The aim of this work is to determine the effect extraction method on yield, chemical composition, and antifungal activity cedarwood essential oils (EOs) from sawdust Moroccan Cedrus atlantica (C. atlantica). EOs were extracted by different methods: hydrodistillation, soxhlet, maceration, ultrasound. composition was determined using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. yields 5...

Development of minimally invasive techniques to collect blood in free-living birds is desirable for both ethical and conservation reasons. We describe a new, simple technique for collecting blood samples from waterfowl eggs that involves recovering blood from a small hemorrhage after puncturing the shell of eggs showing the first signs of hatching. This technique allowed us to obtain a large nu...

This work is a part of the Taiwan Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation, the first large scale hydrographic and plankton survey around Taiwan (21-26°N, 119-123°E). The present study examined the influence of hydrodynamic and biological variables driven by monsoon system on the siphonophore assemblages through an annual cycle in 2004. Calycophorans, namely Chelophyes appendiculata, Diphyes...

Early life stages of cephalopods are somewhat complex due to the life 15 history strategy or species specificity of generalized ontogenetic patterns and 16 processes. This work aimed to determine the time length of embryonic development 17 at different temperatures, and if the egg size is a determinant of hatchling size in 18 Sepiola atlantica d ́Orbigny, 1839-1842. Successful hatching occurred ...

Background and objectives: Severe burn damage and its consequences are life threatening which can complicate patients’ health. Burn damage increases reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation which leads to severe damage to tissues and is implicated in burn shock. Some medicinal and traditional plants are considered as safe, natural and inexpensive sources for treatment of differ...