The present paper was a part of Ph.D research work, conducted during the year 2014, in which 87 poisonous plants belonging to 54 genera, were collected, documented and preserved in the herbarium of Bannu, Department of Botany UST, Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkwa Pakistan. The plants were identified botanically, arranged alphabetically along with their Latin name, family name, common name, poisonous par...

The study evaluates pollution by Pb, Zn, and Cr, a possible sustainable solution through phytoremediation technologies, in the surroundings of Haina, very polluted area Dominican Republic. Soils plants were analyzed at 11 sampling points. After sample processing, elemental composition was ICP-OES. Soil metal concentrations, contaminating factors, load indexes, Nemerow index assessed. concentrat...

Medicinal plants are highly valued for their active compounds. These can be used in various fields and preservation of these environment. The present study aimed to screen medicinal traditional medicine Medina valleys the presence metabolites, answer following question: is ethnomedicinal importance conform primary secondary metabolite content. Eight (Pulicaria incise, Heliotropium arbainense, C...

Urbanization affects all elements of the pre-urban environment, including soils, hydrology, vegetation, and microclimate. Recently, Saudi Arabia has experienced rapid urbanization growth. Thus, country’s biodiversity been threatened. In Riyadh region, beetle assemblages were assessed along a rural-suburban-urban gradient. A total 2791 individuals from 94 species belonging to seven families coll...

An experimental trial was conducted at Dhabeji area to see the effect of chemical industry waste (organic with heavy metals) on seed bank of barren area of Dhabeji. An industrial sludge and its ash content were used in different concentrations, 10Kg and 20Kg sludge, 10kg and 20kg ash respectively to see the effect on seed bank, germination and growth of wild plants. After rainfall 17 species ap...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Mosquitoes increased resistance to insecticides, and environmental concerns about the use of insecticides, pose a major challenge in the search for new molecules to deplete and incapacitate mosquito populations. Plants are the valuable source as practices consisting in exploiting plant materials as repellents, and are still in wide use throughout developing countries. Th...

The petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol, and aqueous extracts of Heliotropium indicum Linn. (Family: Boraginaceae) were separately evaluated for their wound healing activity in rats using excision (normal and infected), incision, and dead space wound models. The effects of test samples on the rate of wound healing were assessed by the rate of wound closure, period of epithelialisation, wound ...