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Conifer-angiosperm interactions: Physiological ecology and life history. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Worldwide, conifers are most successful on sites subject to chronic stresses that limit productivity (low temperatures, nutrient poverty, poor drainage).
Lusk, Christopher H.
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Forest Biodiversity Assessment in Peruvian Andean Montane Cloud Forest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Cloud forests are unusual and fragile habitats, being one of the least studied and least understood ecosystems. The tropical Andean dominion is considered one of the most significant places in the world as rega rds biological diversity, with a very high ...
A. Ledo   +63 more
core   +2 more sources

Volatile Constituents of the Stem and Root Barks of Engl

open access: yesNatural Product Communications, 2007
The volatile oils obtained by hydrodistillation of the stem and root barks of Pyrenacantha staudtii Engl. (Icacinaceae) were analyzed for their constituents by Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Adebayo A. Lasisi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spiny fruits revealed by nano-CT scanning: Pseudoanacardium peruvianum (Berry) gen. et comb. nov. from the early Oligocene Belén flora of Peru

open access: yesActa Palaeobotanica, 2018
Fossil fruits formerly described as cashews from the Oligocene of Peru are reinvestigated based on the original specimens and newly collected materials. The recovery of an outer spiny layer, preserved in the sedimentary molds surrounding the locule casts,
STEVEN R. MANCHESTER, BEHNAZ BALMAKI
doaj   +1 more source

VARIAÇÃO SAZONAL DOS MACRO E MICROELEMENTOS NO GÊNERO HUMIRIANTHERA (ICACINACEAE), EM FUNÇÃO DA IDADE [PDF]

open access: yesActa Amazonica, 1992
Foram analisados 26 espécimens de H. amplae 09 de H. rupestris,nas idades jovem e adulta, coletados nas estações seca e chuvosa, quanto ao teor total de N, F, K, Ca, Mg, Mo, Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, B, Al, Co, Cr, Na, Pb, Si e Sr nas diferentes partes vegetativas
Maria de Jesus Coutinho Varejão   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Camptothecins: Some Recent Chemical Studies

open access: yesNatural Product Communications, 2006
Camptothecin, a novel, naturally-occurring pyrrolo(3,4-b)-quinoline alkaloid, and its analogues (collectively known as camptothecins) possess interesting chemistry and important anticancer and antiviral properties.
Biswanath Das   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for cervical cancer management in Zomba District, Malawi

open access: yesScientific African, 2021
Cervical cancer has limited treatment options and people have been resorting to herbal medicines in Malawi and worldwide. However, there are limited data in the published literature on medicinal plants used for cervical cancer in Malawi.
Njova Tembo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcriptome analysis of stem wood of Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. identifies genes associated with biosynthesis of camptothecin, an anti-carcinogenic molecule [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Camptothecin (CPT), a monoterpene indole alkaloid, is a potent inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I and has applications in treating ovarian, small lung and refractory ovarian cancers. Stem wood tissue of Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb.
Kumar, Sanjay   +6 more
core   +1 more source

LEVANTAMENTO PRELIMINAR DOS HOSPEDEIROS DE DENDROPHTHORA E PHORADENDRON (SANTALACEAE) NO DISTRITO FEDERAL, BRASIL

open access: yesHeringeriana, 2015
As ervas-de-passarinho dos gêneros Dendrophthora e Phoradendron apresentam uma distribuição neotropical, totalizando cerca de 360 espécies. No Brasil apenas Phoradendron é amplamente distribuí­do, encontrado sobre uma enorme diversidade de hospedeiros ...
Claudenir Simões Caires   +1 more
doaj   +5 more sources

An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Traditional apiculture has been practised in Ethiopia over a long historical period and still remains a benign means to extract direct benefits from natural ecosystems.
Adal, Hussien   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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