Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is native to the western Mediterranean basin and has an economic importance in southwestern Europe. This based on use of its wood construction, furniture, paper industries. Bark other parts plant, such as resin, needles, cones, are by-products with potential industrial application. These tree stand out because presence secondary metabolites, main ones being p...

In Quebec, jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) is an important commercial species, used principally for timber wood and pulp. The natural ecology of jack pine is related to fire, which allow opening of the cones and dispersal of seeds (Burns and Honkala 1990). The exploitation of jack pine stands disturbs this cycle and the regeneration remains low after harvesting and plantation must be done to ...

BACKGROUND For almost 2000 years it has been recognized that aqueous extracts from pine cones possess medicinal properties beneficial for the treatment of a broad variety of diseases and conditions. In this report, the ability of an orally administered poly phenylpropanoid-polysaccharide rich extract of pine cones (PPC) to suppress the generation of IgE and to significantly enhance antigen-spec...

Feeding damage by larval coneworms (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on flowers and cones of pines can cause significant economic losses in pine seed orchards in the southern USA (Ebel et al. 1980, USDA Forest Service GTR SE-8, Asheville, NC). The south coastal coneworm, Dioryctria ebeli Mutuura & Monroe, is a common pest in seed orchards of slash pine (Pinus elliottii L.) in the coastal region of south...

Dyes are widely used in various industries, since theirdirect discharge to nature can cause many biological and environmental problems. Some of these dyes are toxic, carcinogenic and can cause skin and eye irritation. There are various dye removal techniques, but Adsorption found to be very effective and cheap method among the all available dye removal methods. The purpose of this study was to ...