Background and Objectives: Diabetes is one of the major health challenges in world. Herbal medicines are widely used for the treatment of diabetes. The current study assessed the effects of oral administration of essential oils from Myrtus communis, Trachyspermum copticum and Ferula gummosa on blood glucose and lipid profiles in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and inhibitory effects of the...

Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) is a highly variable species known as the castor oil plant. This study aimed to describe R. using several methodologies, such vegetative morphometry, leaf surface ultrastructure, soil analysis, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) understand diversity of this species. The morphological analysis revealed that some samples had purple ...

Objective: Analyze the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) by Bacillus subtilis sp., in submerged culture using pear residues as a carbon source.
 Design/methodology/approach: The consisted residue flour concentrations 5 and 15 % for 72 h. Reducing sugars, biomass, pH, protein, pHA extraction quantification were analyzed during submerging cultivation subtilis
 Results: results s...