Ethnopharmacological relevance of the study; Diarrhea remains one of the main killers of children aged below five years. Traditional antidiarrheal remedies form a potentially viable source of novel low cost efficacious antidiarrheal remedies in low resource settings. There is therefore a pressing to scientifically evaluate these remedies.

BACKGROUND Essential hypertension is mainly caused by endothelial dysfunction which results from nitric oxide (NO) deficiency. The present study was design to evaluate the protective effect of Bidens pilosa ethylene acetate extract (Bp) on L-NAME induced hypertension and oxidative stress in rats. METHODS Male Wistar rats were used to induce hypertension by the administration of L-NAME (a non-...

We report a collection of Bidens pilosa L. from an urban habitat in Abu Dhabi. This represents new generic record for the emirate. The species has most likely been accidentally introduced and potential to affect native flora because its fast rate growth. expands geographic distribution highlights importance expanding surveys include habitats, which would help track spread non-native within

Several groups of Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) were encountered on July 4, 2011, during a shipboard cetacean survey conducted off the eastern seaboard of the United States. Acoustic recordings were collected using a three-element towed hydrophone array. Many echolocation clicks were recorded during the encounter, but no tonal sounds were detected. A total of 2969 echolocation cli...

Pricking one cotyledon of young Bidens pilosus plants induces rapid inhibition of hypocotyl growth, essentially in its middle portion. Analysis of soluble peroxidases indicates rapid changes (increase of activity) in basic isoenzymes followed by more progressive enhancement of the acidic ones. Pretreatment of the plants with lithium prevents the inhibition of elongation due to pricking as well ...

We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences from 3 adjacent genes (12S rRNA, tRNAVal, and 16S rRNA) in the mitochondrial genome from representatives of 14 phyllostomid genera including 7 species of Tonatia. Previous studies of the systematic relationships within Tonatia document that some members of this group are extremely divergent from others. Data on mitochondrial DNA sequence dep...

The article contains new information about the locations of rare and spreading species flowering plants in Western Siberia Southern Ural (Kurgan Region, Chelyabinsk Tomsk Republic Altai). Among them, four (Bidens frondosa L., Lappula intermedia (Ledeb.) Popov, Melica altissima Verbascum lychnitis L.) are reported as for three (Aquilegia vulgaris Dianthus barbatus Lepidium sativumL.) Altai, two ...