Plant sciences: Seeds and civilizations

Communications in Plant Sciences

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of highly developed medicinal usages of plants in the treatment of cancer. In the last decades, the cancer treatment has been included in this range of plant use, due to plant active substances. Active substances or secondary metabolites are generally known for their widespread application. When it comes to the cancer treatment, these substances ...

Cytometry and plant sciences: a personal retrospective.

The plant kingdom is divided into the lower plants (blue-green algae, green algae, the bryophytes consisting of mosses and liverworts, and the euglenaphytes) and the higher plants (which mainly comprise the vascular plants). Higher plants are grouped into the pteridophytes (ferns) and their relatives, and the two classifications of seed plants, the angiosperms and the gymnosperms. The former co...

The clash of civilizations?

World politics is entering a new phase in which the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Civilizations, the highest cultural groupings of people, are differentiated from each other by religion, history, language, and tradition. These divisions are deep and increasing in importance. From Yugoslavia to the Middle East to Central Asia, the fault l...

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Department Website: http://nelc.uchicago.edu Program of Study Majors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) at the University of Chicago pursue rigorous knowledge about a region of the world that is known as “the cradle of civilization” and the home of several important religious and cultural traditions, as well as one of the most important geopolitical areas of our contemporary wor...

Plant Growth Inhibitor from Abrus precatorius Seeds.