Different types of texture produce differences in slant-discrimination performance (P. Rosas, F. A. Wichmann, & J. Wagemans, 2004). Under the assumption that the visual system is sensitive to the reliability of different depth cues (M. O. Ernst & M. S. Banks, 2002; L. T. Maloney & M. S. Landy, 1989), it follows that the texture type should affect the influence of the texture cue in depth-cue co...

We report the draft genome sequence of Arthrobacter sp. strain Edens01, isolated from a leaf surface of a Rosa hybrid plant as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-funded Student Initiated Microbial Discovery (SIMD) project. The genome has a total size of 3,639,179 bp and contig N50 of 454,897 bp.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Linn grown widely in tropical countries, recently known to have anti-hypertensive effect in the albino rats. This report has shown new dimension to one clinical use & paucity of data available in this regard, the present work is undertaken to study this effect scientifically. Albino rats (100-200gms) deprived of food for 15hrs divided into seven groups of six in each and...

Six species/cultivars were selected for the comparative anatomical studies of leaf in the genus Rosa from Faisalabad and adjoining administrative districts. The most widely cultivated R. damascena showed some specific anatomical modifications in leaves such as thick leaves (lamina), thick upper epidermis, large palisade cells, wide protoxylem vessels, large phloem area and large and more stomat...

The synergistic activities of cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA), epoxyoleic acid, sesame seed oil, and autoxidized salmon oil with aflatoxin Bt were studied in rainbow trout. Sterculia foetida oil (49% sterculic, 7% malvalic acids) and Hibiscus syriacus oil (2% sterculic and 19% malvalic acids) were used as sources of CPFA. The combination of both 112 and 56 ppm CPFA procured from S, foetida oi...

Despite their ubiquity and ecological significance in temperate ecosystems, the behavioural ecology of earthworms is not well described. This study examines the mechanisms that govern aggregation behaviour specially the tendency of individuals to leave or join groups in the compost earthworm Eisenia fetida, a species with considerable economic importance, especially in waste management applicat...

Three new trinor-cycloartane glycosides, 15alpha-hydroxy-16-dehydroxy-16(24)-en-foetidinol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (1), 28-hydroxy-foetidinol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (2) and foetidinol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1"-->3')-beta-D-xylopyranoside (3) together with the known compound foetidinol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (4) were isolated from the n-BuOH fraction of the roots of Cimicifuga foetida...

Phytochemical investigation of the branches of Annona foetida Mart. led to isolation from the CH(2)Cl(2) extract of four alkaloids: Atherospermidine (1), described for the first time in this species, liriodenine (2), O-methylmoschatoline (3), and annomontine (4). Their chemical structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic data from IR, MS, NMR (1D and 2D), and comparison with the l...

PURPOSE The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower is widely used in Brazilian traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes and has shown antifertility activity in female Wistar rats. However, there is no scientific confirmation of its effect on diabetes and pregnancy. The aim of this study was evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of H. rosa-sinensis flowers on maternal-fetal outcome in pregnant...