Our study examines how the mutualism between Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants and their cultivated fungus is influenced by the presence of diverse foliar endophytic fungi (endophytes) at high densities in tropical leaf tissues. We conducted laboratory choice trials in which ant colonies chose between Cordia alliodora seedlings with high (E(high)) or low (E(low)) densities of endophytes. The E(h...

PrTX-I, a noncatalytic and myotoxic Lys49-phospholipase A(2) from Bothrops pirajai venom, was crystallized in the presence of the inhibitor rosmarinic acid (RA). This is the active compound in the methanolic extract of Cordia verbenacea, a plant that is largely used in Brazilian folk medicine. The crystals diffracted X-rays to 1.8 A resolution and the structure was solved by molecular-replaceme...

The study of the distribution of the crystallographic orientations (the fabric) along ice cores supplies information on the past and current ice flows of ice-sheets. Beside the usually observed formation of a vertical single maximum fabric, the EPICA Dome Con-cordia ice core (EDC) shows an abrupt and unexpected strenghtening of its fabric dur-5 ing termination II around 1750 m depth. Such stren...

Cordia dichotoma is a tall tree which grows in Sri Lanka, India and other warmer countries. Its medicinal properties are known since long time and it is traditionally used to cure several ailments. Its fruits are used as expectorant, astringent, coolant, emollient, purgative and anthelmintic. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective and several other pharmacological activities have also b...

The ethanolic extract leaves of the Cordia myxa plant were used to prepare biosynthesis silvernanoparticles (Ag-NPs). detection Ag-NPs was done using UV, FTIR, and SEM. We evaluated theanti-bacterial property nano against growth two types pathogenic microbes:Gram –ve bacteria (E. coli) Gram +ve (S. aureus). antibacterial activity extractwas high. In vitro, extracts demonstrated strong antioxida...

Abstract An x-ray imager is being developed for use in diffraction-limited synchrotron rings and continuous wave free electron lasers. The named CoRDIA (COntinuous Readout Digitising Imager Array) aims at achieving operation a frame rate excess of 100kHz. Other goals include single-photon sensitivity 12 keV (or below), full well 10k photon/pixel/image, 100μm pixel pitch. detector ASIC will be c...