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Bioactivity of silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) berries parts against Galleria mellonella and Erwinia carotovora and LC-MS chemical profile of its potential extract

Scientific Reports
Natural products received much attention as an environmentally beneficial solution for pest management. Therefore, the extracts of invasive silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) weeds using their berries parts (seeds, peels and mucilage ...
Abdel Nasser A. Kobisi, Mohamed A. Balah, Ahmed R. Hassan   +2 more
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Antimicrobial activity, ergosterol content and phytochemical screening of Rorippa Islandica (Oeder ex Murr.) and Carrichtera annua (L.)

Scientific Reports
The purpose of this study was to identify non-polluting medicinal plant alternatives. Two medicinal plants, Rorippa islandica and Carrichtera annua (family Brassicaceae), collected from the NorthWestern Coastal region (Marsa Matrouh, Egypt), were ...
Heba Yehia, Marwa A. Ibrahim, Samah A. Donia, Naziha M. Hassanein, Enas Ibrahim   +4 more
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Asynchronous flowering patterns in saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)

Ecosphere, 2021
The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea [Engelm.] Britton & Rose) is a keystone species endemic to the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Theresa Foley, Don E. Swann, Guadalupe Sotelo, Nicholas Perkins, Daniel E. Winkler   +4 more
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LC/MS/MS and GC/MS/MS metabolic profiling of Leontodon hispidulus, in vitro and in silico anticancer activity evaluation targeting hexokinase 2 enzyme

Scientific Reports
Leontodon hispidulus Boiss is a wild annual plant growing in Egypt. The present study aims for the first time, to evaluate the phytochemical profile of the main secondary metabolites of the optimized ethanolic extract of the plant using Quadrupole Time ...
Noha Mokhtar Abd-El-Aziz, Mohamed Saeed Hifnawy, Rehab Ahmed Lotfy, Inas Youssef Younis   +3 more
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Convergent Variation in the Leaf Traits of Desert Plants in the Ebinur Lake Basin

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Elucidating the relationship between the variation of plant leaf functional traits and the environment is necessary for understanding the adaptation mechanism of plants and predicting changes in ecosystem structure.
Saltanat Nurbolat, Lv Guanghui, Jiang Lamei, Jiang Lamei, Zhang Lei, Zhang Lei   +5 more
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Phylogeography and Population Genetics Analyses Reveal Evolutionary History of the Desert Resource Plant Lycium ruthenicum (Solanaceae)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Climactic oscillations during the Quaternary played a significant role in the formation of genetic diversity and historical demography of numerous plant species in northwestern China.
Gulbar Yisilam, Gulbar Yisilam, Gulbar Yisilam, Chen-Xi Wang, Mao-Qin Xia, Hans Peter Comes, Pan Li, Jin Li, Xin-Min Tian   +8 more
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Comprehensive analysis and implications of Veronica persica germination and growth traits in their invasion ecology

Scientific Reports
Invasive alien species implications in ecological threats are attributed to their unique characteristics that are linked to their invasion. Veronica persica (Plantaginaceae family) is an alien weed species in Egypt.
Rahmah Al-Qthanin, Asmaa M. Radwan, AbdElRaheim M. Donia, Mohamed A. Balah   +3 more
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Machine learning shows a limit to rain-snow partitioning accuracy when using near-surface meteorology

Nature Communications
Partitioning precipitation into rain and snow with near-surface meteorology is a well-known challenge. However, whether a limit exists to its potential performance remains unknown.
Keith S. Jennings, Meghan Collins, Benjamin J. Hatchett, Anne Heggli, Nayoung Hur, Sonia Tonino, Anne W. Nolin, Guo Yu, Wei Zhang, Monica M. Arienzo   +9 more
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Water use strategies of Ferula bungeana on mega-dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
In desert ecosystems, ephemeral plants have developed specialized water use strategies in response to long-term natural water stress. To examine the water use strategies of desert ephemeral plants under natural extreme drought conditions, we investigated
Jie Qin, Jie Qin, Jianhua Si, Bing Jia, Bing Jia, Chunyan Zhao, Dongmeng Zhou, Dongmeng Zhou, Xiaohui He, Xiaohui He, Chunlin Wang, Chunlin Wang, Xinglin Zhu, Xinglin Zhu   +13 more
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UPLC-qTOF-MS/MS profiling of phenolic compounds in Fagonia arabica L. and evaluation of their cholinesterase inhibition potential through in-vitro and in-silico approaches

Scientific Reports
Fagonia arabica L. is a widely used traditional medicinal herb. This study explored the flavonoid and phenolic acid content in the aerial parts of F.
Sarah A. Badawy, Ahmed R. Hassan, Marwa S. Abu Bakr, Abd El-Salam I. Mohammed   +3 more
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