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Extinction risk of the endemic vascular flora of Kauai, Hawaii, based on IUCN assessments
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022 Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) is the world's most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of species. Governmental agencies and conservation organizations increasingly rely on IUCN Red List assessments to develop conservation policies and ...
Nina Rønsted +15 more
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Pest categorisation of Pulvinaria psidii
EFSA Journal, Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022 Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Pulvinaria psidii (Hemiptera: Coccidae), the green shield scale, for the EU. P. psidii was originally described from Hawaii on Psidium sp. and it is now established in many countries in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Within the EU, the pest has been reported from
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Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Shrubs and Herbs Used by Forest-Fringe Communities of Ghana. [PDF]
Scientifica (Cairo)Documenting and quantitatively assessing medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge in different social contexts is critical in providing nature‐based solutions to contemporary issues. Therefore, our study quantitatively evaluated medicinal shrubs and herbs in forest‐fringe communities of Ghana and tested the versatility, ecological apparency and ...
Asigbaase M +6 more
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CAM photosynthesis: the acid test
New Phytologist, Volume 233, Issue 2, Page 599-609, January 2022., 2022 Summary There is currently considerable interest in the prospects for bioengineering crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis – or key elements associated with it, such as increased water‐use efficiency – into C3 plants. Resolving how CAM photosynthesis evolved from the ancestral C3 pathway could provide valuable insights into the targets for ...
Klaus Winter, J. Andrew C. Smith
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Scientia Pharmaceutica, 2023 Kalanchoe pinnata is a species widely used in traditional medicine in Latin America and southern Africa. This species has been reported to have different activities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic, the latter being related to its ...
Wilson Leonardo Villarreal Romero +2 more
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Journal of Chemistry, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Traditional herbal medicines have been consumed in Nepal and other parts of the eastern hemisphere since ancient times. Many of these plants reportedly have been effective against ailments as well. This study aims to analyze the phytochemical constituents from the extracts of ten such plants and evaluate their antimicrobial, cytotoxicity, and ...
Keshav Ranabhat +10 more
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The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Background. Deposition and formation of stones in any part of the urinary system is called urolithiasis. CaOx is the predominant component of most stones, and the formation of these stones is a multistep process that includes supersaturation, nucleation, aggregation, growth, and retention.
Sasindu Punyamali Hewagama +2 more
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Revista Cuarzo, 2016 Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. es una planta popular que se emplea en medicina tradicional en muchas partes del mundo y, en especial, en Suramérica. Estudios previos de la especie han reportado actividad antialérgica, antileishmaniasis, antiinflamatoria,
Diana Fernanda Donoso García +5 more
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Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 18, Issue 11, November 2021., 2021 Abstract Medicinal plants, a source of different phytochemical compounds, are now subjected to a variety of environmental stresses during their growth and development. Different ecologically limiting factors including temperature, carbon dioxide, lighting, ozone, soil water, soil salinity and soil fertility has significant impact on medicinal plants ...
Poonam Pant +2 more
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IET Nanobiotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 266-276, May 2021., 2021 Abstract A large population is suffering from multifactorial urolithiasis worldwide with a reoccurrence rate of almost 70%–80% in males and 47%–60% in females. In the present study, the nephroprotective effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesised by Bryophyllum pinnatum was evaluated in ethylene glycol‐induced urolithiasis in rat. B.
Revati Dighade +5 more
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