Octocorals with thread-like colony shape have been re-examined, mainly from Japanese waters. The holotypes of Elasmogorgia filiformis and Filigella boninensis and a syntype of Filigella mitsukurii have been studied. Euplexaura arbuscula is identified and Euplexaura yayoii sp. n. described.

In vitro, the photoprotective, cytotoxic and photomodifying properties of hexane benzene extracts from widely distributed in Belarus lichens Cladonia arbuscula, Evernia prunastri, Hypogymnia physodes, Ramalina pollinaria Xanthoria parietina culture human keratinocytes (HaCAT), are estimated. It was found that these not they have a effect upon irradiation keratinocyte cultures with ultraviolet l...

Salsola is one of the largest and most important genera in the family Chenopodiaceae. Salsola species are used for their anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, anthelmintic and antipruritic effects and also as diuretic in traditional medicines worldwide. The aim of the present study is to assess the activity potential of the extracts, subextracts and isolated compounds from the aerial parts of and...

Ethanol whole plant extracts of three halophytic plants from Bahrain Sesuvium verrucosum, Salsola baryosma, Zygophyllum quatarense have been tested for their cytotoxic activity by the brine shrimp method. Only S. verrucosum showed a marked significant activity (LC(50) = 102.7 microg/mL)

Anthropogenic increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration have caused global average sea surface temperature (SST) to increase by approximately 0.11°C per decade between 1971 and 2010 - a trend that is projected to continue through the 21st century. A multitude of research studies have demonstrated that increased SSTs compromise the coral holobiont (cnidarian host and its symbiotic al...

The new norisoprenoid 3beta-hydroxy-5alpha,6alpha-epoxy-beta-ionone-2alpha-O-beta-d-glucopyranoside (1) and the long-chain hydroxy fatty acids 9,12,13-trihydroxyoctadeca-10(E),15(Z)-dienoic acid (2) and 9,12,13-trihydroxyoctadeca-10(E)-dienoic acid (3) were isolated from Salsola tetrandra aerial parts, together with 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside (4), 9-hydroxylinaloyl glucoside ...

The effects of temperature, light, food availability, depth, and season on growth and chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration in the temperate scleractinian coral Oculina arbuscula were experimentally examined in the laboratory and field. The coral has a wide temperature tolerance, but growth was significantly greater at summer than at winter temperatures. Light and a zooplankton food source both c...