Cultural diversity and biodiversity are strongly intertwined through the ways in which local human communities have understood, categorized, perceived, used nature species for centuries. Folk nomenclature uses of wild plants particular linked to specific ethno-diversities often been considered as cultural markers. In current study, thirty-one interviews with elderly villagers, ethnobotany five ...

Objectives: In this research, we evaluated the protective effect of hydroalcoholic extracts Galega officinalis and Cornus mas on spermatogenesis oxidative stress associated with diabetes in testes adult rats. Materials Methods: experimental study, a total 64 male Wistar rats were divided into eight equal groups (n=8 each) as follows: (1) control group, (2) diabetic (3) group receiving extract d...

Objectives: There are some controversies about the value of modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) for assessing spasticity. The goal of this study was to investigate if there is any correlation between scores obtained from MAS for wrist spasticity and electrophysiological recordings as the objective measure of spasticity. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 34 stroke patients were employed. Wris...

A decrease of protein, RNAs, and starch, and an increase of sugar were observed in 3-day water-stressed red osier dogwood plants (Cornus stolonifera Michx.) when the frost hardiness increased from -3 to -6 C. As the frost hardiness increased to -11 C after 7 days of treatment, the starch continuously decreased, however, the proteins and RNAs increased with a continuous increase of sugar. Furthe...

Sequence data of the chloroplast gene rbcL were used to estimate the time of the well-known eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction. Sequence divergence of rbcL was examined for 22 species of 11 genera (Campsis, Caulophyllum, Cornus, Decumaria, Liriodendron, Menispermum, Mitchella, Pachysandra, Penthorum, Podophyllum, and Phryma) representing a diverse array of flowering plan...