The genus Apterogyna Latreille is reviewed from Egypt, based on specimens collected from Wadi Digla (Cairo), Saint Catherine (South Sinai) and those deposited in Egyptian and Italian insect collections as well as recorded data from the literature. Five Apterogyna species were previously recorded from Egypt: A. grandii Invrea, A. latreillei Klug, A. mickeli Giner Marí, A. mocsaryi André, and A. ...

Ho et al. proposed to exclude Stenogyne section from the genus Gentiana and classifying it as a distinct ( Metagentiana ). Fourteen species of this have been recorded distributed in China, Myanmar Thailand. This is first time there has confirmed Vietnam. two species: rhodantha primuliflora , which are Particularly, had only known was reported A detailed description along with their distribution...

the in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oil isolated from the aerial parts of cymbopogon olivieri (boiss.) bor, an aromatic grass of iran was tested against three gram-negative and four gram-positive bacteria and also three fungi. the results of the bioassays showed that the oil has a remarkable antimicrobial activity. bacillus subtilis and candida albicans were more sensitive to t...