Diversity and distribution of Odonata (Insecta) larvae along an altitudinal gradient in Coalcomán mountains, Michoacán, Mexico
Gómez-Anaya, José Antonio; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Bruce Campbell, William

Desarrollo post-embrionario, fecundidad y consumo de alimento de Dichroplus exilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) bajo condiciones controladas
Bardi, Christian; Mariottini, Yanina; De Wysiecki, Maria L; Lange, Carlos E

Diversity of galling insects in Styrax pohlii (Styracaceae): edge effect and use as bioindicators
Santos de Araújo, Walter; Rebouças Juliao, Genimar; Araújo Ribeiro, Bárbara; Portes Abraham Silva, Isadora; Baptista dos Santos, Benedito

Size, age and composition: characteristics of plant taxa as diversity predictors of gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Araújo, Walter S

Abundancia y distribución de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) y dispersión del dengue en Guasave Sinaloa, México
García, Cipriano; García, Lourdes; Espinosa-Carreón T, Leticia; Ley P, César

Five new species of the genus Sphelodon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Brazil with a key to the Neotropical species
Herrera, Andrés; Penteado-Dias, Angélica

Ground-foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rainfall effect on pitfall trapping in a deciduous thorn woodland (Caatinga), Northeastern Brazil
Nunes, Francyregis A; Martins Segundo, Glauco B; Vasconcelos, Yuri B; Azevedo, Raul; Quinet, Yves

Efecto de las aranas (Arachnida: Araneae) como depredadoras de insectos plaga en cultivos de alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (Fabaceae) en Argentina
Armendano, Andrea; González, Alda

A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
S. de Lucena, Carlos Alberto

Seasonal diet composition of Fundulus lima (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae) in two oasis systems of Baja California Sur, Mexico
Acosta Zamorano, Dinora; Ruiz Campos, Gorgonio; Andreu Soler, Asunción; Reyes Valdez, Claudia Alejandra

Larval development of Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Pisces: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions
Molina Arias, Alex

Changes in the fish community of the Kpong Headpond, lower Volta River, Ghana after 25 years of impoundment
Quarcoopome, Theodore; Amevenku, Francis; Ofori-Danson, Patrick

Prey selection by two benthic fish species in a Mato Grosso stream, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ferreira Rezende, Carla; Mazzoni, Rosana; Pellegrini Caramaschi, Érica; Rodrigues, Daniela; Moraes, Maíra

Age, growth and mortality of Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in the Mid-Cross River-Floodplain ecosystem, Nigeria
Idumah Okogwu, Okechukwu

Reproducción de Joturus pichardi y Agonostomus monticola(Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) en ríos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Eslava Eljaiek, Pedro; Díaz Vesga, Roy

Composición química del huevo de Tortuga Golfina Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) y su potencial como recurso alimenticio
Castro-González, María Isabel; Pérez-Gil Romo, Fernando

Temporal and spatial resource use by female three-toed sloths and their young in an agricultural landscape in Costa Rica
Ramirez, Oscar; Vaughan, Christopher; Herrera, Geovanny; Guries, Raymond

Murciélagos (Chiroptera: Mammalia) del Parque Nacional Yurubí, Venezuela: listado taxonómico y estudio comunitario
Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Machado, Marjorie; J. García, Franger; Ochoa, José

Estructura genética de un grupo de capibaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Rodentia: Hydrocheridae) en los Llanos orientales colombianos
Maldonado-Chaparro, Adriana; Bernal-Parra, Luz Mery; Forero-Acosta, Gustavo; Ruiz-Garcia, Manuel

A new hypothesis for the importance of seed dispersal in time
Guzmán, Adriana; Stevenson, Pablo R.

La comunidad orquideológica en la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario, Cuba
García-González, Alfredo; Pérez Márquez, Rolando

Estudio del crecimiento de Prioria copaifera (Caesalpinaceae) mediante técnicas dendrocronológicas
Giraldo Jiménez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle Arango, Jorge Ignacio

Morfología de esporas y sinangios en especies neotropicales del helecho Marattia (Marattiaceae)
Lavalle, María del Carmen; Mengascini, Adriana; Rodríguez, Mónica

Ontogenia de los estróbilos, desarrollo de los esporangios y esporogénesis de Equisetum giganteum (Equisetaceae) en los Andes de Colombia
Rincón Barón, Edgar Javier; Forero Ballesteros, Helkin Giovani; Gélvez Landazábal, Leidy Viviana; Torres, Gerardo Andrés; Rolleri, Cristina Hilda

Uso tradicional de plantas medicinales con acción diurética en el Municipio de Quemado de Güines, Cuba
Pérez Machín, Maykel; Sueiro, Mario L.; de la Cruz, Ania; Boffill, María A.; Morón, Francisco; Méndez, Orestes R.; Cárdenas, Jaqueline

Nutrient fluxes in litterfall of a secondary successional alluvial rain forest in Southern Brazil
Bergamini Scheer, Maurício; Gatti, Gustavo; Wisniewski, Celina

Ciclos biogeoquímicos en bosques naturales y plantaciones de coníferas en ecosistemas de alta montana de Colombia
León, Juan Diego; González, María Isabel; Gallardo, Juan Fernando

Can rice field channels contribute to biodiversity conservation in Southern Brazilian wetlands?
Maltchik, Leonardo; Rolon, Ana Silvia; Stenert, Cristina; Machado, Ibere Farina; Rocha, Odete

Seed germination and seedling growth of two Pseudobombax species (Malvaceae) with contrasting habitats from Brazilian Cerrado
Mendes-Rodrigues, Clesnan; Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio; Ranal, Marli Aparecida

Floristic composition and similarity of 15 hectares in Central Amazon, Brazil
Emidio da Silva, Kátia; Martins, Sebastiao Venancio; Alvares Soares Ribeiro, Carlos Antonio; Terra Santos, Nerilson; de Azevedo, Celso Paulo; de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia; do Amaral, Ieda Leao

Reproduction, pollination and seed predation of Senna multijuga (Fabaceae) in two protected areas in the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Wolowski, Marina; Freitas, Leandro

Errata
Paternal behavior and testosterone plasma levels in the Volcano Mouse Neotomodon alstoni (Rodentia: Muridae)
J, Luis; Ramírez, L; Carmona, A; Ortiz, G; Delgado, J; Cárdenas, R



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Contents:


Editorial Board

Editorial Board

Development of a nano-electrospray MSn method for the analysis of serotonin and related compounds in urine using a LTQ-orbitrap mass spectrometer
Merisa Moriarty, Mary Lehane, Brendan O’Connell, Helen Keeley, Ambrose Furey

At-line NIR spectroscopy as effective PAT monitoring technique in Mab cultivations during process development and manufacturing
Christian Hakemeyer, Ulrike Strauss, Silke Werz, Gledson E. Jose, Francisca Folque, Jose C. Menezes

Determination of pravastatin and pravastatin lactone in rat plasma and urine using UHPLC–MS/MS and microextraction by packed sorbent
Hana Vlčková, Martina Rabatinová, Alena Mikšová, Gabriela Kolouchová, Stanislav Mičuda, Petr Solich, Lucie Nováková

Determination of the absolute fluorescence quantum yield of rhodamine 6G with optical and photoacoustic methods – Providing the basis for fluorescence quantum yield standards
Christian Würth, Martín G. González, Reinhard Niessner, Ulrich Panne, Christoph Haisch, Ute Resch Genger

Electrochemical behaviour of polyphenol rich fruit juices using disposable screen-printed carbon electrodes: Towards a rapid sensor for antioxidant capacity and individual antioxidants
Jordi Giné Bordonaba, Leon A. Terry

Statistical analysis of wines using a robust compositional biplot
K. Hron, M. Jelínková, P. Filzmoser, R. Kreuziger, P. Bednář, P. Barták

Fabrication of ternary CNT/PPy/KxMnO2 composite nanowires for electrocatalytic applications
Tian Zheng, Xiaofeng Lu, Xiujie Bian, Chengcheng Zhang, Yanpeng Xue, Xiaoteng Jia, Ce Wang

Determination of cadmium in food samples by ID-ICP-MS with solid phase extraction for eliminating spectral-interferences
Yanbei Zhu, Koichi Chiba

Complexation of malic acid with cadmium(II) probed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Jana Jaklová Dytrtová, Michal Jakl, Detlef Schröder

Spectrophotometric and chromatographic determination of insensitive energetic materials: HNS and NTO, in the presence of sensitive nitro-explosives
Ziya Can, Ayşem Üzer, Yasemin Tekdemir, Erol Erçag, Lemi Türker, Reşat Apak

C18-coated stir bar sorptive extraction combined with high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of sulfonamides in milk and milk powder
Chunhe Yu, Bin Hu

Solid-phase spectrophotometric and test determination of silicate in natural water
Olga A. Zaporozhets, Julia P. Bas, Igor A. Kachan, Lionel S. Zinko, Valentyn I. Davydov

Electrocatalytic oxidation of NADH at electrogenerated NAD+ oxidation product immobilized onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes/ionic liquid nanocomposite: Application to ethanol biosensing
Hazhir Teymourian, Abdollah Salimi, Rahman Hallaj

Fast batch injection analysis system for on-site determination of ethanol in gasohol and fuel ethanol
Polyana F. Pereira, Mariana C. Marra, Rodrigo A.A. Munoz, Eduardo M. Richter

Mutual recognition of TNT using antibodies polymeric shell having CdS
Ridvan Say, Sibel Büyüktiryaki, Deniz Hür, Filiz Yilmaz, Arzu Ersöz

Towards reliable estimation of an “electronic tongue” predictive ability from PLS regression models in wine analysis
Dmitry Kirsanov, Olga Mednova, Vladimir Vietoris, Paul A. Kilmartin, Andrey Legin

Chemiluminescence determination of timolol maleate by gold nanoparticles-catalyzed luminol–N-bromosuccinimide system
Jianxiu Du, Jie Quan, Yadi Wang

Fast microextraction of phthalate acid esters from beverage, environmental water and perfume samples by magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Yan-Bo Luo, Qiong-Wei Yu, Bi-Feng Yuan, Yu-Qi Feng

Solvent extraction of rare-earth ions based on functionalized ionic liquids
Xiaoqi Sun, Huimin Luo, Sheng Dai

Calendar of forthcoming meetings


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (7-8), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (7), 2011



Contents:

Letters

Vania Yotova, Jean-Francois Lefebvre, Claudia Moreau, Elias Gbeha, Kristine Hovhannesyan, Stephane Bourgeois, Sandra Bédarida, Luisa Azevedo, Antonio Amorim, Tamara Sarkisian, Patrice Hodonou Avogbe, Nicodeme Chabi, Mamoudou Hama Dicko, Emile Sabiba Kou' Santa Amouzou, Ambaliou Sanni, June Roberts-Thomson, Barry Boettcher, Rodney J. Scott, and Damian Labuda
An X-Linked Haplotype of Neandertal Origin Is Present Among All Non-African Populations

Willie J. Swanson, Jan E. Aagaard, Victor D. Vacquier, Magnus Monné, Hamed Sadat Al Hosseini, and Luca Jovine
The Molecular Basis of Sex: Linking Yeast to Human

María Méndez-Lago, Casey M. Bergman, Beatriz de Pablos, Alan Tracey, Siobhan L. Whitehead, and Alfredo Villasante
A Large Palindrome With Interchromosomal Gene Duplications in the Pericentromeric Region of the D. melanogaster Y Chromosome


Research Articles

OraLee H. Branch, Patrick L. Sutton, Carmen Barnes, Juan Carlos Castro, Julie Hussin, Philip Awadalla, and Gisely Hijar
Plasmodium falciparum Genetic Diversity Maintained and Amplified Over 5 Years of a Low Transmission Endemic in the Peruvian Amazon

Simon H. Martin, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield, and Emma T. Steenkamp
Causes and Consequences of Variability in Peptide Mating Pheromones of Ascomycete Fungi

Masaya Hayashi, Brenda Schilke, Jaroslaw Marszalek (Jarosław Marszałek), Barry Williams, and Elizabeth A. Craig
Ancient Gene Duplication Provided a Key Molecular Step for Anaerobic Growth of Baker's Yeast

Andrew H. Lloyd and Jeremy N. Timmis
The Origin and Characterization of New Nuclear Genes Originating from a Cytoplasmic Organellar Genome

Michael L. Hayes and R. Michael Mulligan
Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Constrain Genome Evolution in Chloroplasts

Stefan J.Y. Laurent, Annegret Werzner, Laurent Excoffier, and Wolfgang Stephan
Approximate Bayesian Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Polymorphism Data Reveals a Recent Colonization of Southeast Asia

Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, and Jean-Yves Sire
The Evolution of Milk Casein Genes from Tooth Genes before the Origin of Mammals

Michelle Déquard-Chablat, Carole H. Sellem, Pawel Golik, Frédérique Bidard, Alexandre Martos, Mailis Bietenhader, Jean-Paul di Rago, Annie Sainsard-Chanet, Sylvie Hermann-Le Denmat, and Véronique Contamine
Two Nuclear Life Cycle–Regulated Genes Encode Interchangeable Subunits c of Mitochondrial ATP Synthase in Podospora anserina

Etienne Delannoy, Sota Fujii, Catherine Colas des Francs - Small, Mark Brundrett, and Ian Small
Rampant Gene Loss in the Underground Orchid Rhizanthella gardneri Highlights Evolutionary Constraints on Plastid Genomes

Courtney W. Stairs, Andrew J. Roger, and Vladimir Hampl
Eukaryotic Pyruvate Formate Lyase and Its Activating Enzyme Were Acquired Laterally from a Firmicute

Marc Gottschling, Markus Göker, Alexandros Stamatakis, Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds, Ingo Nindl, and Ignacio G. Bravo
Quantifying the Phylodynamic Forces Driving Papillomavirus Evolution

Nicholas Price, Reed A. Cartwright, Niv Sabath, Dan Graur, and Ricardo B.R. Azevedo
Neutral Evolution of Robustness in Drosophila microRNA Precursors

Eric Samarut, Ismail Amal, Gabriel V. Markov, Roland Stote, Annick Dejaegere, Vincent Laudet, and Cécile Rochette-Egly
Evolution of Nuclear Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha (RAR?) Phosphorylation Sites. Serine Gain Provides Fine-Tuned Regulation

Bradley R. Parry and Daniel H. Shain
Manipulations of AMP Metabolic Genes Increase Growth Rate and Cold Tolerance in Escherichia coli: Implications for Psychrophilic Evolution

Daniel P. Woods, Chelsea L. Hope, and Simon T. Malcomber
Phylogenomic Analyses of the BARREN STALK1/LAX PANICLE1 (BA1/LAX1) Genes and Evidence for Their Roles During Axillary Meristem Development

Mario dos Reis and Ziheng Yang
Approximate Likelihood Calculation on a Phylogeny for Bayesian Estimation of Divergence Times


Standing Material

Associate Editors
SMBE Editors and Council
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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (8), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Ivan Molineris, Elena Grassi, Ugo Ala, Ferdinando Di Cunto, and Paolo Provero
Evolution of Promoter Affinity for Transcription Factors in the Human Lineage

Carlos E. Arboleda-Bustos and Carmen Segarra
The Dca Gene Involved in Cold Adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster Arose by Duplication of the Ancestral regucalcin Gene

Benoit Nabholz, Axel Künstner, Rui Wang, Erich D. Jarvis, and Hans Ellegren
Dynamic Evolution of Base Composition: Causes and Consequences in Avian Phylogenomics

Sung K. Kim, Lucia Carbone, Celine Becquet, Alan R. Mootnick, David Jiang Li, Pieter J. de Jong, and Jeffrey D. Wall
Patterns of Genetic Variation Within and Between Gibbon Species

Andre G. Wallace, Don Detweiler, and Stephen W. Schaeffer
Evolutionary History of the Third Chromosome Gene Arrangements of Drosophila pseudoobscura Inferred from Inversion Breakpoints

Jeffrey D. Wall, Rong Jiang, Christopher Gignoux, Gary K. Chen, Celeste Eng, Scott Huntsman, and Paul Marjoram
Genetic Variation in Native Americans, Inferred from Latino SNP and Resequencing Data

Eric Y. Durand, Nick Patterson, David Reich, and Montgomery Slatkin
Testing for Ancient Admixture between Closely Related Populations

Bruno Nevado, Varvara Fazalova, Thierry Backeljau, Mark Hanssens, and Erik Verheyen
Repeated Unidirectional Introgression of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Between Four Congeneric Tanganyikan Cichlids

Yi-Wah Chan, Remus Mohr, Andrew D. Millard, Antony B. Holmes, Anthony W. Larkum, Anna L. Whitworth, Nicholas H. Mann, David J. Scanlan, Wolfgang R. Hess, and Martha R. J. Clokie
Discovery of Cyanophage Genomes Which Contain Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase

Alexander Nater, Pirmin Nietlisbach, Natasha Arora, Carel P. van Schaik, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Erik P. Willems, Ian Singleton, Serge A. Wich, Benoit Goossens, Kristin S. Warren, Ernst J. Verschoor, Dyah Perwitasari-Farajallah, Joko Pamungkas, and Michael Krützen
Sex-Biased Dispersal and Volcanic Activities Shaped Phylogeographic Patterns of Extant Orangutans (genus: Pongo)

Pierre Kerner, Sandie M. Degnan, Lauriane Marchand, Bernard M. Degnan, and Michel Vervoort
Evolution of RNA-Binding Proteins in Animals: Insights from Genome-Wide Analysis in the Sponge Amphimedon queenslandica

Huai-Chun Wang, Edward Susko, and Andrew J. Roger
Fast Statistical Tests for Detecting Heterotachy in Protein Evolution

Ruxandra I. Molnar, Gabi Bartelmes, Iris Dinkelacker, Hanh Witte, and Ralf J. Sommer
Mutation Rates and Intraspecific Divergence of the Mitochondrial Genome of Pristionchus pacificus

Chun-Long Chen, Lauranne Duquenne, Benjamin Audit, Guillaume Guilbaud, Aurélien Rappailles, Antoine Baker, Maxime Huvet, Yves d'Aubenton-Carafa, Olivier Hyrien, Alain Arneodo, and Claude Thermes
Replication-Associated Mutational Asymmetry in the Human Genome

Tobias Warnecke and Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Function-Specific Accelerations in Rates of Sequence Evolution Suggest Predictable Epistatic Responses to Reduced Effective Population Size

Chungoo Park and Jianzhi Zhang
Genome-Wide Evolutionary Conservation of N-Glycosylation Sites

Liang Yang and Brandon S. Gaut
Factors that Contribute to Variation in Evolutionary Rate among Arabidopsis Genes

Jana Szabová, Petr Růžička, Zdeněk Verner, Vladimír Hampl, and Julius Lukeš
Experimental Examination of EFL and MATX Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfers: Coexistence of Mutually Exclusive Transcripts Predates Functional Rescue

Rob M. de Graaf, Guenola Ricard, Theo A. van Alen, Isabel Duarte, Bas E. Dutilh, Carola Burgtorf, Jan W. P. Kuiper, Georg W. M. van der Staay, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, Martijn A. Huynen, and Johannes H. P. Hackstein
The Organellar Genome and Metabolic Potential of the Hydrogen-Producing Mitochondrion of Nyctotherus ovalis

Siu F. Lee, Ying Chen, Aiden K. Varan, Choon W. Wee, Lea Rako, Jason K. Axford, Robert T. Good, Mark J. Blacket, Caroline Reuter, Linda Partridge, and Ary A. Hoffmann
Molecular Basis of Adaptive Shift in Body Size in Drosophila melanogaster: Functional and Sequence Analyses of the Dca Gene

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The Evolutionary History of YAP and the Hippo/YAP Pathway

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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (3), 2011

Contents:

1. Determination of genetic diversity in the Vicia L. (section Vicia) by using SDS-PAGE
Irfan Emre

2. Molecular and morphological characterization of selected Mentha species
Zabta Khan Shinwari, Sidra Sultan and Tariq Mahmood

3. Petiole anatomy of some Lamiaceae taxa
Öznur Ergen Akçin, M. Sabri Özyurt and Gülcan Şenel

4. Ethnobotanical studies of some plants of Chagharzai valley, district Buner, Pakistan
Zaman Sher, Zaheer Ud Din Khan and Farrukh Hussain

5. Medicinal folk recipes used as traditional phytotherapies in district Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan
Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar and Said Ghulam

6. Assesment of iron, cobalt and manganese in soil and forage: A case study at a rural livestock farm in Sargodha, Pakistan Asia Fardous, Kafeel Ahmad, Sumaira Gondal, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Abid Ejaz and Ehsan Elahi Valeem

7. Effect of cadmium on growth, protein content and peroxidase activity in pea plants
Khadijeh Bavi, Bahman Kholdebarin and Ali Moradshahi

8. Effect of nitrogen application on yield and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Fazal Jalal, Mohammad Aman Khan and Sabir Gul Khattak

9. Impact of municipal wastewaters of Quetta city on some oilseed crops of Pakistan: Effects on biomass, physiology and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
Saeed-ur-Rehman Kakar, Abdul Wahid, Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Siraj Ahmad Kakar and Rukhsana Jabeen

10. Effects of different photoperiods on flowering time of qualitative long day ornamental annuals
Jalal-ud-Din Baloch, M. Munir, M. Abid and M. Iqbal

11. Morphochemical response of chaksu (Cassia absus L.) to different concentrations of indoleacetic acid (IAA)
Khalid Hussain, Mumtaz Hussain, Khalid Nawaz, Abdul Majeed and Khizar Hayat Bhatti

12. Wheat seed enhancement by vitamin and hormonal priming
Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Madhia Aman Gurchani, Mubshar Hussain, Shoaib Freed and Khalid Mahmood

13. Combined effects of pectic enzymes on the degradation of pectin polysaccharides of banana fruit
Guiping Cheng, Yueming Jiang, Yulong Chen, Shaoyu Yang, Shenggen He, Hong Liang and Xuewu Duan

14. Effects of stratification at different temperatures on the embryo differentiation and development of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis seeds
Yu Ye, Shu-Ying Chen, Li Wang, Yan-Qiong Yang and Chang-Ling Zhao

15. Foliar application of some essential minerals on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plant grown under two different salinity regimes
Mohammad Azeem and Rafiq Ahmad

16. Physiological and biochemical responses of the leaves of Verbascum wiedemannianum Fisch. & Mey. to cadmium
Yasemin Ozdener and H. Güray Kutbay

17. Drought tolerance indices and their correlation with yield in exotic wheat genotypes
Javed Anwar, Ghulam Mahboob Subhani, Makhdoom Hussain, Javed Ahmad, Mujahid Hussain and Muhammad Munir

18. Influence of phytohormone on the organogenesis of sugarcane
Nighat Seema, Fateh Chand Oad, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Shamssuddin Tunio, Mohammad Aquil Siddiqui, Shafquat Yasmin, Abdullah Khatri and Sajida Bibi

19. Relationship of coleoptile length and plant height in winter wheat accessions
Žilvinas Liatukas and Vytautas Ruzgas

20. Purification and characterization of extracellular lipases
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Rukhsana Jabeen and Ikram-ul-Haq

21. Evaluation of iron content in a potential fodder crop oat (Avena sativa L.) grown on soil treated with sugarcane filter cake
Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Shahneela Kashaf, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Qurainy, Muhammad Danish, Asia Fardous, Sumaira Gondal, Abid Ejaz and Ehsan Elahi Valeem

22. Root zone temperature influences nutrient accumulation and use in maize
Shahid Hussain and Muhammad Aamer Maqsood

23. Growth comparison of exotic species for green forage
Mohammad Akmal, Uzma Farid, M. Asim and Farhatullah

24. Compositional studies of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) cultivars commonly grown in Pakistan
M. Zia-ul-Haq, S. Ahmad, M. Aslam Shad, S. Iqbal, M. Qayum, A. Ahmad, D.L. Luthria and R. Amarowicz

25. Sustaining rice-wheat system through management of legumes: I. Effect of green manure legumes on rice yield and soil quality
Zahir Shah, S. Rashid Ahmad and Hidayat Ur Rahman

26. Generation mean analysis of yield components and yield in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
Jasmina Zdravković, Nenad Pavlović, Zdenka Girek, Milka Brdar-Jokanović, Dubravka Savić, Milan Zdravković and Dejan Cvikić

27. Effects of grape (Vitis labrusca B.) peel and seed extracts on phenolics, antioxidants and anthocyanins in grape juice
Kashif Ghafoor, Fahad Al-Juhaimi and Yong Hee Choi

28. Modulation of plant growth, water status and antioxidantive system of two maize (Zea may L.) cultivars induced by exogenous glycinebetaine under long term mild drought stress
Zhang Li-Xin, Gao Mei, Li Shiqing, Li Shengxiu and Liang Zongsuo

29. Evaluation of antidepressant-like effects of aqueous extract of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L. ssp. turkestanica) fruits in experimental models of depression
Farhat Batool, Aisha Kamal, Madiha Sattar, Asad Hussain Shah, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed, Zafar Saied Saify and Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem

30. Impact of different mulches on weed flora and yield of maize
Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Z. Ullah, G. Hassan, K.B. Marwat, Amanullah Jan, S.M.A Shah and Sheraz A. Khan

31. Impact of tillage, plant population and mulches on weed management and grain yield of maize
Bakhtiar Gul, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Muhammad Saeed, Zahid Hussain and Haidar Ali

32. Diversity in major seed storage proteins of rice landraces of Pakistan
Zahida Hassan Pervaiz, Sadia Tehrim, M. Ashiq Rabbani, M.S. Masood and Salman A. Malik

33. Authentication of Ruta graveolens and its adulterant using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (Please include my this paper in this issue)
Fahad Al-Qurainy, Salim Khan, M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Mohamed Tarroum and M. Ashraf

34. Is photothermal quotient determinant factor for spring wheat yield?
M. Ahmed, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Abdul Razzaq, M.N. Akram, M. Aslam, S. Ahmad and M. Zia-ul-Haq

35. Effect of planting methods on growth, phenology and yield of maize varieties
Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Shafi, Habib Rehman, Razi Uddin and Shazma Anwar

36. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of peanut’s skin, hull, raw kernel and roasted kernel flour
Mar Mar Win, Azizah Abdul-Hamid, Bablishah S. Baharin, Farooq Anwar, Mandumpal C. Sabu and Mohd S. Pak-Dek

37. Growth promoting activities of different Rhizobium spp. in wheat
Ijaz Mehboob, Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Muhammad Arshad, Asif Tanveer and Farooq-e-Azam

38. Salinity tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): Effects of varying NaCl, K+/Na+ and NaHCO3 levels on cultivars differing in tolerance
K. Mahmood

39. Certain growth related attributes of micropropagated banana under different salinity levels
Ikram-ul-Haq, Faheeda Soomro, Nazia Parveen, Muhammad Umar Dahot and Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar

40. Salinity induced metabolic changes in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seeds during germination
A. Shereen, R. Ansari, S. Raza, S. Mumtaz, M.A. Khan and M. Ali Khan

41. Isolation and characterization of phosphate solublizing bacteria from rhizosphere soil of weeds of Khewra Salt Range and Attock
Humaira Yasmin and Asghari Bano

42. Vegetation analysis and winter season carrying capacity of sub-tropical, sub-humid rangelands of Dhrabi watershed, Pakistan
Sana-ul-Haq, S.N. Mirza, S.M. Nizami, A. Khaliq Chaudhry, I.A. Khan and Rahmatullah Qureshi

43. Canonical correspondence analysis of the relationships of roadside vegetation to its edaphic factors: A case study of Lahore-Islamabad motorway (M-2)
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad

44. Floristic inventory of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Research Farm at Koont and its surrounding areas
Rahmatullah Qureshi, G.R. Bhatti and Ghulam Shabbir

45. Convolvulus scindicus: Conservation assessment and strategies to avoid extirpation
Haider Abbas and Muhammad Qaiser

46. Breeding and characterization of Homokaryotic heteroplasmic male sterile lines in rice (Oryza sativa)
Qiming Mei, Rong Xie, Chengyuan Liu, Xichang Zhou and Yingguo Zhu

47. Inheritance of lodging components in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
G.S.S. Khattak, I. Saeed and S. Rehman

48. Combining ability and heterotic studies through line × tester in local and exotic upland cotton genotypes
Huseyin Basal, Oner Canavar, Naqib Ullah Khan and Cem Serdar Cerit

49. Reaction of exotic and indigenous Capsicum genotypes against Pakistani isolates of chili veinal mottle virus
Hussain Shah, Tahira Yasmin, Muhammad Fahim, Shahid Hameed, Irfan-ul-Haque, Muhammad Munir and Khalil Ahmed Khanzada

50. Genetic potential and heritability studies for some polygenic traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Mushtaq Ahmad, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Sheraz Ahmed Khan, Iqbal Munir, Zarina Bibi and Salma Shaheen

51. Combining ability analysis in intra-specific F1 diallel cross of upland cotton
Sheraz Ahmed Khan, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmed Khan, Zarina Bibi and Imdad Ullah Khan

52. Virulence / aggressiveness testing of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryza isolates causes BLB disease in rice cultivars of Pakistan
Rukhsana Jabeen, Tehreema Iftikhar, Muhammad Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmad

53. Correlation and path analysis of grain yield and morphological traits in test–cross populations of maize
Zorana Sreckov, Aleksandra Nastasic, Jan Bocanski, Ivica Djalovic, Mirjana Vukosavljev and Bojan Jockovic

54. Novel protocol for albumin and globulin detection in Pisum sativum genotypes using Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
M. Nisar, A. Ghafoor, M.R. Khan, Saddrudine Siddiqui, Nasrullah Khan and Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui

55. Evaluation of Pakistani wheat germplasm for bread quality based on allelic variation in HMW glutenin subunits
Aqsa Tabasum, Nayyer Iqbal, Amjad Hameed and Rubina Arshad

56. Selection index based on performance and hybrid vigour over four generations and its relationship with diversity in eleven crosses of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper
Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Arshad

57. Bearing fruit by male Carica papaya similar to that of a female plant provides a potential source for understanding Homo sapiens evolution
Rajput Muhammed Tariq

58. Utilization of Cyanobacterium phormidium sp. to produce immobilized hybrid disc biosorbent for the removal of Cd2+ from aqueous solution
Muhammad Iqbal and Asma Saeed

59. Diversity of the genera of Chlorophyta in fresh waters of district Swat N.W.F.P. Pakistan
Asghar Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Muhammad Khan Leghari

60. Bacterial and toxic pollutants in lakes of river Indus
Humerah Bano Shafiq, Munazza Ajaz and Sheikh Ajaz Rasool

61. Antimicrobial screening of some plants of medicinal importance
Mehjabeen, Mansoor Ahmad, Noor Jahan, M. Zia-ul-Haq, S. Mehboob Alam, Asma Wazir and Saeedul-Hassan

62. Checklist of agarics of Kaghan valley
Kishwar Sultana, Chaudhary Abdul Rauf, Abid Riaz, Farah Naz, Gulshan Irshad and Muhammad Ifran ul Haque

63. Diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal morphology in some medicinal plants of family Lamiaceae
Tanvir Burni and Farrukh Hussain

64. Quick decline of mango in Pakistan: Survey and pathogenicity of fungi isolated from mango tree and bark beetle
Asad Masood, Shafqat Saeed, Silvaldo Felipe Da Silveira, Chrysantus Nges Akem, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Farooq

65. Detection of phytoplasma from diseased potato samples
Shamim Iftikhar and Fauqia Fahmeed


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 13 (1-2), 2012

Molecular Plant Pathology - 13 (1), 2012


Contents:

Pathogen profile


Grapevine powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator): a fascinating system for the study of the biology, ecology and epidemiology of an obligate biotroph (pages 1–16)

DAVID M. GADOURY, LANCE CADLE-DAVIDSON, WAYNE F. WILCOX, IAN B. DRY, ROBERT C. SEEM and MICHAEL G. MILGROOM


Original articles


454-pyrosequencing of Coffea arabica leaves infected by the rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix reveals in planta-expressed pathogen-secreted proteins and plant functions in a late compatible plant–rust interaction (pages 17–37)

DIANA FERNANDEZ, EMILIE TISSERANT, PEDRO TALHINHAS, HELENA AZINHEIRA, ANA VIEIRA, ANNE-SOPHIE PETITOT, ANDREIA LOUREIRO, JULIE POULAIN, CORINNE DA SILVA, MARIA DO CÉU SILVA and SÉBASTIEN DUPLESSIS


Analysis of the role of the coat protein N-terminal segment in Potato virus X virion stability and functional activity (pages 38–45)

ELENA LUKASHINA, ALEXANDER KSENOFONTOV, NATALIA FEDOROVA, GENNADY BADUN, ANNA MUKHAMEDZHANOVA, OLGA KARPOVA, NINA RODIONOVA, LYUDMILA BARATOVA and EVGENY DOBROV


Analysis of Arabidopsis JAZ gene expression during Pseudomonas syringae pathogenesis (pages 46–57)

AGNES J. DEMIANSKI, KWI MI CHUNG and BARBARA N. KUNKEL


CorA, the magnesium/nickel/cobalt transporter, affects virulence and extracellular enzyme production in the soft rot pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum (pages 58–71)

CALEB M. KERSEY, PAUL A. AGYEMANG and C. KORSI DUMENYO


Building a mutant resource for the study of disease resistance in rice reveals the pivotal role of several genes involved in defence (pages 72–82)

AMANDINE DELTEIL, MÉLISANDE BLEIN, ODILE FAIVRE-RAMPANT, AMIRA GUELLIM, JOAN ESTEVAN, JUDITH HIRSCH, ROSANGELA BEVITORI, CORINNE MICHEL and JEAN-BENOIT MOREL


Rice WRKY45 plays important roles in fungal and bacterial disease resistance (pages 83–94)

MASAKI SHIMONO, HIRONORI KOGA, AYA AKAGI, NAGAO HAYASHI, SHINGO GOTO, MIYUKI SAWADA, TAKAYUKI KURIHARA, AKANE MATSUSHITA, SHOJI SUGANO, CHANG-JIE JIANG, HISATOSHI KAKU, HARUHIKO INOUE and HIROSHI TAKATSUJI


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 13 (2), 2012




Contents:


Pathogen profile


Plasmodiophora brassicae: a review of an emerging pathogen of the Canadian canola (Brassica napus) crop (pages 105–113)

SHEAU-FANG HWANG, STEPHEN E. STRELKOV, JIE FENG, BRUCE D. GOSSEN and RON J. HOWARD


Original articles


Analysis of polymorphism and transcription of the effector gene Avr1b in Phytophthora sojae isolates from China virulent to Rps1b (pages 114–122)

LINKAI CUI, WEIXIAO YIN, SUOMENG DONG and YUANCHAO WANG


The tomato UV-damaged DNA-binding protein-1 (DDB1) is implicated in pathogenesis-related (PR) gene expression and resistance to Agrobacterium tumefaciens (pages 123–134)

JIKAI LIU, HANJING LI, MIN MIAO, XIAOFENG TANG, JIM GIOVANNONI, FANGMING XIAO and YONGSHENG LIU


Regulation of basal resistance by a powdery mildew-induced cysteine-rich receptor-like protein kinase in barley (pages 135–147)

CBGOWDA RAYAPURAM, MICHAEL K. JENSEN, FABIAN MAISER, JOHANNA VIKGREN SHANIR, HENRIK HORNSHOJ, JESPER H. RUNG, PER L. GREGERSEN, PATRICK SCHWEIZER, DAVID B. COLLINGE and MICHAEL F. LYNGKJAR


Characterization of polygenic resistance to powdery mildew in tomato at cytological, biochemical and gene expression level (pages 148–159)

CHENGWEI LI, LUIGI FAINO, LIN DONG, JUNMEI FAN, LEVENTE KISS, CLAUDIO DE GIOVANNI, ALES LEBEDA, JOHN SCOTT, YOSHINORI MATSUDA, HIDEYOSHI TOYODA, PIM LINDHOUT, RICHARD G. F. VISSER, GUUSJE BONNEMA and YULING BAI


Genetic characterization of the HrpL regulon of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora reveals novel virulence factors (pages 160–173)

R. RYAN MCNALLY, IAN K. TOTH, PETER J. A. COCK, LEIGHTON PRITCHARD, PETE E. HEDLEY, JENNY A. MORRIS, YOUFU ZHAO and GEORGE W. SUNDIN


Species' identification and microarray-based comparative genome analysis of Streptomyces species isolated from potato scab lesions in Norway (pages 174–186)

MERETE W. DEES, PANU SOMERVUO, ERIK LYSOE, MARJA AITTAMAA and JARI P. T. VALKONEN


Pectate lyase affects pathogenicity in natural isolates of Colletotrichum coccodes and in pelA gene-disrupted and gene-overexpressing mutant lines (pages 187–197)

BAT-HEN BEN-DANIEL, DUDY BAR-ZVI and LEAH TSROR (LAHKIM)


Potato virus X movement in Nicotiana benthamiana: new details revealed by chimeric coat protein variants (pages 198–203)

CAMILLA BETTI, CHIARA LICO, DARIO MAFFI, SIMONE D'ANGELI, MARIA MADDALENA ALTAMURA, EUGENIO BENVENUTO, FRANCO FAORO and SELENE BASCHIERI


Review


Facilitative and antagonistic interactions between plant viruses in mixed infections (pages 204–216)

JERZY SYLLER


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (11-15), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (11), 2011


Contents:


Review


Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula and Indra Prakash

The aroma, taste, color and bioactive constituents of tea


Gulshan Chaudhary and Prem Kumar Dantu

Morphological, phytochemical and pharmacological, studies on Boerhaavia diffusa L.


Bilal Ahmad Wani, Amina Khan Rouf Hamza and F. A. Mohiddin

Saffron: A repository of medicinal properties


Research Articles


Abubakar A., Iliyasu B., Ojiegbu F. N., Igweh A.C., Shamaki B. U., Dung E. C., Domtur L. L., Okogun J. I., Gbodi T. A. and Ogbadoyi E. O.

Evaluation of the antitrypanosomal activity of Cucumis metuliferus pulp extract in rabbits


Zhou Wen-hua, Jiang Ai-min, P. U. Yi-xin, Zhang Hai-de and Ren Honghao

Areca nut oil with arecoline can enhance hypolipidemia in rats


Kritchaya Issakul, Araya Jatisatienr, Elke Pawelzik and Chaiwat Jatisatienr

Potential of Mammea siamensis as a botanical insecticide: Its efficiency on diamondback moth and side effects on non-target organisms


Hina Iqbal, Zaman Sher and Zaheer Uddin Khan

Medicinal plants from salt range Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan


Majid Shokrpour, Mousa Torabi Gigloo, Ali Asghari and Shirin Bahrampour

Study of some agronomic attributes in milk thistle (Silybum marianum Gaertn.) ecotypes from Iran


Filiz Akbaş, Çigdem Isikalan, Süreyya Namli, Pinar Karakuş and Davut Başaran

Direct plant regeneration from in vitro-derived leaf explants of Hypericum spectabile, a medicinal plant


J. M. Sini, I. A. Umar and H. M. Inuwa

The beneficial effect of extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyces in alloxan-diabetic rats: Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic activities


Lin Zhang, Peihe Nie, Guohua Zhang, Weifang Rong, and Jianming Zhi

Endothelium-independent vasodilation effect of hydroxysafflor yellow A in thoracic aorta of Wistar rats


Zhonghai Tang, Liqun Rao, Guoping Peng, Min Zhou, Guorong Shi and Yizeng Liang

Effects of endophytic fungus and its elicitors on cell status and alkaloid synthesis in cell suspension cultures of Catharanthus roseus


Norfaizatul Shalida Omar, Zetty Akmal Che Zakaria, Then Sue Mian, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah and Musalmah Mazlan

Centella asiatica modulates neuron cell survival by altering caspase-9 pathway


Christine Stanly, Arvind Bhatt, Hag Mohammed Daffaralah Ali, Chan Lai Keng and Boey Peng Lim

Evaluation of free radical scavenging activity and total phenolic content in the petiole-derived callus cultures of Zingiber zerumbet Smith


Jie Sun, Guoyou Yin, Peng Du and Lanying Chen

Optimization of extraction technique of polysaccharides from pumpkin by response surface method


Forough Golsaz Shirazi, Azadeh Raoufi, Mehdi Yousefi, Hossein Asgarian-Omran, Ali Memarian, Jalal Khoshnoodi, Vahid Younesi and Fazel Shokri

In vitro immunoinhibitory effects of Setarud on human B lymphocyte


Yavar Sharafi

Investigation on pollen viability and longevity in Malus pumila L., Pyrus commonis L., and Cydonia oblonga L., in vitro


Simona Ioana Vicaş, Dumitriţa Rugină, and Carmen Socaciu

Comparative study about antioxidant activities of Viscum album from different host trees, harvested in different seasonsd


Yafeng Li, Yanli Wang, Qi Yu, Kena Wei, Meng Li, Sihai Zhao, Yuzuru Kurabayashi, Jianglin Fan and Enqi Liu

Compound Danshen dripping pills for stable angina: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials


Munesh Kumar, Rainer W. Bussmann, Joshi Mukesh and Pramod Kumar

Ethnomedicinal uses of plants close to rural habitation in Garhwal Himalaya, India


Sook Yee Hor, Elham Farsi, Mun Fei Yam, Norazimah Mat Nuyah and Mohd. Zaini Asmawi

Lipid-lowering effects of Coriolus versicolor extract in poloxamer 407-induced hypercholesterolaemic rats and high cholesterol-fed rats


Sujatha Ramasamy, Norhanom Abdul Wahab, Nurhayati Zainal Abidin and Sugumaran Manickam

Cytotoxicity evaluation of five selected Malaysian Phyllanthaceae species on various human cancer cell lines


Muhammed Ayub, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ather Nadeem, Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Tahir and Rehan Alam

Effect of nitrogen application on growth, yield and oil contents of Fennel (Foenoculum vulgare Mill.)


Malkait Singh Saini, Nakeer Razak and Irfan Ahmad

Poophilus costalis Walker (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae): A possible constraint to commercial exploitation of Lavendula angustifolia Mill in Kashmir Himalaya with affinity for C3 photosynthetic plants


Liang Zhenhong

Chemical analysis of Magnolia liliflora essential oil and its pharmacological function in nursing pregnant women suffering from decubitus ulcer


F. Mollamin, N. Hooshmand and M. Monajjemi

Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and DFT studies of boron-nitride nano cones: properties investigating B10N11H7 (Thr)2 in different temperatures and solvents


Danbing Jia

Composition and effect of anti-hypoxia of Chinese medicinal plant mixture


Shehata, S. A. Gharib, A. A., Mohamed M. El-Mogy, Abdel Gawad, K. F. and Emad A. Shalaby

Influence of compost, amino and humic acids on the growth, yield and chemical parameters of strawberries


Diab R, Mounayar A, Maalouf E and Chahine R

Beneficial effects of Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) peduncles extracts, in periodontal diseases


M. Ramesh, A. Karthikeyan, K. Vijayakumar, M. Joe Virgin Largia and S. Karutha Pandian

Agrobacterium- Mediated transformation of pharmaceutically important Indian medicinal herb Bacopa monnieri (L.)


Yun-Fang Chen, Hsiao-Yuh Roan, Chong-Kuei Lii, Yuan-Ching Huang and Tsu-Shing Wang

Relationship between antioxidant and antiglycation ability of saponins, polyphenols, and polysaccharides in Chinese herbal medicines used to treat diabetes


Landy N., Ghalamkari Gh, Toghyani M. and Moattar F.

The effects of Echinacea purpurea L. (purple coneflower) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, carcass characteristics and humoral immune response in broiler chickens


Dorota Bonarska-Kujawa, Sylwia Cyboran, Jan Oszmiański and Halina Kleszczyńska

Antioxidant properties of apple leaves and fruits extracts from apple leaves and fruits as effective antioxidants


Adeel Mahmood, Aqeel Mahmood, Hamayun Shaheen, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Yasmin Sangi and Aneel Galani

Ethno medicinal survey of plants from district Bhimber Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan


Wen-yuan Guo, Zhi-jia Ni, Zheng-xin Wang, Zhi-ren Fu and Rui-dong Li

The protective effects of ginkgo leaf extract on CCl4-induced liver injury in mice


Abbas Azadmehr, Reza Hajiaghaee, Afshin Afshari, Zahra Amirghofran, Mahmoud Refieian-Kopaei, Hossein yousofi Darani and Hedayatollah Shirzad

Evaluation of in vivo immune response activity and in vitro anti-cancer effect by Scrophularia megalantha


Ji Young Park, Won-Jun Oh, Dong-Mi Kwak, Min-Gyeong Kim, Geon-Sik Seo, Seung-Bok Hong and Man Hee Rhee

The anti-platelet activity of Hypsizygus marmoreus extract is involved in the suppression of intracellular calcium mobilization and integrin ?IIbß3 activation


Keyong Ho Lee, Choa Hyung Cho and Ki - Hyeong Rhee

Synergic anti-tumor activity of gamma-irradiated exo-polysaccharide from submerged culture of Grifola frondosa


M. M. Rahman and S. K. Bhadra

Development of protocol for in vitro culture and rapid propagation of Wedelia chinensis (Osbeek) Merr.


Susi Endrini, Suherman Jaksa, Himmi Marsiati, Fauziah Othman and Asmah Rahmat

Effects of cola nut (Cola nitida) on the apoptotic cell of human breast carcinoma cell lines


Akinpelu A. David, Awotorebo T. Olaniyi, Agunbiade O. Mayowa, Aiyegoro A. Olayinka and Okoh I. Anthony

Anti-Vibrio and preliminary phytochemical characteristics of crude methanolic extracts of the leaves of Dialium guineense (Wild)


Dedi Noviendri, Irwandi Jaswir, Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Muhammad Taher, Kazuo Miyashita and Nazaruddin Ramli

Fucoxanthin extraction and fatty acid analysis of Sargassum binderi and S. duplicatum


Shima Gharibi, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohammad Mehdi Majidi and Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei

Assessment of genetic diversity in Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium and Achillea millefolium subsp. elbursensis using morphological and ISSR markers


Yi Bi, Jingwei Tian, Liang Wang, Fenglan Zhao, Jiangfeng Zhang, Nan Wang, Haijun Sun and Qingguo Meng

Synthesis, structural determination and protective effects on cultured anoxia/reoxygen injury myocardiocytes of ocotillol-type derivatives


Asif Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Akram and Khan Usmanghani

Comparative study between Hepotin (herbal formulation) and Interferon alpha 2b and Ribavirin in the treatment of Hepatitis C


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Effects of shading on synthesis and accumulation of polyphenolic compounds in ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) varieties


Abimbola Sowemimo, Maryna Van de Venter, Lucinda Baatjies and Trevor Koekemoer

Cytotoxicity evaluation of selected Nigerian plants used in traditional cancer treatment


Sang Quan-xi

Effect of “wuqinxi” exercise on antioxidant status, intestine Bacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Bacillus bifidus in obese old people



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (12), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


P. Rama Bhat, P. S. Prajna, V. Kumar, M. Adarsh Hegde and L. Singh

Antimicrobial properties of leaves of Calycopteris floribunda Lam.


Gul Jan, MirAjab Kahan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal, Aftab Afzal, Muhammad Afzal, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Abdul Majid, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Zafar, Abdul Waheed and Farzana Gul

Nutritional analysis, micronutrients and chlorophyll contents of Cichorium intybus L.


Siddiqui M. Asif, Amir Asad, Vats Poonam, Rani Kalpana, Malik S. Anjali, Arya Arvind, Kapoor Neelesh and Kumar Hirdesh

Arthritis database: A composite web interface for anti-arthritic plants


Mahmood A. A., Al-Bayaty F. H., Salmah I., Nor Syuhada A. B., Harita H. and Mughrabi F. F.

Enhancement of gastric ulcer by Areca catechu nut in ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injuries in rats


Yakubu A. I and Mukhtar M. D

In vitro antimicrobial activity of some phytochemical fractions of Euphorbia pulcherima L. (Poinsettia)


E. J. Hayhoe and E. A. Palombo

Extracts of Eremophila longifolia inhibit the cariogenic activities of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus


Alireza Pirzad, Mohammad Reza Shakiba, Saeed Zehtab-Salmasi, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Reza Darvishzadeh and Abbas Samadi

Effect of water stress on leaf relative water content, chlorophyll, proline and soluble carbohydrates in Matricaria chamomilla L.


Marcelo F. de Araújo, Claudiana B. dos Santos, Jéssica F. Cavalcanti, Fernanda S. Pereira, Gabriella S. Mendes, Alceni A. Werle, Maria Teresa V. Romanos and Mário G. de Carvalho

Proposed active compounds from Ouratea parviflora


Yi-Hang Wu, Bing-Jie Hao, E. Shen, Xiao-Meng Zhang and Yu Zhao

Regulatory effect of Laggera alata extract on immune mediated liver injury


Hai–xia Duan, Xiang-dong Ma, Xing-Ma, Yong-Wu Hu and Bi-Liang Chen

Antiproliferation and apoptosis induced by Bisdemethoxycurcumin in human ovarian cancer cell SKOV3


Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Meherzia Mokni, Ferid Limam, Ezzedine Aouani, Mohamed Amri and Lamjed Marzouki

Effect of the route of garlic treatment on modulation of erythrocytes and plasma redox status in rats


Muhammad Rashid Khan, Javeria Haroon, Rahmat Ali Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Maria Shabbir and Umbreen Rashid

Prevention of KBrO3-induced cardiotoxicity by Sonchus asper in rat


Akinloye O. A. and Solanke, O. O.

Evaluation of hypolipidemic and potential antioxidant effects of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (l) mill sp.) leaves in alloxan-induced hyperglycemic rats.


M. Zargar, A. H. Azizah, A. M. Roheeyati, A. B. Fatimah, F. Jahanshiri and M. S. Pak-Dek

Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of different extracts from Vitex negundo leaf


Milena Villarini, Cristina Fatigoni, Barbara Cerbone, Luca Dominici, Massimo Moretti and Rita Pagiotti

In vitro testing of a laxative herbal food supplement for genotoxic and antigenotoxic properties


Saoussen Hammami, Asma Nguir, Dhouha Saidana, Jihene Cheriaa and Zine Mighri

Chemical analysis and antimicrobial effects of essential oil from Limoniastrum guyonianum growing in Tunisia


Kyung-Jin Jo, Jeung-Min Lee, Seung-Cheol Lee and Hae-Ryong Park

Anticancer activity of persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) calyx extracts on human cancer cells


A. A. Zahra, F. A. Kadir, A. A. Mahmood, A. A. Al hadi, S. M. Suzy, S. Z. Sabri, I. I. Latif and K. A. Ketuly

Acute toxicity study and wound healing potential of Gynura procumbens leaf extract in rats


Lucas Junqueira de Freitas Morel, Danilo Morais Baratto, Paulo Sérgio Pereira, Silvia Helena Taleb Contini, Henrique Garcia Momm, Bianca Waléria Bertoni, Suzelei de Castro França and Ana Maria Soares Pereira

Loganin production in Palicourea rigida H.B.K. (Rubiaceae) from populations native to Brazilian Cerrado


A. Padmavathy and M. Anbarashan

Phytomedicinal study of coastal sand dune floras in Puducherry


Rubina Ghani, Asif Iqbal, Naveed Akhtar, Arshad Mahmood, Nida Shamshad Malik, Muhammad Usman, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Akram , H.M.Asif

Identification of different stages of hepatitis B infection with ELISA and PCR assay


Shubhi Mehrotra, Rohitash Jamwal, Radhey Shyam, Dharmendra Kumar Meena, Kshipra Mishra, Rajashree Patra, Ronita De, Asish Mukhopadhyay, Ashwani Kumar Srivastava and Shoma Paul Nandi

Anti-Helicobacter pylori and antioxidant properties of Emblica officinalis pulp extract: A potential source for therapeutic use against gastric ulcer


Benhong Zhou, Xiaojun Li, Zhenpeng Qiu and Gang Liu

Effect of leaves of Apocynum venetum L. on the activity of MAO in mice



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (13), 2011


Contents:

Review


Saraswathi J., Venkatesh K., Nirmala Baburao, Majid Hameed Hilal and A. Roja Rani

Phytopharmacological importance of Pelargonium species


Bin Wang, Lan Lin, Qing Ni and Cheng lian Su

Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. for treatment of diabetes mellitus: A review


Research Articles


Harpreet Walia, Subodh Kumar and Saroj Arora

Comparative antioxidant analysis of hexane extracts of Terminalia chebula Retz. prepared by maceration and sequential extraction method


Ju-Sung Kim and Myong-Jo Kim

Anti-oxidant activity of Rhus verniciflua stokes by extract conditions


T. P. Jaca and L. Kambizi

Antibacterial properties of some wild leafy vegetables of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa


Nor Azma Yusuf, M. Suffian M. Annuar and Norzulaani Khalid

Efficient propagation of an important medicinal plant Boesenbergia rotunda by shoot derived callus


Annabelle A. Herrera and Evangeline C. Amor

Antiangiogenic activity of extracts and fractions from an endemic plant Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers. From Bataan, Philippines using Duck in ovo chorioallantoic membrane assay


Himanshu Sharma and Ashwani Kumar

Effect of plant growth regulators and chemical fertilizers on growth and productivity of Chlorophytum tuberosum and Pergularia daemia


Zhu-Jun Wang, Qiang Zhang, Tie-Jing Li and Xin-Huai Zhao

A possible molecular mechanism of two flavones and two flavonols on the induction of differentiation in a human oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell line (OE33)


Eseyin Olorunfemi, Ebong Aniekan, Anefiok Udobre and Imo Udoh

Changes in the pharmacokinetics of chloroquine by the leaf extract of Lasianthera africana in rats


Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei, Sedigheh Asgary, Azadeh Adelnia, Mahbubeh Setorki, Majid Khazaei, Somayeh Kazemi and Fatemeh Shamsi

The effects of cornelian cherry on atherosclerosis and atherogenic factors in hypercholesterolemic rabbits


Mourboul Ablise, Xin Min Mao and Rena Kasim

Antioxidant activities of Uyghur medicinal tea in human HL-60 cell line and rat hepatic microsomes


Benzhi Cai, Nan Chen, Jianping Li, Zhiwei Fang, Gang Wang, Xinyue Wang, Xueying Tan, Tao Ban and Yanjie Lu

Matrine protects homocysteine-induced atrial dysfunction in rats


M. Wang, J. Li, L. Zhang, R. W. Yang, C. B. Ding, Y. H. Zhou and Z. Q. Yin

Genetic diversity among Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and related species using morphological traits and RAPD markers


Muhterem Aydin and Murat Yuksel

The effects of high level ascorbic acid on pregnancy rate and litter size in rats


Ibrahim Jantan, Farra Aidah Jumuddin, Fadlina Chany Saputri and Khalid Rahman

Inhibitory effects of the extracts of Garcinia species on human low-density lipoprotein peroxidation and platelet aggregation in relation to their total phenolic contents


Mohammad Ariana, Abdolhossein Samie, Mohammad Ali Edriss and Rahman Jahanian

Effects of powder and extract form of green tea and marigold, and ?-tocopheryl acetate on performance, egg quality and egg yolk cholesterol levels of laying hens in late phase of production


Esfandiar Heidarian and Yadollah Soofiniya

Hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic effects of aerial part of Cynara scolymus in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Alya Maimoona, Ismat Naeem, Zeb Saddiqe, Niaz Ali, Ghayour Ahmed and Ismail Shah

Analysis of total flavonoids and phenolics in different fractions of bark and needle extracts of Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana


Lunesa C. Pinzon, Mylene M. Uy, Kung Hong Sze, Mingfu Wang and Ivan Keung Chu

Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive flavones from Premna odorata Blanco


Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta

Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of herbal plant Doronicum hookeri Hook f. (Asteraceae).


Omotosho Ishiaq Olayinka, Henshaw Ansa Nta, and Adeagbo Ganiyat

Effect of natural antioxidant – Ocimum gratissimum in modulating neurodegenerative changes in rats fed with high concentration of lead acetate


Majid Toghyani, Mohsen Tohidi, Mehdi Toghyani, Abbasali Gheisari and Seyed Ali Tabeidian

Evaluation of yarrow (Achillea millefolium) as a natural growth promoter in comparison with a probiotic supplement on performance, humoral immunity and blood metabolites of broiler chicks


Sumaira Sahreen, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Rahmat Ali Khan

Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of Rumex hastatus D. Don. leaves


Gerhardt J. Boukes and Maryna van de Venter

Cytotoxicity and mechanism(s) of action of Hypoxis spp. (African potato) against HeLa, HT-29 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines


Saber Imani, Saeed Rezaei-Zarchi, Mehrdad Hashemi, Hojjat Borna, Amaneh Javid, Ali mohamad Zand and Hossein Bari Abarghouei

Hg, Cd and Pb heavy metal bioremediation by Dunaliella alga



Silje Glaserud, Tom Erik Gronhaug, Terje E. Michaelsen, Marit Inngjerdingen, Hilde Barsett, Drissa Diallo and Berit Smestad Paulsen

Immunomodulating polysaccharides from leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Combretum glutinosum; structural differences between small and large leaves can substantiate the preference for small leaves by some healers


J. Ruiz-Martínez, J. A. Ascacio, R. Rodríguez, D. Morales and C. N. Aguilar

Phytochemical screening of extracts from some Mexican plants used in traditional medicine


Quang-Vinh Nguyen and Jong-Bang Eun

Antioxidant activity of solvent extracts from Vietnamese medicinal plants


W. Maneerat, S. Tha-in, S. Cheenpracha, U. Prawat and S. Laphookhieo

New amides from the seeds of Clausana lansium


Kejun Deng, Yong Zhang, Liyuan Xie, Weihong Peng, Bingcheng Gan and Zhenglong Ren

Simultaneous determination of five fatty acids in Phellinus sp. by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode-array detection


Ahmad H. Al-Fraihat, Sati Y. A. Al-dalain, Mohammad S. Abu-Darwish, Jalal A. Al-Tabbal aand Ziad B. Al-Rawashdeh

Effect of organic and biofertilizers on growth, herb yield and volatile oil of marjoram plant grown in Ajloun region, Jordan


Pei Hou, Ziyin Xie, Le Zhang, Zhen Song, Jiao Mi, Yang He and Yufeng Li

Comparison of three different methods for total RNA extraction from Fritillaria unibracteata, a rare Chinese medicinal plant


Behzad Babazadeh Darjazi

A comparison of volatile components of flower of page mandarin obtained by ultrasound-assisted extraction and hydrodistillation


Jianhui Ye, Nana Li, Huiling Liang, Junjie Dong, Jianliang Lu, Xinqiang Zheng and Yuerong Liang

Determination of cyclic oligomers residues in tea catechins isolated by polyamide-6 column


Mamoona Munir, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Muhammad Zafar, Kiran Yasmin Khan, Rabia Niamat, Kanwal Tariq, Saira Tabassum, Sidra Nisar Ahmed, Ume Habiba and Abida Bano. Paras Mazari

Taxonomic potential of foliar epidermal anatomy among the wild culinary vegetables of Pakistan


Shai L. J., Magano S. R., Lebelo S. L. and Mogale, A. M.

Inhibitory effects of five medicinal plants on rat alpha-glucosidase: Comparison with their effects on yeast alpha-glucosidase


Arshad Javaid and Hafiza Asma Rehman

Antifungal activity of leaf extracts of some medicinal trees against Macrophomina phaseolina


Xiao-Ling Wang, Gao-Qiang Liu, Chao-Yang Zhu, Guo-Ying Zhou and Si-Min Kuang

Enhanced production of mycelial biomass and extracellular polysaccharides in caterpillar-shaped medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis CS001 by the addition of palmitic acid


Yang Wang, Xi Huang, Qinghua Liang, Rong Fan, Feng Qin, Jiekun Luo, Yunhui Li, Wei Liu, Xilian Mao, Hui Ji, Zhaoqian Liu, Honghao Zhou, Lan Fan and Lichen Gao

Simultaneous quantitation of seven anthraquinones in aqueous extract of rhubarb and analysis for absorption in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with traumatic brain injury using UPLC-PDA method


M. Malekzadeh, S. I. Mirmazloum, S. N. Mortazavi, M. Panahi and H. R. Angorani

Physicochemical properties and oil constituents of milk thistle (Silybum marianum Gaertn. cv. Budakalászi) under drought stress


Tie-shan Wang, Li-jing Chen, Zhao-yu Wang, Sheng-tan Zhang and Jing-ming Lin

Isolation, characterization and crystal structure of ethyl 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-benzoate from Scutellaria barbata


A. A. Elshafei, Naglaa M. Esmaiel, A. A. Al-Doss and M. N. Barakat

An assessment of the cultural capabilities of clonal propagation and molecular characterization of Yucca elephantipes cultivars


Shima Gharibi, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Aghafakhr Mirlohi, Mohammad Mehdi Majidi and Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei

Assessment of genetic diversity in Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium and Achillea millefolium subsp. elbursensis using morphological and ISSR markers


Sheng Quan, Jun-bo Wang, Xiao-ping Xia, Xv-ai Lin and Jie Yan

Protective effect of puerarin form the roots of Pueraria lobata against systemic inflammatory response syndrome by regulating the levels of related cytokines


Rizwan Ashraf M. Phil, Rafeeq Alam Khan and Imran Ashraf

Effects of garlic on blood glucose levels and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (14), 2011


Contents:

Review


G. Phani Kumar, Raj Kumar, O. P. Chaurasia and Shashi Bala Singh

Current status and potential prospects of medicinal plant sector in trans- Himalayan Ladakh


Research Articles


Famurewa A .V., Emuekele P. O. and Jaiyeoba K. F.

Effect of drying and size reduction on the chemical and volatile oil contents of ginger (Zingiber officinale)


Li Xiang, Ma Jianzhong, Xiajing, Shi Yundong and Yu Qiaozhen

A study on the ultrasonic-assisted ethanol extraction of dioscin


Ayuba V. O., Ojobe T. O. and Ayuba S. A.

Phytochemical and proximate composition of Datura Innoxia leaf, seed, stem, pod and root


Zijing Xu, Cuiwu Lin and Yong Shi

Isolation and structure determination of a new oligosaccharide from Blume riparia


Yijun Fan, Zhongfu Ge and Aoxue Luo

In vitro antioxidant activity of polysaccharide from Gardenia jasminoides Ellis


Mohamed Tarroum, Salim Khan and Fahad Al-Qurainy

Evaluation of drought tolerance of ?-irradiated mutants of Hordeum vulgare


Alban Ibraliu, Xuefei Mi and Fetah Elezi

Variation in essential oils to study the biodiversity in Satureja montana L.


Alireza Rezaeizadeh, Zuki Bin Abu Bakar Zakaria, Maryam Abdollahi, Goh Yong Meng, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha, Muhajir Bin Hamid and Tengku Azmi Bin Tengku Ibrahim

Antioxidant and antihyperglycaemic effects of an aqueous extract from Momordica charantia fruit in a type II diabetic rat model


M. Falaki Khalilsaraie, N. Saima, N. T. Meti, R. K. Bhadekar and D. P. Nerkar

Cytological study and anti-microbial activity of embryogenic callus induced from leaf cultures of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers


Shu-Mei Yue and Wen-Yi Kang

Lowering blood lipid and hepatoprotective activity of amentoflavone from Selaginella tamariscina in vivo


Mohanad R. Alwan, Oleksandr Krasilshchikov and Tengku Muzaffar bin Tengku Mohamad Shihabudin

The effects of tocotrienol supplementation on the muscle contractile properties, fatigue and antioxidant enzymes activities of gastrocnemius muscle of trained and untrained rats


Zhonghai Tang, Jingping Qin, Xiaona Xu, Guorong Shi, Hua Yang and Yizeng Liang

Applying silica gel column chromatography purify resveratrol from extracts of Morus alba L. Leaf


Ekwueme F. N., Oje O. A., Nwodo O. F. C. and Ozoemena N. F.

Anti-inflammatory capacity of the aqueous leaf extract of Senna mimosoides on inhibition of rat oedema, platelet aggregatory activity and prostaglandin synthase activity


Chun-hua Zhou, Xian Li, Chong-de Sun, Chang-jie Xu and Kun-song Chen

Effects of drying methods on the bioactive components in loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) flowers


Jin-feng Shao, Yuan-biao Wang, Que Chen, Zheng-qiong Liu, Qian Liu, Wen-guo Cai and Wei Wu

A daily variation in essential oil composition of flower of different accessions from Carthamus tinctorius L. in Sichuan province of China


Farnaz Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Tahira Mirza, Abdul Hameed, Safia Ahmad, Humayun Riaz, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah and Khan Usmanghani

Screening for antimicrobial activity of thirty-three medicinal plants used in the traditional system of medicine in Pakistan


Dong-Mei Liu, Ji-Wen Sheng, Hui-Min Qi, Wei-Fen Zhang, Chun-Ming Han and Xi-Long Xin

Antioxidant activity of polysaccharides extracted from Athyrium multidentatum (Doll) Ching


M. A. Goudarzi, B. Hamedi, F. Malekpoor, R. Abdizadeh, A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, and M. Raissy

Sensitivity of Lactococcus garvieae isolated from rainbow trout to some Iranian medicinal herbs


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini, Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid and Mohamad Roji Sarmidi

Cosmeceutical value of herbal extracts as natural ingredients and novel technologies in anti-aging


Yaser Hassan Dewir, Nisha Singh, Senabelo Mngomezulu and Ali Mikael Kalifa Omar

Micropropagation and detection of important triterpenes in in vitro and field grown plants of Syzygium cordatum


Kejun Deng, Yong Zhang, Liyuan Xie, Weihong Peng, Bingcheng Gan and Zhenglong Ren

Simultaneous determination of five fatty acids in Phellinus sp. by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode-array detection


Bashir Ahmad, Ibrar khan, Sadiq Azam, Shumaila Bashir, Jamshaid Ahmad, Farrukh Hussain

Screening of Acacia modesta for haemagglutination, antibacterial, phytotoxic and Insecticidal activities


Fah Chueahongthong, Chadarat Ampasavate, Siriporn Okonogi, Singkome Tima and Songyot Anuchapreeda

Cytotoxic effects of crude kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix, DC.) leaf fractional extracts on leukemic cell lines


Jian-chao Wang, Jun-yu Zhang, Qiang Wang and Wan-ru Cai

Parthenolide sensitizes HL-60 cells to aclarubicin-induced apoptosis by inhibiting NF-kappa band COX-2 activation


Afolabi I. S. and Ofobrukweta K.

Physicochemical and nutritional qualities of Carica papaya seed products


Venkatesh Kumar R. and Amit Srivastava

In vivo therapeutic effects of antibacterial and antiviral antibiotics using Bombyx mori L. as an animal model


Fatemeh Nabavizadeh, Ali Mohammad Alizadeh, Zahra Sadroleslami and Soheila Adeli

Gastroprotective effects of amygdalin on experimental gastric ulcer: Role of NO and TNF-?


Jie Sun and Ya-Hui Wei

A new alkaloid-aluminum glycoside isolated from Rhizoma Sparganii (Sparganium stoloniferum Buch. -Ham.)


Viresh Mohanlall, Paul Steenkamp and Bharti Odhav

Isolation and characterization of anthraquinone derivatives from Ceratotheca triloba (Bernh.) Hook.f.


Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani, Saeid Zehtab-Salmasi and Soheila Dastborhan

Changes in essential oil content of dill (Anethum graveolens) organs under salinity stress


Njume C., Afolayan A. J. and Ndip R. N.

Diversity of plants used in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori associated morbidities in the Nkonkobe municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa


Zaki Tubesha, Shahid Iqbal and Maznah Ismail

Effects of hydrolytic conditions on recovery of antioxidants from methanolic extracts of Nigella sativa seeds


Inhye Kim, Jin-Young Kim, Yu-Jin Hwang, Kyung-A Hwang, Ae-Son Om, Jae-Hyun Kim and Kang-Jin Cho

The beneficial effects of aged black garlic extract on obesity and hyperlipidemia in rats fed a high-fat diet


Yali Liu, Shuying Han, Yanshu Zhu, Yonggang Li, Xiaojuan Zhu and Guiyun Wang

Adjuvant effect of saponins isolated from the sepal of Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti (Mast.) Makino fruit on the immune responses to ovalbumin in mice


Sadaki Yokota, Yuko Onohara, Takuhiro Uto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Osamu Morinaga and Yukihiro Shoyama

Localization of ginsenoside-Rb1 in Panax ginseng revealed by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic techniques


Mahdi Pouramir, Mohammad Esmaiel Shahaboddin, Ali-Akbar Moghadamnia and Karim Parastouei

To study the effects of Securigera securidaca (L.) seed against alloxan-induced hyperglycemia


Irene Kamenidou, Stamatis Aggelopoulos and Athanasios C. Batzios

Natural medical attributes and benefits of Spirulina: Segmentation based on consumers’ knowledge


Francis Chin Pheng Lim, Anna Pick Kiong Ling, Siew Ling Hii and Sobri Hussein

Towards understanding of physiological changes in cell culture of recalcitrant woody plant, Eurycoma longifolia, in response to carbon and nitrogen sources


Njume C., Afolayan A. J., Samie A. and Ndip R. N.

In-vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of acetone, ethanol and methanol extracts of the stem bark of Combretum molle (Combretaceae)


Ai-hua Zhang, Feng-jie Lei, Si-wen Fang, Ming-hui Jia and Lian-xue Zhang

Effects of ginsenosides on the growth and activity of antioxidant enzymes in American ginseng seedlings


Celia Jimena Pena, Arun Reverte, Luis Barbo Hernandez, Samuel Meraz, Manuel Jiménez, Ana María García, Guillermo Avila and Tzasna Hernández

Antimicrobial, antioxidant and toxic effects of Senna skinneri Bentham, Irwin and Barneby (Leguminoseae)


Idin Zibaee, Arash zibaee, Ali Reza Bandani, Jalal Jalali Sendi and Reza Talaei-Hassanloei

Artemisia annua L. (Asterasea) changes some biochemical compounds in the hemolymph of Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)


Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani, Afsaneh Chadordooz-Jeddi and Parisa Zafarani-Moattar

Influence of salt-priming on mucilage yield of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk) under salinity stress


Ahmad Reza Golparvar and Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti and Marzieh Karimi

Determination of the effective traits on essence percent and dry flower yield in German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) populations


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Hawa Z. E. Jaafar

Antioxidant potential and anticancer activity of young ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) grown under different CO2 concentration


Pinto N. S., Carmo F. S., Diniz C. L., Almeida D. S., Pereira M. O., Santos-Filho S. D., Medeiros A. C. and Bernardo-Filho M.

Effects of an aqueous extract of Three Ballerina on the survival of Escherichia coli AB1157 cultures and in the action of stannous chloride


Lihui Wei, Jiumao Lin, Wei Xu, Zhenfeng Hong, Xianxiang Liu and Jun Peng

Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis by Scutellaria barbata D. Don via suppressing proliferation, migration and tube formation of endothelial cells and downregulation of the expression of VEGF-A in cancer cells


Mikdat Simsek, Metin Tansu Uguz, Mehmet Kadir Erdogan Abdurrahman Gul, Selahattin Karakoc and Metin Digrak

Selection studies on high quality walnut types and their antibacterial properties


Breno Henrique Caneguim, Juliana Mara Serpeloni, Maria Aparecida Medeiros Maciel, Ilce Mara de Syllos Cólus and Suzana de Fátima Paccola Mesquita

Croton cajucara methanolic extract reduced the DNA-damage but did not protect against the testicular alterations induced by doxorubicin


Filiz Savaroglu, Semra Ilhan and Cansu Filik-Iscen

An evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of some Turkish mosses


Nisar Ahmad, Hina Fazal, Bilal Haider Abbasi, Inayat-Ur-Rahman, Shazma Anwar, Mubarak Ali Khan, Abdul Basir, Humaira Inayat, Roshan Zameer and Shahid Akbar Khalil, Kiran Yasmin Khan

DPPH-scavenging antioxidant potential in regenerated tissues of Stevia rebaudiana, Citrus sinensis and Saccharum officinarum


Lisong Hu, Yangdong Wang, Menghao Du and Jingping Zhang

Characterization of the volatiles and active components in ethanol extracts of fruits of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography- olfactometry (GC-O)


Wu Xing and Hu Jian

Pretreatment with astragaloside IV protects H9c2 cells against hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis by scavenging of reactive oxygen species and regulation of Bcl-2 and Bax expression


Mohammad A. Khiyami, Sulaiman M. Al-Fadual and Ali H. Bahklia

Polyhydroxyalkanoates production via Bacillus PCS biofilm and date palm syrup


Yuanyuan Li, Changqin Li, Qitai Xu and Wenyi Kang

Antioxidant, ?-glucosidase inhibitory activities in vitro and alloxan-induced diabetic rats’ protective effect of Indigofera stachyodes Lindl. root


Zhang Sheng-tan, Cheng Guo-hua, Lin Jing-ming, Wang Tie-shan, Zheng Ni and Wang Zhao-yu

Optimization of Jatropha curcas for total flavonoids by response surface methodology and antibacterial activity


Shao JiPing

Effect of aqueous extract of Lycium barbarum on serum CK, CK-MB activities and myocardium injury in exhausted swimming rats




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (15), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Loiy Elsir Ahmed Hassan, Waleed S. Koko, El-Badri E. Osman, Mahmoud M. Dahab and Hasnah Mohd Sirat

In vitro antigiardial activity of Citrullus lanatus Var. citroides extracts and cucurbitacins isolated compounds


Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Shumaila Jan, Jasia Bokhari and Umbreen Rashid

Prevention of CCl4 induced adrenal oxidative stress in rat by Sonchus asper


M. N. Barakat and Heba El-Sammak

In vitro culture and plant regeneration from shoot tip and lateral bud explants of Gypsophila paniculata L.


Ismail Norsharina, Ismail Maznah, Al-Absi Aied and Al-Naqeeb Ghanya

Thymoquinone rich fraction from Nigella sativa and thymoquinone are cytotoxic towards colon and leukemic carcinoma cell lines


Bo Yang, Yiqi Wang, Jin Chen, Hongmei Lin and Rusong Zhang

The study of planting area on components of Baishouwu anti-tumor effective fraction by RP-HPLC


Zahra Zakeri, Shahrokh Izadi, Zohreh Bari, Farhang Soltani, Behzad Narouie and Mohammad Ghasemi-rad

Evaluating the effects of ginger extract on knee pain, stiffness and difficulty in patients with knee osteoarthritis


Bashir Ahmad, Ibrar khan, Shumaila Bashir, Sadiq Azam and Niaz Ali

Screening of Acacia modesta for antifungal, anti-termite, nitric oxide free radical scavenging assay and brine shrimp cytotoxic activities


Hassan Sher and Mohammed N. Alyemeni

Evaluation of anti-diabetic activity and toxic potential of Lycium shawii in animal models


Yueyue Wang, Fuyuan Jing, Shuoye Yu, Yunfei Chen, Tao Wang, Pin Liu, Guofeng Wang, Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang

Co-overexpression of the HMGR and FPS genes enhances artemisinin content in Artemisia annua L.


Angélica Bautista-Cruz, María R. Arnaud-Vinas, Gabino Alberto Martínez-Gutiérrez, Patricia Soledad Sánchez-Medina and Rafael Pérez Pacheco

The traditional medicinal and food uses of four plants in Oaxaca, Mexico


Guimei Lin, Zhili Xu, Xu Zhang, Hui Gao, Ying Hou, Libo Yin, Xiaodan Zhang, Jingxian Yang and Tianzhu Jia

Epoxyaurapten inhibition of smooth muscle contraction and phosphorylation of myosin light chain by myosin light chain kinase


Abdelouahab Bouzidi, Nadia Mahdeb and Nabila Kara

Toxicity studies of alkaloids of seeds of Datura stramonium and synthesis alkaloids in male rats


A. H. A. Abdelmageed, Faridah Q. Z., Nur Amalina A. and Muhamad Yaacob

The influence of organ and post-harvest drying period on yield and chemical composition of the essential oils of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae)


Lei Chen, Jianyu Su, Lin Li, Bing Li and Wang Li

A new source of natural D-borneol and its characteristic


Murat Kizaibek, Marzia Daniar, Lin Li and Halmurat Upur

Antiproliferative activity of different extracts from Daphne altaica Pall. on selected cancer cells


Amir Mohammad Daneshian Moghaddam, Jalal Shayegh, Peyman Mikaili and Jalil Dolghari Sharaf

Antimicrobial activity of essential oil extract of Ocimum basilicum L. leaves on a variety of pathogenic bacteria


Eyup Bagci, Sukru Hayta, Ayse Yazgin and Gulden Dogan

Composition of the essential oil of Teucrium parviflorum L. (Lamiaceae) from Turkey


Tao Liu, Hanjing Yan and Xiaorong Guo

Discrimination of the medicinal plant Fallopia multiflora and its adulterants by diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Meherzia Mokni, Nadia Limam, Ferid Limam, Ezzedine Aouani, Mohamed AmriI and Lamjed Marzouki

Effect of the route of garlic treatment on modulation of liver and spleen redox status in rats


Qian Yang, Wan-yu Shi and Xiu-hui Zhong

Influence of quercetin on transforming growth factor b1 in the uterus following Lps-induced abortion in pregnant mice


Onanong Kritpetcharat, Noppmats Khemtonglang, Panutas Kritpetcharat, Jureerut Daduang, Sakda Daduang, Krittika Suwanrungruang, Nat Bletter, Runglawan Sudmoon and Arunrat Chaveerach

Using DNA markers and barcoding to solve the common problem of identifying dried medicinal plants with the examples of Smilax and Cissus in Thailand


Feng-Hua Shi, Chun Sui, Cheng-Min Yang, Jian-He Wei, Yue Jin, Hong-Jiang Chen, Lu-Qi Huang, Yu-Kai Zhao, Xiang-Sheng Zhao, Xu-Dong Xu, Qing-Long Chu and Jing Yu

Development of a stable male-sterile line and its utilization in high yield hybrid of Platycodon Grandiflorum


Farooq Ahmad, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar, Zafar Iqbal and Ameer Khan

Leaf epidermal anatomy as an aid to the identification of genus Setaria weeds, tribe paniceae (Poaceae), from the salt range of Pakistan


Dragica Stankovic, Borivoj Krstic, Sasa Orlovic, Goran Trivan, Leopold Pajnik Poljak and Mirjana Sijacic Nikolic

Woody plants and herbs as bioindicators of the current condition of the natural environment in Serbia


Bao-qing Wang and Zhe-xiong Jin

Agrimoniin induced SGC7901 cell apoptosis associated mitochondrial transmembrane potential and intracellular calcium concentration


M. K. Ratheesh Narayanan, N. Anilkumar, V. Balakrishnan, M. Sivadasan, H. Ahmed Alfarhan and A. A. Alatar

Wild edible plants used by the Kattunaikka, Paniya and Kuruma tribes of Wayanad District, Kerala, India


Churdsak Jaikang, Kanokporn Niwatananun, Paitoon Narongchai, Siripun Narongchai and Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

Inhibitory effect of caffeic acid and its derivatives on human liver cytochrome P450 3A4 activity


Farooq Anwar, Muhammad Sulman, Abdullah Ijaz Hussain, Nazamid Saari, Shahid Iqbal and Umer Rashid

Physicochemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oil from coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) seeds cultivated in Pakistan


M. Sulusoglu, A. Cavusoglu and S. Erkal

Arbutus unedo L. (Strawberry tree) selection in Turkey Samanli mountain locations


Naser Hosseini, Samad Nejad Ebrahimi, Peyman Salehi, Behvar Asghari and Mahmood Ahmadi

Simultaneous determination of atropine and scopolamine in different parts of Hyoscyamus arachnoideus Pojark plants by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


Udai Pratap Singh, Sudarshan Maurya, Amitabh Singh and Mandavi Singh

Phenolic acids in some Indian cultivars of Momordica charantia and their therapeutic properties


Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon, Mary Adejumoke Bisi–Johnson, Tolulope Mobolaji Obuotor and Oyinade Aina Agboola

Bioactive compounds and antimicrobial efficacy of the extracts of Combretum pincianum Hook


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