In this paper a survey on the garrigue vegetation dominated by Satureja montana subsp. occurring in Alta Murgia National Park is presented. These communities were compared with those of Ionian Arc ravines. Syntaxonomic, structural, chorological and ecological analyses performed order to achieve proper classification vegetation. A new association here described, Rhamno saxatilis-Saturejetum mont...

Carbonic anhydrases catalyze the interconversion between carbon dioxide and bicarbonate. anhydrase inhibition has therapeutic importance there are many drugs which use this mechanism. inhibitors used as diuretic, antiglaucoma, antitumor antiepileptic agents. As an alternative for synthetic chemicals with strong side effects, natural products have gained popularity in recent years. In study, Sat...

Some medicinal plants are a potential source of new drugs, in order to improve the treatment of Chagas disease whose treatment is still a challenge. In this study, the in vitro anti-epimastigote activity of certain fractions of Achillea biebersteinii, A. millefolium, Satureja mutica and S. macrantha was evaluated. Diethyl ether fractions of Achillea species and acetone fractions of Satureja spe...

Capturing the full growth potential in crops under future elevated CO2 (eCO2) concentrations would be facilitated by improved understanding of eCO2 effects on uptake and use of mineral nutrients. This study investigates interactions of eCO2, soil phosphorus (P), and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis in Medicago truncatula and Brachypodium distachyon grown under the same conditions. The focu...

Grain development and its evolution in grasses remains poorly understood, despite cereals being our most important source of food. The grain, for which many grass species have been domesticated, is a single-seeded fruit with prominent and persistent endosperm. Brachypodium distachyon, a small wild grass, is being posited as a new model system for the temperate small grain cereals, but little is...

The highly conserved florigen gene FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) functions at the core of the flowering pathways. Extensive studies have examined the transcriptional regulation of FT; however, other layers of FT regulation remain unclear. Here, we identified miR5200 a Pooideae-specific microRNA that is expressed in leaves and targets Brachypodium distachyon FT orthologs for mRNA cleavage. miR5200 was ...