The use of highly discriminatory methods for the identification and characterization of genotypes is essential for plant protection and appropriate use. We utilized the RAPD method for the genetic fingerprinting of 11 plant species of desert origin (seven with known medicinal value). Andrachne telephioides, Zilla spinosa, Caylusea hexagyna, Achillea fragrantissima, Lycium shawii, Moricandia sin...

•Some polynoid polychaetes found living commensally in mantle cavities of deep-sea mussels at the seep-sites near the Florida Escarpment, are described as a new species of Branchipolynoe, B. seepensis. They show some differences from the previously described B. symmytilida, commensal with deep-sea mussels in the Galapagos hydrothermal vents. Among the abundant biological communities recently di...

Crataegus cinsine ait Rosaceae ailesinin geleneksel tıpta kullanılan ve en önemli yenilebilir bitkilerindendir. Bu bitkiler içerdikleri farklı biyoaktif doğal bileşenler sayesinde çeşitli fizyolojik farmakolojik aktivitelere sahiptirler. çalışmada Elazığ ilinde yetişen dört türünün (C. monogyna JACQ., C. tanacetifolia (LAM.) PERS, orientalis PALLAS EX BIEB., sinaica BOISS.) toplam fenolik madde...

Abstract A remarkable new genus and species of scale worm (Annelida: Polynoidae) was found on the bottom sediments an anchialine cave island Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean). Specimens reach up to 2 cm long, lack eyes body pigmentation except for a few scattered minute speckles show enlarged parapodia sensorial appendages. red brain is visible through translucent tegument. Mor...

A body wall musculature comprising an outer layer of circular fibers and an inner layer of longitudinal fibers is generally seen as the basic plan in Annelida. Additional muscles may be present such as oblique, parapodial, chaetal, and dorsoventral muscles. The longitudinal muscle fibers do not form a continuous layer but are arranged in distinct bands in polychaetes. Mostly there are four to s...

•Benhamipolynoe cairnsi, n. sp. from deep-water (398 m) off Queensland, Australia, was found in close symbiotic relationship with the unusual, unattached stylasterid coral Conopora adela Cairns. The coral grows around the polynoid, enclosing it in a coiled tube. The species is compared with the type species of the genus, B. antipathicola (Benham), from off New Zealand, found in latticed tunnels...

The conservation of medicinal plants, particularly endangered or endemic species, is the utmost importance, especially in light inevitable climate change and its consequences. Species inhabiting high altitudes adopt exceptional defense mechanisms response to abiotic stresses as a survival strategy. objective current study was investigate effects altitudinal variations on secondary metabolite ac...

Resistance to chemotherapy and recurrence are major hurdles treating hormone receptor-negative breast cancer. The crude extract natural products obtained from medicinal plants believed be multitargeted possess less toxicity as compared synthetic compounds. aerial parts roots of Moricandia sinaica (Boiss.) Boiss were used prepare the extracts in solvents different polarities. Human cancer cell l...