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The Meaning of Plants’ Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Some of the vernacular or scientific names are related to possible medicinal and/or toxic properties that can reveal the presence of potential bioactive agents, contributing to the discovery of new drugs and/or knowledge of the risks associated with their use.
Letícia dos Santos Dantas Lima   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antinociceptive effect of an ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae)

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2011
Background : Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae) is a perennial herb used in Ghanaian traditional medicine for the treatment of various painful conditions.
Eric Woode, Wonder K.M. Abotsi
doaj   +1 more source

Ecological Study of the Vegetation in the Loka Abaya National Park, Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
An ecological study of the vegetation in the Loka Abaya National Park, in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, was conducted. Vegetation data and some environmental variables including physical and chemical properties of the soil, altitude, slope, and ecological disturbance were collected and subjected to the agglomerative hierarchical classification ...
Assegid Assefa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluación de la predación de semillas en la región del embalse de Chisacá, Usme, Cundinamarca (Colombia)

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana, 2006
Se evaluaron las tasas de predación post-dispersión de semillas de seis especies nativas: Lupinus bogotensis (Fabaceae), Hesperomeles goudotiana (Rosaceae), Phytolacca bogotensis (Phytolaccaceae), Solanum oblongifolium (Solananceae), Vallea stipularis ...
Luisa Fernanda Pinzón Pérez   +1 more
doaj  

Floral structure and systematics in four orders of rosids, including a broad survey of floral mucilage cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Phylogenetic studies have greatly impacted upon the circumscription of taxa within the rosid clade, resulting in novel relationships at all systematic levels. In many cases the floral structure of these taxa has never been compared, and in some families,
Endress, P., Matthews, M.
core  

LAS FAMILIAS AIZOACEAE, MOLLUGINACEAE Y PHYTOLACCACEAE (CARYOPHYLLALES) EN EL ESTADO DE AGUASCALIENTES, MÉXICO

open access: yesPolibotánica, 2018
En el estado de Aguascalientes la familia Aizoaceae está representada por los géneros Trianthema, con la especie T. portulacastrum, y Sesuvium, con S. humifusum, esta última especie es un nuevo registro para el estado y el país.
Manuel Higinio Sandoval Ortega
doaj  

Treatments used for malaria in young Ethiopian children: a retrospective study

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2018
Background In Ethiopia, medicinal plants have been used to treat different diseases, including malaria, for many centuries. People living in rural areas are especially noted for their use of medicinal plants as a major component of their health care ...
Abyot Endale Gurmu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control of Varroa destructor in honey bees (Apis mellifera) with the aqueous extract of Petiveria alliacea and identification of its constituents by LC–MS [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
The aqueous extract of Petiveria alliacea L. (Caryophyllales, Phytolaccaceae) was found to control varroosis caused by Varroa destructor in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Adult female V. destructor mites were immersed in solutions of the aqueous extract at
J. C. Bracho-Pérez   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Inhibition of Hedgehog-dependent tumors and cancer stem cells by a newly identified naturally occurring chemotype [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Hedgehog (Hh) inhibitors have emerged as valid tools in the treatment of a wide range of cancers. Indeed, aberrant activation of the Hh pathway occurring either by ligand-dependent or -independent mechanisms is a key driver in tumorigenesis.
Alfonsi, Romina   +13 more
core   +1 more source

De novo Assembly of the Pokeweed Genome Provides Insight Into Pokeweed Antiviral Protein (PAP) Gene Expression

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are RNA glycosidases thought to function in defense against pathogens. These enzymes remove purine bases from RNAs, including rRNA; the latter activity decreases protein synthesis in vitro, which is hypothesized to ...
Kira C. M. Neller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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