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From Demyelination to Intervention: Natural Compounds as Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Multiple Sclerosis Neuroinflammation

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune‐mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by multifocal lesions, axonal damage, and progressive neurological dysfunction, imposing a heavy burden on patients and healthcare systems.
Zhiyong Long, Qianyue Yang, Yonghe Wu, Lifei Wan, Liuting Zeng, Lingyun Sun, Poorani Gurumallesh   +6 more
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Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Antitick plants and related ethnoknowledge/ethnopractices with potential for integrated tick control and management strategies to improve livestock production are reviewed. About 231 plants reviewed showed a variety of bioactive properties, namely, being toxic, repellent, antifeedant, and antiovipositant and ability to immobilize target tick species ...
Wycliffe Wanzala, José L. Rios
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Comparative Evaluation of Anthelmintic Activity of Edible and Ornamental Pomegranate Ethanolic Extracts against Schistosoma mansoni

BioMed Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Due to the development of praziquantel (PZQ) schistosomes resistant strains, the discovery of new antischistosomal agents is of high priority in research. This work reported the in vitro and in vivo effects of the edible and ornamental pomegranate extracts against Schistosoma mansoni.
Doaa A. Yones, Dalia M. Badary, Hesham M. B. Sayed, Soad A. H. Bayoumi, Azza A. Khalifa, Ahmed M. El-Moghazy, Charles Spencer   +6 more
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review

Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 1096-1118, August 2025.
This review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Alain Dejean, Jérôme Orivel, Xim Cerdá, Frédéric Azémar, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +5 more
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Morfoanatomia comparativa das folhas de Piper arboreum Aubl. e Piper tuberculatum Jacq.

Iheringia, Série Botânica, 2017
Descricoes anatomicas de Piper arboreum Aubl. var. arboreum e P. tuberculatum Jacq. var. tuberculatum que ocorrem na Floresta Ombrofi la Densa da Tijuca sao apresentadas neste estudo. O material foi examinado de acordo com as tecnicas usuais da anatomia. Importantes diferencas foram detectadas entre os taxons.
Machado, Nelson Santana de Oliveira, Pereira, Flaviane Gomes, Queiróz, George Azevedo de, Guimarães, Elsie Franklin, Costa, Cecília Gonçalves   +4 more
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Composición química de los aceites esenciales de las hojas de Helicteres guazumifolia (Sterculiaceae), Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae), Scoparia dulcis (Arecaceae) y Solanum subinerme (Solanaceae), recolectadas en Sucre, Venezuela

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011
Los aceites esenciales son biosintetizados por plantas aromáticas y pueden obtenerse de cualquier órgano de la misma, tienen gran aplicación en la industria farmacéutica, sanitaria, cosmética, agrícola y de alimentos.
Gabriel Ordaz, Haydelba D’Armas, Dayanis Yáñez, Shailili Moreno   +3 more
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Toxicity of essential oils from leaves of Piperaceae species in rice stalk stink bug eggs, Tibraca limbativentris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Ciência e Agrotecnologia
Tibraca limbativentris to is an important rice pest and occurs in all rice-growing regions of Latin America. The control this insect is accomplished with synthetic chemical insecticides, however, new approaches are needed to reduce risks to the ...
Diones Krinski, Luís Amilton Foerster
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Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Vasiliki Evangelou, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra   +27 more
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Metal hyperaccumulation in the Indonesian flora

Ecological Research, Volume 39, Issue 6, Page 957-965, November 2024.
I summarize all known metal (Al, Co, Cu, Ni and Zn) hyperaccumulator plants from Indonesia. Their distributions and IUCN Red List status are noted. The paper aims to catalyze further hyperaccumulator research and conservation in Indonesia. Abstract In this review, I examined the number, distribution, and metal concentrations of all known metal ...
Francis Q. Brearley
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Atividade tripanocida de Piper arboreum e Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae)

, 2014
In the scope of our ongoing research on bioactive agents from Brazilian flora, twenty-four extracts and fractions obtained from Piper arboreum Aub. and Piper tuberculatum Jacq. (Piperaceae) were screened for trypanocidal activity by using MTT colorimetric assay. The strongest activity was found in hexane fractions from the leaves of P.
Regasini, Luis Octávio, Cotinguiba, Fernando, Passerini, Gabriela Duó, Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva, Cicarelli, Regina Maria Barreto, Kato, Massuo Jorge, Furlan, Maysa   +6 more
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