NOTEWORTHY ALGAE FROM TAKARAZIMA ISLAND

Studies of Pacific Island Plants, XXI New and Noteworthy Flowering Plants from Fiji!

CONTINUING STUDY of botanical collections made in recent years under the auspices of the Fiji Department of Agriculture has indicated the occurrence of various hitherto undescribed species of flowering plants in Fiji. In this paper seven species are described as new, in the genera Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), Melochia and Sterculia (Sterculiaceae), Astronidium (Melastomataceae), and Calycosia, Mastix...

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When a 359-g baby girl was born at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1994, the parents wondered whether other infants that small had survived in other hospitals. Their question led to an attempt to collect reports of survivors with birth weights of less than 400 g from the medical literature and lay media and the Tiniest Babies Registry was born. To date, the registry has collecte...

Estimation and comparison of effective compounds in two algae species identified in Qeshm Island (Persian Gulf)

Estimation and comparison of effective compounds (mineral contents, amino acids compositions, fatty acids distributions, protein, fat and total fiber contents) in two algae species Sirophysalis trinodis and Polycladia myrica collected from Qeshm Island were done. The samples washed up with tap water and then were dried in an oven at 40 ◦C for 3 days. The dried algae samples were pulverized and ...

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