New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [PDF]
As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), we report new distribution and host plant records for nine Tephritidae ...
Steck, G. J., Sutton, Bruce D.
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ABSTRACT Chemical investigation of Disynaphia filifolia (Hassl.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae) led to the isolation of eight compounds, with tremetone being the major metabolite recovered. Tremetone has been suggested as the toxic compound in Ageratina altissima and Isocoma pluriflora, two species of the Asteraceae family. Although D.
Yasmin Rodrigues Chierici+11 more
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Staphylococcus aureus AgrA Modulators From South African Antimicrobial Plants
The study workflow utilized validated in silico [molecular docking, fingerprinting, pharmacokinetics prediction, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, ligand‐protein contact maps] tools to bioprospect a wide variety of metabolites surveyed from South African plants with antimicrobial activities, and target them against the key S.
Christiana Eleojo Aruwa, Saheed Sabiu
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Secondary metabolites with ecologic and medicinal implications in Anthemis cretica subsp. petraea from Majella National Park [PDF]
Anthemis cretica subsp. petraea (Ten.) Greuter is a plant belonging to the Asteraceae family and endemic of central Italy. In this paper, the first analysisof the ethanolic fraction of samples collected in the Majella National Park is reported.
Alessandro Venditti+7 more
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Nonconventional Techniques in Plant Alkaloid Extraction: A Decade of Progress (2014–2023)
This figure seeks to represent the evolution of the different unconventional approaches that were adopted for the extraction of plant‐derived alkaloids during the decade from 2014 to 2023. ABSTRACT Plant metabolism encompasses primary and secondary pathways, with secondary metabolism yielding diverse natural products crucial for plant adaptation and ...
Victor Menezes Sipoloni+5 more
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Impact of broom, Cytisus scoparius (Fabaceae), in naturally treeless sub-alpine frost-hollow vegetation communities at the Barrington Tops, south-eastern Australia [PDF]
The exotic shrub Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link (family Fabaceae), known as broom, is having a major impact on native vegetation in naturally treeless sub-alpine frost-hollow areas (c. 32o 01’ 37” S, 151o 26’ 12” E’, 1440 m elevation) at the Barrington Tops,
Hosking, John R.+2 more
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Abstract An infusion of Ageratina grandifolia, a traditional preparation, and major compounds [3,5‐diprenyl‐4‐hydroxyacetophenone (1), O‐methylencecalinol (2), encecalin (3), and encecalinol (4)], tested at 10, 31.6, and 100 mg/kg, intragastrically administered, showed a significant antinociceptive effect in both phases of the formalin test in mice ...
José Alberto Gutiérrez‐González+5 more
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Pharmacological characterization of Cirsium ligulare Boiss. (Asteraceae) herb decoction [PDF]
Background/Aim. Data on phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of genus Cirsium Mill. (Asteraceae) are scarce. Some data suggest that decoctions or infusions prepared from these plants are used in folk medicine as tonics, particularly in ...
Dobrić Silva+4 more
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Native and ornamental exotic resources in pollen loads and garbage pellets of four stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) in an urban environment with riparian native forest [PDF]
An entomopalynological study to assess pollen use by wild bees was performed in an urban environment with riparian native forest in the Chaco region of Argentina.
Vossler, Favio Gerardo
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Scorzonera sensu lato (Asteraceae, Cichorieae) – taxonomic reassessment in the light of new molecular phylogenetic and carpological analyses [PDF]
Scorzonera comprises 180–190 species and belongs to the subtribe Scorzonerinae. Its circumscription has long been the subject of debate and available molecular phylogenetic analyses affirmed the polyphyly of Scorzonera in its wide sense.
Jones, Katy+6 more
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