some medicinal plants are a potential source of new drugs, in order to improve the treatment of chagas disease whose treatment is still a challenge. in this study, the in vitro anti-epimastigote activity of certain fractions of achillea biebersteinii, a. millefolium, satureja mutica and s. macrantha was evaluated. diethyl ether fractions of achillea species and acetone fractions of satureja spe...

The environmental pollution due to wastewater, especially domestic is becoming more serious. Thus, this study was performed assess the removal of pollutants by combination wetland technology, specifically constructed (CW), with Para grass (Brachiaria mutica) together adsorption red sludge. With an organic loading rate (OLR) 120 (kg COD/ha/day), treatment efficiency for wastewater in quite high ...

Flexistyly is a recently documented stylar polymorphism involving both spatial and temporal segregation of sex roles within hermaphroditic flowers. Using the experimental manipulation of stigma movement in self-compatible Alpinia mutica, we tested the hypothesis that selection for reducing interference between male and female function drives the evolution and/or maintenance of stigma movement. ...