Plant Biology - 14 (1-2,suppl. 1), 2012

Plant Biology - 14 (1), 2012



Contents:


REVIEW ARTICLE


Ecological aspects of plant selenium hyperaccumulation (pages 1–10)

A. F. El Mehdawi and E. A. H. Pilon-Smits


RESEARCH PAPERS


Evolution of the YABBY gene family with emphasis on the basal eudicot Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae) (pages 11–23)

C. Bartholmes, O. Hidalgo and S. Gleissberg


Expression characteristics of ARF1 and SAR1 during development and the de-etiolation process (pages 24–32)

B. Cevher Keskin, E. Yuca, Ö. Ertekin, B. Yüksel and A. R. Memon


Histochemical screening, metabolite profiling and expression analysis reveal Rosaceae roots as the site of flavan-3-ol biosynthesis (pages 33–40)

T. Hoffmann, R. Friedlhuber, C. Steinhauser, I. Tittel, K. Skowranek, W. Schwab and T. C. Fischer


Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate is associated to extracellular lipoproteic fractions and is detected in tomato apoplastic fluids (pages 41–49)

G. Gonorazky, A. M. Laxalt, H. L. Dekker, M. Rep, T. Munnik, C. Testerink and L. de la Canal


Different strategies of Lotus japonicus, L. corniculatus and L. tenuis to deal with complete submergence at seedling stage (pages 50–55)

G. G. Striker, R. F. Izaguirre, M. E. Manzur and A. A. Grimoldi


Analysis of the subcellular localisation of lipoxygenase in legume and actinorhizal nodules (pages 56–63)

K. Demchenko, A. Zdyb, I. Feussner and K. Pawlowski


Reactive oxygen species are involved in pollen tube initiation in kiwifruit (pages 64–76)

A. Speranza, R. Crinelli, V. Scoccianti and A. Geitmann


Interchangeable effects of gibberellic acid and temperature on embryo growth, seed germination and epicotyl emergence in Ribes multiflorum ssp. sandalioticum (Grossulariaceae) (pages 77–87)

E. Mattana, H. W. Pritchard, M. Porceddu, W. H. Stuppy and G. Bacchetta


Photosynthetic acclimation to light in woody and herbaceous species: a comparison of leaf structure, pigment content and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics measured in the field (pages 88–99)

L. Hallik, Ü. Niinemets and O. Kull


Distinct modes of adventitious rooting in Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 100–109)

L. da Rocha Correa, J. Troleis, A. A. Mastroberti, J. E. A. Mariath and A. G. Fett-Neto


60Co-? radiation induces differential acetylation and phosphorylation of histones H3 and H4 in wheat (pages 110–117)

V. V. Raut and J. K. Sainis


Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves under drought stress (pages 118–128)

I. Sperdouli and M. Moustakas


Multivariate analyses of salt stress and metabolite sensing in auto- and heterotroph Chenopodium cell suspensions (pages 129–141)

C. Wongchai, A. Chaidee and W. Pfeiffer


No evidence for depletion of carbohydrate pools in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under drought stress (pages 142–148)

A. Gruber, D. Pirkebner, C. Florian and W. Oberhuber


Plastidic isoprenoid biosynthesis in tomato: physiological and molecular analysis in genotypes resistant and sensitive to drought stress (pages 149–156)

J. Loyola, I. Verdugo, E. González, J. A. Casaretto and S. Ruiz-Lara


Germination, survival and growth of three vascular plants on biological soil crusts from a Mexican tropical desert (pages 157–162)

H. Godínez-Alvarez, C. Morín and V. Rivera-Aguilar


Litter effects on seedling establishment interact with seed position and earthworm activity (pages 163–170)

T. W. Donath and R. L. Eckstein


Pollen:ovule ratio and its relationship with other floral traits in Papilionoideae (Leguminosae): an evaluation with Argentine species (pages 171–178)

A. V. Etcheverry, M. M. Alemán, T. Figueroa-Fleming, D. López-Spahr, C. A. Gómez, C. Yánez, D. M. Figueroa-Castro and P. Ortega-Baes


Prediction of flowering time in Brassica oleracea using a quantitative trait loci-based phenology model (pages 179–189)

R. Uptmoor, J. Li, T. Schrag and H. Stützel


Floral ontogeny of Ruteae (Rutaceae) and its systematic implications (pages 190–197)

L. Wei, Y.-Z. Wang and Z.-Y. Li


Aspects of reproductive ecology of Clusia valerioi Standl. and Clusia peninsulae Hammel (sp. nov.), two Central American species of Clusiaceae with resin flowers (pages 198–207)

H. Hochwallner, S. Vogel, W. Huber, B. E. Hammel and A. Weber


Phenotypic plasticity to light of two congeneric trees from contrasting habitats: Brazilian Atlantic Forest versus cerrado (savanna) (pages 208–215)

F. de V. Barros, M. F. Goulart, S. B. Sá Telles, M. B. Lovato, F. Valladares and J. P. de Lemos-Filho


Hormonal control of endoreduplication in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) seedlings growing in vitro (pages 216–222)

E. Lukaszewska, R. Virden and E. Sliwinska


Meiotic abnormalities underlying pollen sterility in wild potato hybrids and spontaneous populations (pages 223–233)

F. H. Larrosa, J. F. Maune, L. E. Erazzú and E. L. Camadro


The development of pistillate and perfect florets in Xeranthemum squarrosum (Asteraceae) (pages 234–243)

M. R. Dadpour, S. Naghiloo and S. Faridi Neycharan


SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS


Identification of the abscisic acid receptor VvPYL1 in Vitis vinifera (pages 244–248)

G. Li, H. Xin, X. F. Zheng, S. Li and Z. Hu


Decreased structural defence of an invasive thistle under warming (pages 249–252)

R. Zhang, A. Leshak and K. Shea


Genome sizes for all genera of Cycadales (pages 253–256)

B. J. M. Zonneveld



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Plant Biology - 14 (supplement 1), 2012



Contents:

Plant-Pathogen Interactions


Unravelling intimacies between plants and their enemies (pages iii–iv)

Saskia C. M. van Wees


Review Article

Genomic advances will herald new insights into the Brassica: Leptosphaeria maculans pathosystem (pages 1–10)

A. Hayward, J. McLanders, E. Campbell, D. Edwards and J. Batley


Research Papers

Correlation of cytological and biochemical parameters with resistance and tolerance to Mycosphaerella graminicola in wheat (pages 11–21)

L. El Chartouni, B. Randoux, F. Duyme, D. Renard-Merlier, B. Tisserant, N. Bourdon, V. Pillon, J. Sanssené, R. Durand, Ph. Reignault and P. Halama


Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins – leucine-rich repeat proteins in plant defence (pages 22–30)

A. Maulik, A. I. Sarkar, S. Devi and S. Basu


Transgenic expression of polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins in Arabidopsis and wheat increases resistance to the flower pathogen Fusarium graminearum (pages 31–38)

S. Ferrari, L. Sella, M. Janni, G. De Lorenzo, F. Favaron and R. D’Ovidio


Overexpression of arginase in Arabidopsis thaliana influences defence responses against Botrytis cinerea (pages 39–45)

S. Brauc, E. De Vooght, M. Claeys, J. M. C. Geuns, M. Höfte and G. Angenon


Malus hupehensis NPR1 induces pathogenesis-related protein gene expression in transgenic tobacco (pages 46–56)

J.-Y. Zhang, Y.-S. Qiao, D. Lv, Z.-H. Gao, S.-C. Qu and Z. Zhang


Manipulation of VOC emissions with methyl jasmonate and carrageenan in the evergreen conifer Pinus sylvestris and evergreen broadleaf Quercus ilex (pages 57–65)

G. Semiz, J. D. Blande, J. Heijari, K. Işik, Ü. Niinemets and J. K. Holopainen


Effects of phosphorus availability and genetic variation of leaf terpene content and emission rate in Pinus pinaster seedlings susceptible and resistant to the pine weevil, Hylobius abietis (pages 66–72)

J.-S. Blanch, L. Sampedro, J. Llusia, X. Moreira, R. Zas and J. Penuelas


Comparing systemic defence-related gene expression changes upon migratory and sedentary nematode attack in rice (pages 73–82)

T. Kyndt, K. Nahar, A. Haegeman, D. De Vleesschauwer, M. Höfte and G. Gheysen


Rhizobacteria modify plant–aphid interactions: a case of induced systemic susceptibility (pages 83–90)

A. Pineda, S. -J. Zheng, J. J. A. van Loon and M. Dicke


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Plant Biology - 14 (2), 2012



Contents:

RESEARCH PAPERS

Vegetative reproduction capacities of floodplain willows – cutting response to competition and biomass loss (pages 257–264)

A. Radtke, E. Mosner and I. Leyer


Physical connection decreases benefits of clonal integration in Alternanthera philoxeroides under three warming scenarios (pages 265–270)

J.-J. Li, P.-H. Peng and W.-M. He


Selecting predictors for discriminant analysis of species performance: an example from an amphibious softwater plant (pages 271–277)

F. Vanderhaeghe, A. J. P. Smolders, J. G. M. Roelofs and M. Hoffmann


Rapid floral senescence following male function and breeding systems of some tropical orchids (pages 278–284)

M. K. Huda and C. C. Wilcock


Neither protogynous nor obligatory out-crossed: pollination biology and breeding system of the European Red List Fritillaria meleagris L. (Liliaceae) (pages 285–294)

M. Zych and M. Stpiczyńska


Effect of temperature on the progamic phase in high-mountain plants (pages 295–305)

G. Steinacher and J. Wagner


Why does needle photosynthesis decline with tree height in Norway spruce? (pages 306–314)

O. Räim, E. Kaurilind, L. Hallik and E. Merilo


Manipulation of monoubiquitin improves salt tolerance in transgenic tobacco (pages 315–324)

J. Zhang, Q. F. Guo, Y. N. Feng, F. Li, J. F. Gong, Z. Y. Fan and W. Wang


Vacuoles release sucrose via tonoplast-localised SUC4-type transporters (pages 325–336)

S. Schneider, S. Hulpke, A. Schulz, I. Yaron, J. Höll, A. Imlau, B. Schmitt, S. Batz, S. Wolf, R. Hedrich and N. Sauer


Abscisic acid-regulated responses of aba2-1 under osmotic stress: the abscisic acid-inducible antioxidant defence system and reactive oxygen species production (pages 337–346)

C. Ozfidan, I. Turkan, A. H. Sekmen and B. Seckin


Common and distinct responses in phytohormone and vitamin E changes during seed burial and dormancy in Xyris bialata and X. peregrina (pages 347–353)

Q. S. Garcia, V. T. Giorni, M. Müller and S. Munné-Bosch


The relative effect of citral on mitotic microtubules in wheat roots and BY2 cells (pages 354–364)

D. Chaimovitsh, O. Rogovoy (Stelmakh), O. Altshuler, E. Belausov, M. Abu-Abied, B. Rubin, E. Sadot and N. Dudai


Intron retention regulates the expression of pectin methyl esterase inhibitor (Pmei) genes during wheat growth and development (pages 365–373)

V. Rocchi, M. Janni, D. Bellincampi, T. Giardina and R. D’Ovidio


Differentiation of Populus species using chloroplast single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers – essential for comprehensible and reliable poplar breeding (pages 374–381)

H. Schroeder, A. M. Hoeltken and M. Fladung


Exclusive conservation of mitochondrial group II intron nad4i548 among liverworts and its use for phylogenetic studies in this ancient plant clade (pages 382–391)

U. Volkmar, M. Groth-Malonek, J. Heinrichs, H. Muhle, M. Polsakiewicz and V. Knoop


SHORT RESEARCH PAPER

Silicon supply modifies C:N:P stoichiometry and growth of Phragmites australis (pages 392–396)

J. Schaller, C. Brackhage, M. O. Gessner, E. Bäuker and E. Gert Dudel


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Referees of all Section Editors (pages 397–400)


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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


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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

Dror Hilman and Uri Gat
The Evolutionary History of YAP and the Hippo/YAP Pathway

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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (4), 2011

Contents:

1. Chromosome number, karyotype analysis and pollen morphology of Turkish endemic Tordylium elegans (Boiss. & Bal.) Alava & Hub.-Mor. (Apiaceae)
Ayşe Nihal Gömürgen, Cahit Dogan, Edibe Özmen, Birol Başer and Haşim Altinözlü

2. Two new species of Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae) from Pakistan and adjoining areas
M. Qaiser, Tahmeena Siddiqui and S. Shahid Shaukat

3. Artemisia sieberi Bess. subsp. sieberi, a new record for Turkey and a delete record for Turkey: Artemisia herba-alba Asso. (Asteraceae)
Murat Kurşat, Şemsettin Civelek, Ismail Turkoglu and Selma Tabur

4. Postembryonic development of Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Wight
Chen Qing-Liang, Jia Ya-Min, Wang Zhi-Fen, Shan Cheng-Gang, Zhu Jing-Bin and Guo Yu-Hai

5. - Relationship among root characteristics and differential potassium uptake and use efficiency of selected cotton genotypes under potassium deficiency stress
Ziaul Hassan and M. Arshad

6. An attempt to conserve Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal - a highly essential medicinal plant, through in vitro callus culture
Jyoti Ranjan Rout, Santi Lata Sahoo and Ritarani Das

7. Significance of different plant growth regulators on the regeneration of chrysanthemum plantlets (Dendranthema morifolium L.) through shoot tip culture
Kashif Waseem, Muhammad Saleem Jilani, Muhammad Jaffar Jaskani, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Mehwish Kiran and Ghazanfar Ullah Khan

8. Ethnobotanical studies on some useful plants of Dir Kohistan valleys, KPK, Pakistan
Gul Jan, Mir Ajab Khan, Farhatullah,, Farzana Gul Jan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Masood Jan and Muhammad Zafar

9. The morphology and anatomy of the haustoria of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta campestris
Lan Hong, Hao Shen, Hua Chen, Ling Li, Xiaoying Hu, Xinlan Xu, Wanhui Ye And Zhangming Wang

10. Structural diversity, vegetation dynamics and anthropogenic impact on lesser Himalayan subtropical forests of Bagh district, Kashmir
Hamayun Shaheen, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi and Zabta Khan Shinwari

11. Influence of plantation type on ground flora composition and diversity in Gatwala artificial forest plantation
Mansoor Hameed, Ramla Khan, Muhammad Ashraf, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad and Sadaf Mubarik

12. Use of GPS and GIS technology in surveying and mapping of wheat and cotton weeds in Khairpur district, Sindh, Pakistan
Rabia Asma Memon, Shahida Khalid, Arfana Mallah and Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar

13. Potential RAPD markers for population studies in tree legumes
S. Michael Gomez, T. Ramasubramanian and S. Mohankumar

14. Vegetation and species altitudinal distribution in Al-jabal al-akhdar landscape
A.K. Hegazy, L. Boulos, H.F. Kabiel and O.S. Sharashy

15. Allelopathic potential of Populus euphratica Olivier
Zaman Sher, Farrukh Hussain, Bashir Ahmad and Muhammad Wahab

16. Effect of mungbean residue and nitrogen levels on barley
Amanullah Jan, Ihsanullah Daur, Zar Muhammad and Ijaz Ahmad Khan

17. Toxicity and tolerance in Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. to some metals (Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn)
M. Kabir, M. Zafar Iqbal and M. Shafiq

18. Monitoring of multiple pesticide residues in some fruits in Karachi, Pakistan
Zahida Parveen, Riazuddin, Sajid Iqbal, M. Iqbal Khuhro, M. Abbas Bhutto and Mubarik Ahmed

19. Application of waste stabilization pond’s effluent on cultivation of roses (Rosa damascena Mill.)
Moazzam Ali Khan, S. Shahid Shaukat, Atif Shahzad and Waqar Ahmed

20. Hyperaccumulators of heavy metals of industrial areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Ashfaq Nazir, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhamamd Ajaib, Nasrullah Khan and Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui

21. Maize response to time and rate of nitrogen application
Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Ashfaq Ahmad, Aftab Wajid and Javaid Akhter

22. Impact of integrated nutrient management on growth and grain yield of wheat under irrigated cropping system
Khalid Nawab, Amanullah, Paigham Shah, Abdur Rab, Muhammad Arif, M. Azim Khan, Abdul Mateen and Fazal Munsif

23. Effect of neodymium ion on mitochondrial metabolism of rice (Oryza sativa)
Qiming Mei, Rong Xie, Chengyuan Liu and Yingguo Zhu

24. Response of sesame to population densities and nitrogen fertilization on newly reclaimed sandy soils
Ijaz Rasool Noorka, S.I. Hafiz and M.A.S. El-Bramawy

25. Response of candidate wheat variety ‘NIA-8/7’ to different levels/ratios of nitrogen and phosphorus
Muhammad Yousuf Memon, Parvez Khan, Muhammad Imtiaz, Javaid Ahmed Shah and Nizamuddin Depar-

26. Physiological response of autumn planted sugarcane to soil moisture depletion and planting geometry on different soils under arid conditions
Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Gaffar Sagoo and Gul Hassan

27. Sustainable cotton production and water economy through different planting methods and mulching techniques
Hafiz Muhammad Nasrullah, Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Riaz Ahmad, Saghir Ahmad, Wajad Nazeer and Mamoona Hanif

28. Assessment of adaptability and stability of grain yield in bread wheat genotypes under different sowing times in Punjab
Javed Anwar, Mujahid Hussain, Muhammad Amjad Ali, Makhdoom Hussain, Muhammad Saleem, Ghulam Mahboob Subhani, Javed Ahmad and Muhammad Munir

29. Growth, water status and photosynthesis in two maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars as affected by supplied nitrogen form and drought stress
Zhang Li Xin, Gao Mei, Li Shiqing, Li Shengxiu and Liang Zongsuo-

30. Study of heavy trace metals in some medicinal–herbal plants of Pakistan
Manzoor Iqbal Khattak and Mahmood Iqbal Khattak

31. Correlation between humid thermal ratio and epidemics of Cercospora leaf spot of peanut in Pothwar
Muhammad Ijaz, M.I. Haque, C.A. Rauf, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Abid Riaz and S.M. Mughal

32. Variation in the resistance of some faba bean genotypes to Orobanche crenata
Zouhaier Abbes, Fadhel Sellami and Mohamed Kharrat

33. Relationship between morphological characters of different aubergine cultivars and fruit infestation by Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee
Humayun Javed, Ata-ul-Mohsin, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Amjad and Tariq Mahmood

34. Inter-varietal variation in the composition of seeds and seed oils from winter melon [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] fruit
Farooq Anwar, Nor Azizah Mohammad, Fatimah Othman and Nazamid Saari

35. Induced genetic variability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) III. Frequency of morphological mutations
Tariq Mahmud Shah, Babar Manzoor Atta, Javed Iqbal Mirza and Muhammad Ahsanul Haq

36. In vitro germination of hybrid embryos from interploidal crosses of citrus
Asim Mehmood, Muhammad Jafar Jaskani, Yasar Sajjad, Iftikhar Ahmad and Zahoor Hussain

37. Differential responses of onion and garlic against plant growth regulators
G. Ouzounidou, A. Giannakoula, M. Asfi and I. Ilias

38. Requirement of pro-peptide in proper folding of subtilisin-like serine protease TK0076
Nouman Rasool, Naeem Rashid, Muhammad Arshad Javed and Muhammad Saleem Haider

39. Toxicity of pesticides on photosynthesis of diatoms
Nafisa Shoaib, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed Siddiqui, Amjad Ali, Zaib-un-Nisa Burhan and Seema Shafique

40. Yield stability in bread wheat genotypes
Muhammad Afzal Arain, Mahboob Ali Sial and M. Arif Rajput

41. - Determination of genetic diversity of different barley genotypes grown in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa using RAPD markers
Jehan Bakht, Mehnaz Ghaffar, Mohammad Shafi and Abdul Latif

42. Nitrogen effects on growth and development of sunflower hybrids under agro-climatic conditions of Multan
Wajid Nasim, Ashfaq Ahmad, Aftab Wajid, Javaid Akhtar and Dilbaugh Muhammad

43. Sustaining rice-wheat system through management of legumes ii. effect of green manure legumes and N fertilizer on wheat yield
Zahir Shah, S. Rashid Ahmad and Hidayat-ur-Rahman

44. Morphology and yield of soybean grown on allophanic soil as influenced by synthetic zeolite application
Amir Zaman Khan, H. Khan, R. Khan, S. Nigar, M. K. Shah, S. Wahab, S. Munir, M. Ayub, N. Matsue and T. Henmi

45. Pollen germination capacity of two cultivated species (Jasminum sambuc (L.) Ait. and Nycanthes arbor-tristis L.) of family Oleaceae
Anjum Perveen

46. Effect of different allelochemicals on germination and growth of horse purslane
Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Ashfaq and Bakhtiar Gul

47. Effect of exogenous supply of boron on nodule development in pea (Pisum sativum L.)
Ferhat Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim, Zaheer ud Din Khan and Syed Hammad Raza

48. Classification of cotton and sugarcane plants on the basis of their spectral behavior
Muhammad Shahzad Shifa, M. Shahid Naweed, Muhammad Omar, M. Zeeshan Jhandir and Tanveer Ahmed

49. Identification of fibers of woody and non-woody plant species in pulp and papers
Vahidreza Safdari, Mohammad Reza Nikseresht Sigarody and Moinuddin Ahmed

50. Influence of salt stress on growth and biochemical parameters of citrus rootstocks
Rashad Mukhtar Balal, M. Yasin Ashraf, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Muhammad Jafar Jaskani and Muhammad Ashfaq

51. Performance of high yielding wheat and barley cultivars under moisture stress
Amanullah, Shitab Khan, Shad Khan Khalil, Amanullah Jan, Amir Zaman Khan and Khalid Nawab

52. Interspecific variation of total seed protein in wild rice germplasm using SDS-PAGE
Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Fida Muhammad Abbasi, Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Zahir Shah

53. Genetic diversity of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) germplasm from Pakistan using RAPD markers
Fazal Akbar, M. Ashiq Rabbani, Zabta K. Shinwari and M. Shahid Masood

54. Cloning and characterization of peroxidase gene in Phalaenopsis
Xu Chuanjun, Sun Xuzhuo, Chen Dongyin, Lai Yanyan and Li Ling

55. Diversity for seedling vigor in wild barley (Hordeum vulgare L., subsp. spontaneum) germplasm
Kuldeep Tyagi, Hyo Jeong Lee, Chong Ae Lee, Shafiq Rehman, Brian Steffenson, Kui Jae Lee and Song Joong Yun

56. Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of Aspartate aminotransferase gene in Arabidopsis thaliana
Hongying Duan, Xiaosheng Ding, Xinwei Li, Zhiqiang Duan and Yanqing Zhou

57. Detection of sodium azide-induced mutagenicity in the regenerated shoots of Artemisia annua L., using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nrDNA
Fahad Al-Qurainy, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Salim Khan, M. Ajmal Ali, M. Tarroum and M. Ashraf

58. Marine centric diatom Rhizosolenia Brightwell: its occurrence and distribution in neritic waters of Pakistan
Asma Tabassum and S.M. Saifullah

59. Partial characterization of bacteriocin like inhibitory substance from Bacillus subtilis BS15, a local soil isolate
Syed Iqbal Alam, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Sohail, Aqeel Ahmad and Shakeel Ahmed Khan

60. Optimization of cultural conditions for the biosynthesis of lipases by Penicillium chrysogenum (MBL 22) through solid state fermentation
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Zaib-un-Nisa, Asma Tariq, M.N. Khalid and Rukhsana Jabeen

61. Anatomy of Dictyopteris divaricata (Phaeophycota) from the coast of Karachi
Alia Abbas and Mustafa Shameel

62. Process optimization for a potent wild and mutant strain of Aspergillus niger for biosynthesis of amyloglucosidsae
Shazia Malik, Tehreema Iftikhar and Ikram-ul-Haq

63. Role of ultraviolet (UV-C) radiation in the control of root infecting fungi on groundnut and mungbean
Anum Siddiqui, Shahnaz Dawar, M. Javed Zaki and Neelofar Hamid

64. Study of fungi from the contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas
Shazia Iram, Iftikhar Ahmad, Kainat Nasir and Shazia Akhtar

65. antifungal activity of Aloe vera gel against plant pathogenic fungi
Uzma Sitara, Nusrat Hassan and Jawed Naseem

66. Total phenols and antioxidant activities of leaf and stem extracts from coriander, mint and parsley grown in Saudi Arabia
Fahad Al-Juhaimi and Kashif Ghafoor


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New Phytologist - 188 (4), 2010

Contents:

Introduction to a Virtual Special Issue on pathogenic plant-fungus interactions
Panstruga, Ralph

Sniffing stomata?
Desikan, Radhika

From fiery beginnings: wildfires facilitated the spread of angiosperms in the Cretaceous
Belcher, Claire M.

Insidious effects of sequencing errors on perceived diversity in molecular surveys
Dickie, Ian A.

Hubs and bottlenecks in plant molecular signalling networks
Dietz, Karl-Josef; Jacquot, Jean-Pierre; Harris, Gary

From sunlight to phytomass: on the potential efficiency of converting solar radiation to phyto-energy
Amthor, Jeffrey S.

Recent insights into antioxidant defenses of legume root nodules
Becana, Manuel; Matamoros, Manuel A.; Udvardi, Michael; Dalton, David A.

Hydrogen sulphide, a novel gasotransmitter involved in guard cell signalling
García-Mata, Carlos; Lamattina, Lorenzo

Analysis of PRODUCTION OF FLAVONOL GLYCOSIDES-dependent flavonol glycoside accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveals MYB11-, MYB12- and MYB111-independent flavonol glycoside accumulation
Stracke, Ralf; Jahns, Oliver; Keck, Matthias; Tohge, Takayuki; Niehaus, Karsten; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Weisshaar, Bernd

Deficiency in plastidic glutamine synthetase alters proline metabolism and transcriptomic response in Lotus japonicus under drought stress
Díaz, Pedro; Betti, Marco; Sánchez, Diego H.; Udvardi, Michael K.; Monza, Jorge; Márquez, Antonio J.

Characterization of foliar manganese (Mn) in Mn (hyper)accumulators using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Fernando, D. R.; Mizuno, T.; Woodrow, I. E.; Baker, A. J. M.; Collins, R. N.

Regulation and mechanism of potassium release from barley roots: an in planta42K+ analysis ...
Coskun, Devrim; Britto, Dev T.; Kronzucker, Herbert J.

Very-long-chain aldehydes promote in?vitro prepenetration processes of Blumeria graminis in a dose- and chain length-dependent manner
Hansjakob, Anton; Bischof, Sebastian; Bringmann, Gerhard; Riederer, Markus; Hildebrandt, Ulrich

Labile soil carbon inputs mediate the soil microbial community composition and plant residue decomposition rates
de Graaff, Marie-Anne; Classen, Aimee T.; Castro, Hector F.; Schadt, Christopher W.

Ephemeral root modules in Fraxinus mandshurica
Xia, Mengxue; Guo, Dali; Pregitzer, Kurt S.

Responses of epiphytic lichens to an experimental whole-tree nitrogen-deposition gradient
Johansson, Otilia; Nordin, Annika; Olofsson, Johan; Palmqvist, Kristin

Synchrotron X-ray imaging for nondestructive monitoring of sap flow dynamics through xylem vessel elements in rice leaves
Kim, Hae Koo; Lee, Sang Joon

Variations of vessel diameter and ?13C in false rings of Arbutus unedo L. reflect different environmental conditions
Battipaglia, Giovanna; De Micco, Veronica; Brand, Willi A.; Linke, Petra; Aronne, Giovanna; Saurer, Matthias; Cherubini, Paolo

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability is related to conduit dimensions and drought resistance across a diverse range of woody angiosperms
Blackman, Christopher J.; Brodribb, Tim J.; Jordan, Gregory J.

The relationship between wood density and mortality in a global tropical forest data set
Kraft, Nathan J. B.; Metz, Margaret R.; Condit, Richard S.; Chave, Jérôme

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous
Bond, William J.; Scott, Andrew C.

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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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Journal of Ecology - 100 (1), 2012

Contents:

Tansley's vision for Journal of Ecology, and a Centenary Celebration
Hutchings, Michael J.; Gibson, David J.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Rees, Mark; Newton, Erika; Baier, Andrea; Sandhu, Lauren

Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity
de Kroon, Hans; Hendriks, Marloes; van Ruijven, Jasper; Ravenek, Janneke; Padilla, Francisco M.; Jongejans, Eelke; Visser, Eric J. W.; Mommer, Liesje

Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity: insights from island ecosystems in a long-term natural experiment
Wardle, David A.; Jonsson, Micael; Bansal, Sheel; Bardgett, Richard D.; Gundale, Michael J.; Metcalfe, Daniel B.

Ecosystem CO2 starvation and terrestrial silicate weathering: mechanisms and global-scale quantification during the late Miocene
Beerling, David J.; Taylor, Lyla L.; Bradshaw, Catherine D. C.; Lunt, Daniel J.; Valdes, Paul J.; Banwart, Steven A.; Pagani, Mark; Leake, Jonathan R.

A general integrative framework for modelling woody biomass production and carbon sequestration rates in forests
Coomes, David A.; Holdaway, Robert J.; Kobe, Richard K.; Lines, Emily R.; Allen, Robert B.

The productivity, metabolism and carbon cycle of tropical forest vegetation
Malhi, Yadvinder

Evolutionary changes in plant reproductive traits following habitat fragmentation and their consequences for population fitness
Jacquemyn, Hans; De Meester, Luc; Jongejans, Eelke; Honnay, Olivier

Metapopulations and metacommunities: combining spatial and temporal perspectives in plant ecology
Alexander, Helen M.; Foster, Bryan L.; Ballantyne, Ford; Collins, Cathy D.; Antonovics, Janis; Holt, Robert D.

Modelling spread of British wind-dispersed plants under future wind speeds in a changing climate
Bullock, James M.; White, Steven M.; Prudhomme, Christel; Tansey, Christine; Perea, Ramón; Hooftman, Danny A. P.

Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea
Moles, Angela T.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Bonser, Stephen P.; Warton, David I.; Helm, Aveliina; Warman, Laura; Eldridge, David J.; Jurado, Enrique; Hemmings, Frank A.; Reich, Peter B.; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Seabloom, Eric W.; Mayfield, Margaret M.; Sheil, Douglas; Djietror, Jonathan C.; Peri, Pablo L.; Enrico, Lucas; Cabido, Marcelo R.; Setterfield, Samantha A.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Thomson, Fiona J.

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services
Lavorel, Sandra; Grigulis, Karl

Journal of Ecology News
Hutchings, Michael J.; Gibson, David J.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Rees, Mark; Newton, Erika; Baier, Andrea; Sandhu, Lauren

Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant-soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland
Lü, Xiao-Tao; Freschet, Grégoire T.; Flynn, Dan F. B.; Han, Xing-Guo

454-sequencing reveals stochastic local reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities
Lekberg, Ylva; Schnoor, Tim; Kjoller, Rasmus; Gibbons, Sean M.; Hansen, Lars H.; Al-Soud, Waleed A.; Sorensen, Soren J.; Rosendahl, Soren

Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition
Freschet, Grégoire T.; Weedon, James T.; Aerts, Rien; van Hal, Jurgen R.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

The more stems the merrier: advantages of multi-stemmed architecture for the demography of understorey trees in a temperate broadleaf woodland
Tanentzap, Andrew J.; Mountford, Edward P.; Cooke, Arnold S.; Coomes, David A.

Variable offspring size as an adaptation to environmental heterogeneity in a clonal plant species: integrating experimental and modelling approaches
Charpentier, Anne; Anand, Madhur; Bauch, Chris T.

Structure, composition and dynamics of a calcareous grassland metacommunity over a 70-year interval
Newton, Adrian C.; Walls, Robin M.; Golicher, Duncan; Keith, Sally A.; Diaz, Anita; Bullock, James M.

Evidence for assembly rules: limiting similarity within a saltmarsh
Wilson, J. Bastow; Stubbs, Wendy J.

Species traits and their non-additive interactions control the water economy of bryophyte cushions
Michel, Pascale; Lee, William G.; During, Heinjo J.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

Termite activity, not grazing, is the main determinant of spatial variation in savanna herbaceous vegetation
Okullo, Paul; Moe, Stein R.

Context-dependent benefits from ant-plant mutualism in three sympatric varieties of Chamaecrista desvauxii
Baker-Méio, Beatriz; Marquis, Robert J.

Distribution patterns of tropical woody species in response to climatic and edaphic gradients
Toledo, Marisol; Pena-Claros, Marielos; Bongers, Frans; Alarcón, Alfredo; Balcázar, Julio; Chuvina, José; Leano, Claudio; Licona, Juan Carlos; Poorter, Lourens

Marked point pattern analysis on genetic paternity data for uncertainty assessment of pollen dispersal kernels
Niggemann, Marc; Wiegand, Thorsten; Robledo-Arnuncio, Juan J.; Bialozyt, Ronald

On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate-dispersed fruits
Cazetta, Eliana; Galetti, Mauro; Rezende, Enrico L.; Schaefer, Hinrich Martin

Joint consequences of dispersal and niche overlap on local diversity and resource use
Gilbert, Benjamin


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American Journal of Botany - 98 (2), 2011

Contents:

Jennifer L. Halchak, Denise M. Seliskar, and John L. Gallagher
Root system architecture of Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (Malvaceae) and belowground environmental influences on root and aerial growth dynamics

Steven D. Leavitt, Leigh Johnson, and Larry L. St. Clair
Species delimitation and evolution in morphologically and chemically diverse communities of the lichen-forming genus Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in western North America

Béatrice Albert, Adrienne Ressayre, and Sophie Nadot
Correlation between pollen aperture pattern and callose deposition in late tetrad stage in three species producing atypical pollen grains

Kelli M. Gowland, Jeff Wood, Mark A. Clements, and Adrienne B. Nicotra
Significant phorophyte (substrate) bias is not explained by fitness benefits in three epiphytic orchid species

Hillary S. Young, Douglas J. McCauley, and Rodolfo Dirzo
Differential responses to guano fertilization among tropical tree species with varying functional traits

Tetsuya Kondo, Makoto Mikubo, Keisuke Yamada, Jeffrey L. Walck, and Siti N. Hidayati
Seed dormancy in Trillium camschatcense (Melanthiaceae) and the possible roles of light and temperature requirements for seed germination in forests

Madelaine E. Bartlett and Chelsea D. Specht
Changes in expression pattern of the teosinte branched1-like genes in the Zingiberales provide a mechanism for evolutionary shifts in symmetry across the order

Ramona L. Walls
Angiosperm leaf vein patterns are linked to leaf functions in a global-scale data set

K. Guillaume Koffi, Olivier J. Hardy, Charles Doumenge, Corinne Cruaud, and Myriam Heuertz
Diversity gradients and phylogeographic patterns in Santiria trimera (Burseraceae), a widespread African tree typical of mature rainforests

Jorge Lora, Maria Herrero, and Jose I. Hormaza
Stigmatic receptivity in a dichogamous early-divergent angiosperm species, Annona cherimola (Annonaceae): Influence of temperature and humidity

Michele R. Dudash, Cynthia Hassler, Peter M. Stevens, and Charles B. Fenster
Experimental floral and inflorescence trait manipulations affect pollinator preference and function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

Risa D. Sargent, Steven W. Kembel, Nancy C. Emery, Elisabeth J. Forrestel, and David D. Ackerly
Effect of local community phylogenetic structure on pollen limitation in an obligately insect-pollinated plant

Andrés Torres-Miranda, Isolda Luna-Vega, and Ken Oyama
Conservation biogeography of red oaks (Quercus, section Lobatae) in Mexico and Central America

Brad R. Ruhfel, Volker Bittrich, Claudia P. Bove, Mats H. G. Gustafsson, C. Thomas Philbrick, Rolf Rutishauser, Zhenxiang Xi, and Charles C. Davis
Phylogeny of the clusioid clade (Malpighiales): Evidence from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes

Katharine B. Gregg
Recovery from bud disappearance explains prolonged dormancy in Cleistes bifaria (Orchidaceae)

Lin Li, Fang-yun Cheng, and Qi-xiang Zhang
Microsatellite markers for the Chinese herbaceous peony Paeonia lactiflora (Paeoniaceae)

Yi-Su Shi, Jian Zhang, Kai Jiang, Min-Yan Cui, and Yuan-Yuan Li
Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Castanopsis sclerophylla (Fagaceae)

Yu Ma, Tao Yang, Jianping Guan, Shumin Wang, Haifei Wang, Xuelian Sun, and Xuxiao Zong
Development and characterization of 21 EST-derived microsatellite markers in Vicia faba (fava bean)

Annika M. Moe and George D. Weiblen
Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in dioecious figs (Ficus, Moraceae)

Kelsey L. Glennon and Sheri A. Church
Microsatellite primers for the North American bluets (Houstonia section Amphiotis, Rubiaceae)

Mariela C. Núnez-Ávila, María Uriarte, Pablo A. Marquet, and Juan J. Armesto
Microsatellite markers for the relict tree Aextoxicon punctatum: The only species in the Chilean endemic family Aextoxicaceae

Sylvie V. M. Tesson, Marco Borra, Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra, and Gabriele Procaccini
Microsatellite primers in the planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Bacillariophyceae)

Zhi-Hua Wu, Shu-Zhen Wang, Ji-Hong Hu, Feng Li, Wei-Dong Ke, and Yi Ding
Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Sagittaria trifolia var. sinensis (Alismataceae)

Susanne Schreiter, Susan K. Ebeling, and Walter Durka
Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the invasive shrub Buddleja davidii (Scrophulariaceae)1

En-Wei Tian, Hui Yu, Da-Yong Zhang, and John D. Nason
Development of microsatellite loci for Blastophaga javana (Agaonidae), the pollinating wasp of Ficus hirta (Moraceae)



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The Plant Journal - 66 (1), 2011

Contents:

The plant genome: an evolutionary perspective on structure and function
Pichersky, Eran; Gerats, Tom

From nucleosome to chromosome: a dynamic organization of genetic information
Fransz, Paul; de Jong, Hans

Organisation of the plant genome in chromosomes
Heslop-Harrison, J. S. (Pat); Schwarzacher, Trude

Chloroplast genomes of photosynthetic eukaryotes
Green, Beverley R.

Decoding algal genomes: tracing back the history of photosynthetic life on Earth
Tirichine, Leila; Bowler, Chris

Journey through the past: 150 million years of plant genome evolution
Proost, Sebastian; Pattyn, Pedro; Gerats, Tom; Van de Peer, Yves

From hormones to secondary metabolism: the emergence of metabolic gene clusters in plants
Chu, Hoi Yee; Wegel, Eva; Osbourn, Anne

A global picture of tRNA genes in plant genomes
Michaud, Morgane; Cognat, Valérie; Duchene, Anne-Marie; Maréchal-Drouard, Laurence

Evolutionary and comparative analysis of MYB and bHLH plant transcription factors
Feller, Antje; Machemer, Katja; Braun, Edward L.; Grotewold, Erich

The RLK/Pelle family of kinases
Gish, Lindsey A.; Clark, Steven E.

The plant ADH gene family
Strommer, Judith

Genome-level and biochemical diversity of the acyl-activating enzyme superfamily in plants
Shockey, Jay; Browse, John

Evolution, structure and function of mitochondrial carriers: a review with new insights
Palmieri, Ferdinando; Pierri, Ciro L.; De Grassi, Anna; Nunes-Nesi, Adriano; Fernie, Alisdair R.

An evolutionary view of functional diversity in family?1 glycosyltransferases
Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko; Hanada, Kousuke

A P450-centric view of plant evolution
Nelson, David; Werck-Reichhart, Daniele

The family of terpene synthases in plants: a mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom
Chen, Feng; Tholl, Dorothea; Bohlmann, Jörg; Pichersky, Eran