Background: Teucrium persicum, a well-known Iranian endemic plant, has been used to treat various diseases in traditional medicine. Objectives: This study aimed assess the antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of chloroform ethyl acetate extracts T. persicum on cancer cell lines. Methods: The total phenolic flavonoid contents, as well potential were assayed. GC-MS analysis was detect chemical const...

The replacement of native forests by exotic tree monocultures, such as those of Eucalyptus, decreases the quality of leaf litter inputs to streams and often reduces riparian cover, which can elevate water temperature. The combined effects of these stressors on the survival and performance of detritivores may be important, as detritivore species loss leads to reduced litter breakdown, a key ecos...

Heracleum mantegazzianum has been the focus of a 40 month in depth study by eight research groups across Europe, one of the most detailed studies undertaken in Europe of a nonagricultural weed. Lessons learned from this research are linked to investigations of other alien invasive species and their management. The value of understanding the ecology of the species in its native range is consider...

chemical composition of the essential oils extracted from the leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of  heracleum rechingeri manden. were analyzed by gc and gc/ms. twenty-four components were characterized for the leaf oil with octyl acetate(47.2%), octanol(15.2%) and e-caryophyllen (5.7%) as the main constituents. 25 compounds were identified in the stem oil with elemicin (65.3%), octyl acetate (13...

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is an invasive species that disrupts the balance of natural ecosystems by displacing indigenous ant species throughout its introduced range. Previous studies that examined the mechanisms by which Argentine ants attain ecological dominance showed that superior interference and exploitation competition are key to the successful displacement of native ant spe...

The formation of droplets of ants Linepithema humile (Mayr) is observed under certain experimental conditions: a fluctuating aggregate forms at the end of a rod and a droplet containing up to 40 ants eventually falls down. When the flux of incoming ants is sufficient, this process can continue for several hours, leading to the formation and fall of tens of droplets. Previous work indicates that...