A study of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) occurring in phytotelmata of Bromeliaceae was carried out in a fragment of the Atlantic Rain Forest in an area of the city of Magé, Pau Grande, one of the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro City, during a period of 13 months between September 2006 and September 2007. Eight samplings were performed at intervals of 1 (1/2) months and the content of...

The antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer activity of n-hexane extract Mollugo nudicaulis Lam. is interest. antioxidant the was determined by separate methods radical scavenging assays. Antimicrobial analyzed disc diffusion method on fungi species, gram positive negative species. potential plant evaluated A2780 cell lines MTT assay. Results exposed that, M.nudicaulis possess comparable sign...

Abstract Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f., Asteraceae, is a wild plant growing in Egypt, used traditionally for treatment of many diseases. LC-HRMS analysis different polarity soluble extracts allowed the annotation fifteen compounds: three alkaloids, four flavonoids, phenolic acids, coumarins, one sphingolipid, and triterpene. Chemical investigation led to isolation identification caffeic acid...