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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Indigenous Peoples rely on biodiversity and traditional knowledge for health and well‐being, yet biological and cultural systems are threatened by ecological and social changes. Limited understanding exists on the factors that support the resilience of Indigenous Peoples' healthcare systems—the capacity of a healthcare system to adapt to ...
Sandrine Gallois +8 more
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The growth-form of Euphorbia hedyotoides N. E. Br. (syn. E. decariana Croiz.)
Collectanea Botanica, 1992 S'ofereix una detallada descripció d'una peculiar forma de creixement d'E. hedyotoides N. E. Or. procedent del sud de Madagascar. Es situa,juntament amb E. eliotii Léandri, en un grup separat : el grup E. hedyotoides.
Werner Rauh
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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2022 Introduction: Cleistanthin A (CA) is an aryl naphthalene lignan, which has a potent anticancer activity by regulating the tumor microenvironment. The objective was to develop a new technique for the isolation of cleistanthin A from the acetone extract of
S C Santosh Kumar +2 more
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Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.Phyllanthus urinaria L can alleviate cisplatin‐induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress. ABSTRACT Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a prevalent and serious clinical challenge with limited specific treatments.
Qitong Guo +8 more
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Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Euphorbiaceae): the miracle tree: current status of available knowledge [PDF]
, 2011 Euphorbia tirucalli is one of the most important tree Euphorbias known worldwide for its many uses. Endemic to tropical Africa where it often grows wild, it is usually planted for boundary demarcation but also as a live fence around compounds, shrines ...
Mwine, Tedson Julius, Van Damme, Patrick
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Cassava is a lifeline for millions of people across the tropics, but its productivity is at risk from a disease called Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB). In this study, we explore how the everyday practices of farmers exchanging cassava cuttings—a long‐standing tradition—can shape how the disease spreads and evolves in the Colombian Caribbean.
Darío Pérez +7 more
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Molecules, 2019 Euphorbia species were widely used in traditional medicines for the treatment of several diseases. From the aerial parts of Egyptian endemic plant, Euphorbia sanctae-catharinae, three new premyrsinane diterpenoids, namely, euphosantianane E−G (1 ...
Abdelsamed I. Elshamy +6 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.Tree diversity increases arthropod richness and the abundance of beneficial arthropod groups within Atlantic Forest fragments. Higher insect richness in forest fragments is associated with greater richness in adjacent sugarcane fields, and both habitats share insect families, suggesting spillover.
Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira +5 more
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Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Compared to animals, plants show a wide range of reproductive strategies with different degrees of sex separation (e.g. dioecy, monoecy, hermaphroditism). While sex expression was previously thought to be genetically determined and fixed in plants, accumulating evidence suggests that sex expression can change reversibly even within one ...
Iris Sammarco +3 more
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Convergent adaptations: bitter manioc cultivation systems in fertile anthropogenic dark earths and floodplain soils in central Amazonia [PDF]
, 2012 Shifting cultivation in the humid tropics is incredibly diverse, yet research tends to focus on one type: long-fallow shifting cultivation. While it is a typical adaptation to the highly-weathered nutrient-poor soils of the Amazonian terra firme, fertile
Alessandro Alves-Pereira +5 more
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