Abstract This study assessed the effect of Qianhu ( Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn ) on recovery movement in mice with D-galactose-induced dyskinesia. The evaluation ability to exercise revealed that increased running and swimming time exhaustion In addition, measurement biochemical indices showed altered serum levels blood urea nitrogen (BUN), lactic acid (BLA), malonaldehyde (MDA), liver glycog...

Palaearctic species of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 are revised. A total of 47 species are recognized, one of which, M. baridioides sp. n. is new to science. Mecinus dorsalis var. tavaresi Hoffmann, 1958 (stat. rev.) is considered as a distinct species, whereas M. alboscutellatus var. atratulus (Solari, 1933) is maintained as a subspecies of M. alboscutellatus (Hustache, 1913). The fol...