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The Optimized Method of Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation in Nitraria schoberi (Ghar-e-Dagh in Persian) [PDF]

Journal of Genetic Resources, 2019
Ghar-e-Dagh (Nitraria schoberi) is a native perennial plant profoundly resistant to salinity and drought. This plant, having a well-developed deep rooting system can act as sand dunes stabilization agent and also, due to its special alkaloids may perform
Fatemeh Eskandari, Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi, Hamid Reza Naseri, Nasim Zarinpanjeh   +3 more
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Desert Endemic Plants in Algeria: A Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Polyphenolic Compounds and Pharmacological Activities

Molecules, 2023
Due to their robust antioxidant capabilities, potential health benefits, wide variety of biological activities, and strong antioxidant qualities, phenolic compounds are substances that have drawn considerable attention in recent years.
Hadia Hemmami, B. B. Seghir, S. Zeghoud, I. Ben Amor, I. Kouadri, A. Rebiai, Abdelmalek Zaater, M. Messaoudi, N. Benchikha, B. Sawicka, M. Atanassova   +10 more
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Niche analysis of dominant species in alpine desert grassland communities in Qaidam Basin [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Community dominant plants and their ecological niche research is the focus of community ecology research. To explore the niche characteristics of desert dominant plants and the relationship between them and soil factors in Qaidam Basin, and to provide a ...
Sun Jiancai, Li Yonghui, Deng Deting, Yang Sha, Wu Yukun, Shi Huilan   +5 more
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Passive water harvesting by desert plants and animals: lessons from nature

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2020
Fresh water sustains human life and is vital for human health. For some of the poorest countries, 1 in 10 people do not have access to safe and easily accessible water sources. Water consumption by man continues to grow with an increasing population. The
Dev Gurera, B. Bhushan
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Evaluation of Nutritional, Phytochemical, and Mineral Composition of Selected Medicinal Plants for Therapeutic Uses from Cold Desert of Western Himalaya

Plants, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the elemental and nutritive values of leaf parts of 10 selected wild medicinal plants, Acer pictum, Acer caecium, Betula utilis, Oxalis corniculata, Euphorbia pilosa, Heracleum lanatum, Urtica dioica, Berberis ...
Radha, Manish Kumar, S. Puri, A. Pundir, S. Bangar, S. Changan, Poonam Choudhary, E. Parameswari, A. Alhariri, M. K. Samota, Rahul D. Damale, Surinder Singh, M. Berwal, SANGRAM SAHEBRAO DHUMAL, A. Bhoite, M. Senapathy, Anshu Sharma, B. Bhushan, M. Mekhemar   +18 more
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Phytochemical, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic and hypoglycemic activities of Periploca angustifolia L extracts in rats

Clinical Phytoscience, 2018
Background In traditional North Africa, medicine decoctions of the leaves of Periploca angustifolia are used to treat diarrhea, inflammation, ulcers, edema and diabetes.
Khaled Abo-EL-Sooud, Fatma A. Ahmed, Sayed A. El-Toumy, Hanona S. Yaecob, Hanan M. ELTantawy   +4 more
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Application of Box-Behnken design for optimization of phenolics extraction from Leontodon hispidulus in relation to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities

Scientific Reports, 2022
To the best of our knowledge, there have been no phytochemical studies concerning the wild plant Leontodon hispidulus Boiss. (Asteraceae). Optimization of the green extraction process of the plant aerial parts, identification of main phenolic compounds ...
Noha Mokhtar Abd-El-Aziz, Mohamed S. Hifnawy, Ahmed A. El-Ashmawy, Rehab A. Lotfy, Inas Y. Younis   +4 more
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Shrubs indirectly increase desert seedbanks through facilitation of the plant community [PDF]

, 2019
The mechanisms supporting positive ecological interactions are important. Foundation species can structure desert biodiversity by facilitating seedbanks of annual plants, but the direct and indirect mechanisms of shrub effects on seedbank have not been ...
Filazzola, Alessandro, Liczner, Amanda, Lortie, Christopher, Westphal, Michael   +3 more
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Typical Shrub Communities and Its Diversity in Ulan Buh-Western Ordos Steppe Desert Ecotone

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022
[Objective] The diversity of typical shrub communities in the ecotone of the Ulan Buh-Western Ordos Steppe Desert was researched in order to provide a theoretical basis for protecting biodiversity and for ecological environment construction in the area. [
Song Zhaobin, Luo Fengmin, Ma Yuan, Li Xing, Xin Zhiming   +4 more
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Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Holoparasite Cistanche Deserticola (Orobanchaceae) reveals gene loss and horizontal gene transfer from Its host Haloxylon Ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae) [PDF]

, 2013
The central function of chloroplasts is to carry out photosynthesis, and its gene content and structure are highly conserved across land plants. Parasitic plants, which have reduced photosynthetic ability, suffer gene losses from the chloroplast (cp ...
AD Wolfe, AD Wolfe, AD Wolfe, B Bremer, B Heinze, CC Davis, D Gautheret, D Grivet, D Laslett, D Posada, DH Kim, E Delannoy, F Ronquist, GC Conant, H Akaike, H Shimda, HT Funk, J Carlsson, J Vogel, JD Thompson, JH Westwood, Jianqiang Li, Jiayuan Zhao, JM Park, JN Timmis, JP Mower, JR Bennett, JR McNeal, K Krause, K Krause, K Tobe, KD Pruitt, KH Wolfe, KH Wolfe, LE Olson, LW Lin, M Koulintchenko, M Martín, M Woloszynska, M. James C Crabbe, Masami Hasegawa, MD Logacheva, Meng-xiang Sun, MM Guisinger, MW Gray, MW Gray, NJ Wickett, P Librado, PJ Keeling, PR Haddrill, Qin Qiao, R Bock, R Zoschke, RC Haberle, RG Olmstead, SK Wyman, T Wakasugi, TA Hall, Takahiro Yonezawa, Ti-Cao Zhang, TJ Barkman, U Bergthorsson, V Quiñones, V Shedge, WR Hess, X Wang, Xi Li, Y Asakura, Yang Zhong, Z Cai, Zhumei Ren   +70 more
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