Diversity in Pistacia has been evaluated at all molecular levels using the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) marker three species (Pistacia atlantica subsp. atlantica; vera and terebinthus), compared with other species. Results showed that ITS amplification sequencing, followed by phylogenetic analyses, identify confirm their classification, which revealed it can be used as a marker. Our res...

Anthropogenic habitat deterioration can promote changes in plant mating systems that subsequently may affect progeny performance, thereby conditioning plant recruitment for the next generation. However, very few studies yet tested mating system parameters other than outcrossing rates; and the direct effects of the genetic diversity of the pollen received by maternal plants (i.e. correlated pate...

There is an increasing interest in revisiting plants for drug discovery, proving scientifically their role as remedies. The aim of this review was to give overview the ethnopharmacological uses Pistacia lentiscus L. (PlL) leaves and fruits, expanding search scientific discovery chemistry, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative antimicrobial activities. PlL a wild-growing shrub rich terpenoids polyphe...

Environmentally-friendly management techniques such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) strategies are urgently required to improve plant nutrition and overcome abiotic stress. In this study, we evaluated the influence of symbiotic AMF on four pistachio rootstocks subjected drought (100 % control, 80 %, 60 40 field capacity treatments) salinity (0.91 7.57, 16.12, 24.63 dS/m using NaCl stress ...

Well-preserved silicified woods from a site near the town of Post, Oregon, western USA, provide insights into late Eocene vegetation and climate ca. 36 million years data for comparing with both older younger wood floras regionally globally. The composition this flora, taken consideration along taxa identified fruits seeds same locality, provides more complete picture former vegetation. We reco...

Pistacia lentiscus fruits are ingredients of traditional Cypriot sausages. The objective of this study is to evaluate P. lentiscus extracts as natural additives to the sausages. First, the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of fruit and leaf extracts were determined. Results revealed that leaves are richer source of polyphenolic antioxidants than fruits, with methanol being the better ex...

conclusions the results of the present study revealed that soil resources of these areas were contaminated with opportunistic amoebas such as acanthamoeba and hartmannella spp. and this may lead to severe diseases in high-risk people, such as immunocompromised patients. background free-living amoebas are very abundant in nature, especially in water and soil. some species of amoebas cause seriou...

This paper establishes an infrared spectral identification key for five natural resins (shellac, sandarac, mastic, copal and rosin) based on their absorbance band positions. These resins may be identified when used in mixtures, such as furniture finishes, at concentrations as low as 1%. Computer methods of deconvolution and spectral subtraction are used to augment this process. The method was v...