MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS BY BAPEDI TRADITIONAL HEALERS IN THREE DISTRICTS OF THE LIMPOPO PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]
, 2012 The present study was aimed at documenting medicinal plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) by the Bapedi traditional healers in three districts of the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Maroyi, A, Semenya, S S
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Two Decades of Desiccation Biology: A Systematic Review of the Best Studied Angiosperm Resurrection Plants [PDF]
, 2021 Resurrection plants have an extraordinary ability to survive extreme water loss but still revive full metabolic activity when rehydrated. These plants are useful models to understand the complex biology of vegetative desiccation tolerance.
Farrant, Jill M +2 more
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An ultrastructural investigation of the surface microbiota present on the leaves and reproductive structures of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia [PDF]
, 2016 The leaves, flower and stems of the southern African angiosperm resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia were investigated at the ultrastructural level to determine the source of previously reported fungal contamination.
Brandt, W F +4 more
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Unravelling metabolic mechanisms behind chloroplast desiccation tolerance: chlorophyllous fern spore as a new promising unicellular model [PDF]
, 2018 Se sustituye el preprint por el postprint el 23-11-2020Fern spores are unicellular structures produced by the sporophyte generation that give rise to the haploid gametophyte.
Fernández Marín, Beatriz +3 more
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The Determination of Floristic Diversity within Image Forest Reserve (IFR) Land Cover Types, Kilolo District, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2020 Image Forest Reserve (IFR) in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania is known for its high floristic diversity within the various land cover types. The study was conducted from August to October 2019 to determine the floristic diversity in IFR. A total of
Giliba, Richard Alphonce +3 more
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Physiological and molecular insights into drought tolerance. [PDF]
, 2016 Water is a major limiting factor in world agriculture. In general, most crop plants are highly sensitive to even a mild dehydration stress. There are however, a few genera of plants unique to Southern Africa, called "resurrection plants" which can ...
Baker, B +10 more
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Effect of light stress on the homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii [PDF]
, 2017 The effect of light stress during drying, experienced by the homoiochlorophyllous resurrection plant Craterostigma wilmsii, was examined in this study.
Loffell, D A
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Proteome Comparison Between Natural Desiccation-Tolerant Plants and Drought-Protected Caspicum annuum Plants by Microbacterium sp. 3J1 [PDF]
, 2020 Desiccation-tolerant plants are able to survive for extended periods of time in the absence of water. The molecular understanding of the mechanisms used by these plants to resist droughts can be of great value for improving drought tolerance in crops.
García Fontana, Cristina +2 more
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Protection mechanisms in the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa (Baker): both sucrose and raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) accumulate in leaves in response to water deficit [PDF]
, 2017 Changes in water-soluble carbohydrates were examined in the leaves of the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa under conditions of water deficit.
Farrant, Jill M. +4 more
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HERBAL MEDICINES USED BY BAPEDI TRADITIONAL HEALERS TO TREAT REPRODUCTIVE AILMENTS IN THE LIMPOPO PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]
, 2012 The current study focussed on documenting the ethnobotanical knowledge of herbal medicines used by the Bapedi traditional healers to treat reproductive ailments in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Erasmus, L J C +3 more
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