and is of very common occurrence in all these provinces. The plant is avoided by all grazing animals, and it is curious, considering how wide its distribution, how seldom poisoning from it is seen. A Burmese girl, aged about 3 years, was found playing with about 2 dozens of the half-ripe legumes of the plant, and two hours later, about 2 P.M., she was asked by her mother what she had done with ...

UNLABELLED The immunomodulating effects of two Echinacea species, E. purpurea and E. angustifolia and larch arabinogalactan extracted from Larix occidentalis were examined in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective four-week clinical trial at a naturopathic medical school research center. SUBJECTS/MATERIALS Forty-eight healthy female volunteers (22-51 y) were randomly assi...

This article comprise the data related to the research article (Møller et al., 2016) [1], and makes it possible to explore and reproduce the topologies that allowed [1] to infer the relationship between the families Bythitidae and Dinematichthyidae. The supplementary data holds nexus-input files for the Bayesian analysis and the '.xml'-input files - with and without nucleotide data - that are u...

Marine waterbirds have shown variable trends in abundance over the past four decades with some species displaying steep declines along the Pacific coast from British Columbia through California. One of the most dramatic changes has been that of western grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) in the Salish Sea. This region was a former core of the species wintering distribution but they have become i...

Xylitol is a natural sweetener used commercially as a substitute for sucrose, mainly by its low-calorie and anticariogenic properties. Moreover, its metabolism is independent of insulin, which can be used by people with diabetes and obesity problems. Currently, xylitol is produced by catalytic hydrogenation of D-xylose, a costly process because it requires highly purified xylose syrup. As an al...

Soil physical and chemical properties can affect plant growth and nutrition, which in turn can affect a plantÕs attractiveness and susceptibility to insect herbivores. A further source of variation in these relationships is the spatial scale at which patterns are measured. Both the size of the area being sampled, or scale, and the distance between measurements, or grain, are parameters that aff...

Senna occidentalis Link (Fabaceae), known as “fedegoso”, is used in folk medicine due to its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, muscle relaxant and inhibiting lipid peroxidation imputed flavonoids contained composition. The species also a constituent of processed products are commercialized various parts the world including Brazil, although there few reports literature about development an analyti...

Environmental pollution is an important issue in metropolitan areas, and roadside trees are directly affected by various sources of to which they exhibit numerous responses. The aim the present study was identify morpho-physio-biochemical attributes maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba L.) American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis growing under two different air quality conditions (roadside with high ...