In order to identify wild fruits possessing high nutraceutical potential, the antioxidant activities of 56 wild fruits from South China were systematically evaluated. The fat-soluble components were extracted with tetrahydrofuran, and the water-soluble ones were extracted with a 50:3.7:46.3 (v/v) methanol-acetic acid-water mixture. The antioxidant capacities of the extracts were evaluated using...

Flea beetles in the genus Altica are herbivorous, urban agricultural pests that are morphologically difÞcult to distinguish. Host plant associations, therefore, have been used as an important species character in Þeld studies. Indigenous weeds in the Onagraceae, genus Oenothera, are known to serve as developmental hosts for the ßea beetle Altica litigata Fall. Although host plant speciÞcity in ...

The present research investigated the influence of knowledge about a person's modesty or arrogance on people's expectations regarding that person's emotional reactions to success and failure. Arrogance and modesty reflect the extent to which someone is likely to publicize their ability. Accordingly, we predicted that observers' expectations regarding a person's tendency to publicize their abili...

Crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), is a newly introduced insect pest on crapemyrtles, Lagerstroemia spp. (Myrtales: Lythraceae), one of the most popular flowering shrubs in the U.S. Since first detected in Texas in 2004, this pest has spread to twelve states causing losses to stakeholders. To develop a management plan, we revie...

The major deficiency lies in the assumption of a box model with a well-mixed boundary layer height of about 1 km, and the model calculations being constrained to measurements of OH, NO, NO2, HONO, O3, CO, CH4, C3 – C12 NMHCs. The assumption of a well-mixed boundary layer for long-lived species is appropriate, but not for shortlived (shorter than a few hours) species such as OH, NO, NO2, isopren...

Two new phenolic glucosides, 1-O-benzyl-6-O-E-caffeoyl-β-d-glucopyranoside and 1-O-(7S,8R)-guaiacylglycerol-(6-O-E-caffeoyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside, were isolated from the aerial parts of Lagerstroemia speciosa, along with ten known compounds. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on 1D- and 2D-NMR, Q-TOF MS and optical rotation spectroscopic data. All of the compounds sho...

Abstract. Saensouk S, P. 2023. Palynology of the genus Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) in Thailand. Biodiversitas 24: 3222-3229. Pollen morphology from Thailand was poorly reported. This study aimed to pollen 17 species by applying acetolysis under a light microscope and scanning electron microscope. described with distinctive features morphology, i.e., size, shape, exine sculpturing, character aper...