Implementing large-scale restoration programs requires in-depth understanding about the salinity tolerance of native species, especially in Arabian Peninsula where is one most serious problems. Seedlings four namely Vachillea pachyceras, Haloxylon salicornicum, Rhanterium epapposum, and Farsetia aegyptia, were subjected to different treatments (1.6 (control), 3, 5, 7, 10 dS/m). Survival, growth...

Background: Desert condition in which plants grow and survive and altering biochemical properties of plants are known to increase the secondary metabolite induction in a variety of medicinal plants. Cancer is a terrible disease and fighting it is of abundant significance to public health. Aims and Objective: To search for new compounds with cytotoxic activity isolated from natural source. In th...

Background: The Cholistan desert has been inhabited by people who have a long tradition of utilizing medicinal plants to heal human diseases. current study includes detailed ethnobotanical inventory and the traditional therapeutic applications in desert. Methods: primary data was obtained through field observations, interviews, questionnaires between December 2021 March 2022. Informant Consensu...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to estimate the current cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to diabetic nephropathy in a large, nationwide, population-based prospective type 1 diabetes cohort and specifically study the effects of sex and age at onset. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In Sweden, all incident cases of type 1 diabetes aged 0-14 years and 15-34 years are recorded in valid...

Rhazya stricta. an evergreen poisonous shrub is rapidly invading large areas of rangelands in Saudi Arabia. A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effect of its dry foliage leachate on seedling growth and survival of some range plants including R. stricta its self at different stages of seedling growth. Results indicated that seedlings were more susceptible to allelopathic effects ...