one of the well-known herbal drugs is henna (lawsonia inermis). according to the components in henna, several beneficial properties (i.e., antimicrobial, anti-inflammation, wound healing, trypsin inhibitory and antioxidant) have been reported. the present study was designed to investigate the effects of two natural substances (sodium chloride and henna extract) on experimental skin lesion due t...

The goal of the current research was to study the role of anthocyanin accumulation, O(2)-related photochemical processes and non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) in the response of desert and Mediterranean plants to drought and excessive light. Plants of Hordeum spontaneum were collected from Mediterranean and desert environments and were subjected to terminal drought for 25 days and then measured...

The ability to express phenotypically plastic responses to environmental cues might be adaptive in changing environments. We studied phenotypic plasticity in mating behaviour as a response to population density and adult sex ratio in a freshwater isopod (Asellus aquaticus). A. aquaticus has recently diverged into two distinct ecotypes, inhabiting different lake habitats (reed Phragmites austral...

Lawsonia inermis L. (= L. alba Lamk.), belonging to the Lythraceae family, is a very widespread medicinal plant and natural dye in the world. This herb which has interesting dyeing properties was used traditionally for centuries in Asia, in Africa for dyeing hair and painting skin and nails. Since 1890, it has been widely distributed to Europe and nowadays available in worldwide market as ingre...

fulani ecotype chickens (fec) and yoruba ecotype chickens (yec) are the two major types of indigenous chickens in nigeria. they subsist under traditional animal husbandry and are thus liable to indiscriminate mating and consequently to loss of genetic diversity. fulani ecotype chickens (fec) and yoruba ecotype chickens (yec) were investigated to determine genetic variation at transferrin locus ...

The effects of cold acclimation of two ecotypes (Antarctic and Andes) of Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. Caryophyllaceae on their photosynthetic characteristics and performance under high light (HL) were compared. Non-acclimated plants of the Antarctic ecotype exhibited a higher (34%) maximal rate of photosynthesis than the Andes ecotype. In cold-acclimated plants the light compensation po...

P oximetry is a non-invasive method that uses the spectrophotometric principle to monitor oxygen saturation in the blood. It produces a plethysmographic wave from which oxygen saturation is obtained.1 It is has become increasingly used in outpatient clinics and emergency rooms in addition to its use in critically ill patients and during anesthesia.1 Although it is an accurate method in reflecti...

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Antonella Tosti, Donatella Mattioli, Cosimo Misciali, Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 1, 40138, Bologna (Italy) To the editor Green discoloration of hair is well known as a consequence of copper exposure [1-5]. It can occur in copper workers [1], and it has been described following exposure to swimming pool water containing copper [2]. The following report descr...

A Thlaspi caerulescens (J. & C. PRESL) was used to study the effect of cadmium on the content of free amino acids and ability accumulation of Cd in ecotypes of this plant species. In pot experiment two ecotypes T. caerulescens were used: Ganges ecotype from France and Mežica ecotype from Slovenia. The plants were grown in soil (chernozem – Suchdol) spiked with NPK and three different concentrat...