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Fruit Traits Reflect Adaptation to Dispersers Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study investigates how fruit traits related to frugivore dispersal—specifically diameter, colour and presentation—vary along an elevation gradient in Papua New Guinea. Results showed that fruit diameter decreases with elevation, bird‐attracting colours are more common at higher elevations, and branch‐borne (ramiflorous) fruits increase with ...
Hazell RJ +7 more
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Relationship Between Endemic and Invasive Frogs on Grenada. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe endemic Grenada frog (Pristimantis euphronides) is found only in high elevation cloud forests, habitat that is being invaded by the introduced Lesser Antillean frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) and threatened by climate change. Between 2004 and 2020, our field team surveyed three key sites in the central highlands of Grenada to monitor ...
Harrison B, Beston J.
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Mechanical and chemical changes in Monodora myristica seeds and kernels during roasting [PDF]
Journal on Processing and Energy in Agriculture, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in the mechanical and chemical properties of Monodora myristica seeds and kernels during roasting. The roasting parameters considered in the experiment encompassed three different roasting air temperatures (
Danlami Ibi Kwino +2 more
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Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2021 Background: Essential Oils (EOs) are natural metabolic products of plants that contain a condensed chemical hydrophobic liquid compounds. The aim of this study was to evaluate inhibitory effects of EOs of Cinnamon zeylanicum and Myristica fragrans ...
A. Al-Mariri +4 more
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Sains Natural, 2022 Nutmeg mace is a mesh-shaped seed coat that is bright red when the fruit is ripe and yellowish-white when immature, which generally contains secondary metabolites such as flavonoids and phenolics. This study aimed to examine the content of flavonoids and
Rahmatul Kartini Erza +2 more
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Molecules, 2023 The African nutmeg (Monodora myristica) is a medically useful plant. We, herein, aimed to critically examine whether bioactive compounds identified in the extracted oil of Monodora myristica could act as antimicrobial agents. To this end, we employed the
Sunday Amos Onikanni +11 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Myristica swamps are unique freshwater swamp forests characterised by predominance of tree species of the Myristicaceae family. There have been few published works on the flora and fauna of myristica swamps but studies on butterflies have been scanty ...
Prabhakaran Chandrika Sujitha +2 more
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First report of three redlisted tree species from swampy relics of Goa State, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2014 Myristica swamps, one of the relic ecosystems of Western Ghats, are considered home for many rare and endemic angiosperms. During an inventory of Myristica swamps in Goa State, two critically endangered species and one endangered species, viz. Semecarpus
A. Prabhugaonkar +2 more
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Amino acid and fatty acid profile of twenty wild plants used as spices in Cameroon [PDF]
, 2016 The amino acids and fatty acids of twenty wild plants used as spices which were collected in Cameroon were investigated. The most important of total non-essential amino acids (TNEAA) contents have been found in A. daniellii (52.04%), C. frutescens (50.53%
Abdou Bouba, Armand +7 more
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Effect of inclusion of Myristica fragrans on methane production, rumen fermentation parameters and methanogens population [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2012 Aim: The present study was done to evaluate the effect of Myristica fragrans fruit active compounds addition on methane production in vitro. Materials and Methods: Methanolic extract of Myristica fragrans fruit powder was prepared and checked for its ...
S K Sirohi, P P Chaudhary, Navneet Goel
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