Adult specimens of Trichuris sp. collected from crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata) Italy were characterized using an integrative taxonomic approach involving morphological and molecular tools. The features this compared to data already available for spp. Hystrix sp., revealing diagnostic traits, such as spicule length in males or vulva shape females, which distinguish the other species. Evid...

have been recorded. The boy was quite well up to about four months ago, when his mother noticed some spots about his neck, which had since extended from above downwards, following the course of the cutaneous spinal nerves. In the cases previously recorded the spots were observed on only one side of the body. In this instance they appeared on both sides. The groups of papillae approached in char...

A six year old female child with generalized hyperpigmented hyperkeratotic verrucous plaques with nail and dental abnormalities suggestive of ichthyosis hystrix type of epidermal nevus is being reported in view of the rarity of this condition.

The photobiology of two reef corals and the distribution of associated symbiont types were investigated over a depth gradient of 0-60 m at Scott Reef, Western Australia. Pachyseris speciosa hosted mainly the same Symbiodinium C type similar to C3 irrespective of sampling depth. By contrast, Seriatopora hystrix hosted predominantly Symbiodinium type D1a or D1a-like at shallow depths while those ...

Cape porcupines, Hystrix africaeaustralis, apparently have a wide ecological tolerance and are found extensive­ ly throughout Southern Africa. These fossorial hystrico­ morph rodents are monogamous, live in extended family groups, breed seasonally in summer rainfall areas, and adult pairs produce only a single litter each year. A litter interval ofabout one year is maintained through lactationa...

Um novo alcalóide, denominado histrixnina (1), e cinco alcalóides indólicos conhecidos, ibogamina (2), olivacina (3) e affinina (4), affinisina (5) e N b -metilaffinisina (6), foram isolados do extrato metanólico das cascas das raízes de Tabernaemontana hystrix. Os triterpenos conhecidos 3O-acetil-α-amirina, 3-O-acetil-β-amirina, 3-O-acetil-lupeol foram também identificados. As estruturas dos c...

The Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis is a large (11-18 kg), nocturnal, burrowing and group-living rodent. It experiences a metabolic response to seasonal acclimatization and is a hind gut fermenter. Changes in the urinary electrolyte and free urinary catecholamine concentrations of Cape porcupines were related to combined changes of ambient temperature and photoperiod regime. Three group...

The genus Prionotropis Fieber, 1853 is revised. It is distributed in scattered areas of the Mediterranean region from Turkey in the East to Spain in the West. Overall, seven species are listed, namely P. maculinervis (Stål, 1878) (Turkey; P. urfensis Ramme, 1933 is here considered its synonym), P. willemsorum n. sp. (Greece, Epirus; previously considered P. appula), P. appula (O.G. Costa, 1836)...

In light of current global climate change forecasts, there is an urgent need to better understand how reef-building corals respond to changes in temperature. Multivariate statistical approaches (MSA), including principal components analysis and multidimensional scaling, were used herein to attempt to understand the response of the common, Indo-Pacific reef coral Seriatopora hystrix to temperatu...

The objective of this study was to optimise the extraction conditions for phenolic compounds from limau purut (Citrus hystrix) peels using response surface methodology (RSM). A central composite rotatable design (CCRD) was applied to determine the effects of ethanol concentration (%), extraction temperature (oC), and extraction time (min) on total phenolic content (TPC) from limau purut (Citrus...