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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2025.This case report describes an elderly patient presenting with a persistent cough due to the aspiration of a mukago (edible yam bulbil), which is occasionally eaten in Japan. The foreign body was confirmed by chest CT and removed by flexible bronchoscopy.
Takayuki Yamamoto +8 more
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1154. Fritillaria of the Maritime Alps
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 355-368, September 2025.Summary The three taxa of the Fritillaria tubaeformis group are illustrated here. These plants are narrow endemic geophytes of the Alpine chain, where they are rare and representative of the subalpine grasslands, a very diverse and heterogeneous mosaic of habitats.
Marco Mucciarelli +5 more
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Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 8, Page 2030-2045, August 2025.In a large‐scale field survey in Fennoscandia, we investigated how the selected fungal communities within different Bistorta vivipara plant compartments varied with altitude, respective to the available fungal species pool in the soil and surrounding plants.
Skylar Burg +8 more
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An Update on the Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Dioscorea oppositifolia
Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2025.Dioscorea oppositifolia L. (Cinnamon vine) contains bioactive compounds, such as diosgenin, demonstrating anticancer properties. Diosgenin inhibits JAK/STAT3 signaling, suppressing cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Additionally, it triggers mitochondrial apoptosis by activating Bax, promoting cytochrome C release and stimulating caspase‐9 ...
Ruchika Kumari +10 more
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Soil Characteristics Drive Ficaria verna Abundance and Reproductive Output [PDF]
, 2019 Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna Huds.), an invasive plant from Europe, is becoming widespread in river valleys throughout the northeastern United States and the Pacific Northwest.
Kermack, Justin P., Rauschert, Emily
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Invasive Weeds in Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesia and Its Implication on Surrounding Landscapes [PDF]
, 2014 Conservation areas with the objective for collection and exchange plant materials have been speculated as weed bank for surrounding areas. Objective of this study was to identify and characterize ruderal invasive weeds in the Bogor Botanic Gardens (BBG).
Agustin, E. K. (Elly) +6 more
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Adaptation of Poa alpina to altitude and land use in the Swiss Alps [PDF]
, 2018 Current land use and climate change are prompting questions about the ability of plants to adapt to such environmental change. Therefore, we experimentally addressed plant performance and quantitative-genetic diversity of the common Alpine Meadow Grass ...
Fischer, Markus +3 more
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First Record of Fungal Diversity in the Tropical and Warm-Temperate Middle Miocene Climate Optimum Forests of Eurasia [PDF]
, 2021 The middle Miocene Climate Optimum (MMCO) was the warmest interval of the last 23 million years and is one of the best analogs for proposed future climate change scenarios.
O\u27Keefe, Jennifer M.K.
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The Reproductive Biology and Edaphic Characteristics of a Rare, Gynodioecious Saxifage: Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae (Saxifragaceae) [PDF]
, 1999 I examined the reproductive biology and general ecology of Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae, a rare saxifrage endemic to the West Salmon River Mountains of central Idaho. Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae combines asexual reproduction via bulbils with
Pierson, Kimberly
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