BACKGROUND Gabon is an important center of biodiversity in Central Africa. The country contains to date 27 species of palms. However, palms are generally poorly collected as these massive plants are hard to press and curate. Thus, our understanding remains incomplete, especially in Central Africa. NEW INFORMATION We report three new records of two palm species for Gabon: Sclerosperma profizia...

Volume 86, Number 12 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 1141 An eight-year-old boy presented with blisters on his lower lip and tongue that had appeared two days earlier. One day after the blisters appeared, a nonpruritic, bilateral rash developed on his palms and soles. The patient recently had swum at a community pool, after which he reported fatigue. He had no fever, chills, nausea, ...

the genus phoenix is one of the most widely cultivated groups of palms around the world. the aim of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity and total phenolic compounds of 14 different varieties of date palm (phoenix dactylifera l., arecaceae) seed extracts with 5 solvents [water, methanol, methanol (50%), dmso, and water: methanol: acetone: formic acid (20:40:40:0.1)]. ferric redu...

ARTICLE INFORMATION Received: September 2, 2011 Received in revised form: November 20, 2011 Accepted: December 3, 2011 Email: A six day trial evaluating three different trapping methods for red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, was conducted in a commercial coconut plantation in the Philippines. Results clearly demonstrated that the treatment composed of freshly cut coconut palm stu...