BACKGROUND This paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in Trinidad and Tobago with thirty male and female respondents. METHODS A non-experimental validation was conducted on the plants used for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus: This is a preliminary step to establish that the plants used are safe or effective, to help direct clinical trials, and to inform C...

Aerial locomotion in snakes (genus Chrysopelea) is kinematically distinct from any other type of gliding or powered flight, with prominent, high amplitude body undulations visually dominating the behavior. Because it is not known how flying snakes produce aerodynamic forces in flight, the factors that determine snake flight performance are not clear. In this study, the effects of size and behav...

The direct examination of plant canopy temperature can assist in optimizing citrus irrigation management greenhouses. This study aimed to develop a method measure using thermal imaging one-year-old plants greenhouse identify with water stress and verify its potential be used as tool assess status. experiment was conducted for 48 days (27 November 2019 13 January 2020). We evaluated the influenc...

Background & Aim: The human body has the liver as one of its largest organs. It serves as the major site for metabolism and excretion. Injury to the liver or impairment of its functions may complicate one’s health and therefore, constitutes one of the serious public health challenges. The ethanol seed extract of Citrus paradisi Macfad (CPE) was carried out to evaluate ...

Magnesium is an essential nutrient for the growth and development of plants. Its deficiency becoming a growing concern in many citrus orchards worldwide, adversely affecting numerous functions plants limiting their productivity quality. Three-year-old orange (Citrus sinensis cv. Newhall) grafted on Swingle citrumelo (C. paradisi Macf. × Poncirus trifoliata L.) rootstock were irrigated 63 days w...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the blood-forming effects of (100% methanol seed extract) of Citrus paradisi Macfad in adult Wistar rats for 30 days as a way of evaluating its traditional use in the treatment of blood deficiencies. Acute oral toxicity study was also conducted using limit dose test of the Up and Down Procedure statistical program (AOT425PgmStat, Version 1.0) at a do...

Studies were conducted to relate the influence of the physical characteristics, leaf nutrient content and phloem sap amino acid concentration of citrus flush shoots on the densities of various Diaphorina citri life stages. Adult D. citri preferentially selected young shoots for feeding and numbers of D. citri immatures were positively correlated with flush shoot softness. Young flush shoots had...