Metal contaminants in soil environments derived from industrial pollution have clearly established the need for research on bioavailability and potential health risks. Much research has been conducted on metal sorption in soils. However, there is still a need to better understand the availability of metal contaminants to plants and microbes. Such information will enhance both human health and d...

The mam plant communities of ultramafic (serpentine) outcrops of a Mediterranean area in central Italy are described and their successional pathway discussed. Four vegetation stages are distinguished: a) an endemic garigue stage, with high percentage of exposed rocky soil belonging to Armerio-Alyssetum bertolonii; b) a garigue stage similar to the previous one but with several Mediterranean eve...

P. Parra-Rivas, D. Gomila, P. Colet, L. Gelens Applied Physics Research Group, APHY, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels Belgium. Instituto de F́ısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 3 Laboratory of Dynamics in Biological Systems, KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Univ...

The Alyssum L. genus which is spread in the Eastern Mediterranean known by public as ‘Rabid weed’ or ‘Kevke’. Many of these species are seen a way to prevent disasters such erosion, both due drought resistance and low soil selectivity. Also ‘Tooth weed’, it has been used reduce tooth sore, bladder stones spasm. In this study, order examine antibacterial antifungal activities, extracts obtained ...

the International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA) a number of invited and peer-reviewed position papers that outline the focus areas of the journal. Additionally, we include in this short introduction the insights of two highly respected systems researchers and shapers of the systems approach: Professor Russell Ackoff, Anheuser-Busch Emeritus Professor of M...

The present study explored the neuroprotective effect of Coeloglossum viride var. bracteatum extract (CE) against oxidative stress in rat cortical neurons. The results demonstrated that administration of CE inhibited hydrogen peroxide-induced neurotoxicity tested by MTT, LDH release, and TUNEL assays. We further found that CE inhibited the activation of caspase-3 (Csp3) induced by hydrogen pero...

This paper shows that synchrotron-based fluorescence and absorption-edge computed microtomographies (CMT) are well-suited for determining the compartmentalization and concentration of metals in hyperaccumulating plant tissues. Fluorescence CMT of intact leaf, stem, and root samples revealed that Ni concentrated in stem and leaf dermal tissues and, together with Mn, in distinct regions associate...