This paper describes the morphology and behavior of the immature stages of Oleria baizana (Haensch) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from northeastern Ecuador. Brugmansia aurea Lagerh. (Solanales: Solanaceae) is the larval food plant. Eggs are laid singly, off of the host plant in the leaf litter. During the night, larvae climb a food plant seedling and sever a leaf petiole, parachuting with the leaf...

In zooxanthellate corals, the photosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide and the precipitation of CaCO3 are intimately linked both spatially and temporally making it difficult to study carbon transport mechanisms involved in each pathway. When studying Tubastrea aurea, a coral devoid of zooxanthellae, we can focus on carbon transport mechanisms involved only in the calcification process. We perf...

The Oriental species of Apsilocera Bouček, 1956 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are revised and the limits of the genus are reevaluated. Bulolosa Bouček, 1990 and Kratinka Bouček, 1988 are treated as synonyms of Apsilocera, syn. n. Bulolosa bidens Bouček and Kratinka brevis Bouček are transferred to Apsilocera as A. bidens (Bouček) and A. brevis (Bouček) comb. n., respectively. Twelve new species (...

One of the most important aromatic plants is Pimpinella anisum. The genus Pimpinella contains 23 species that are found wild in different regions of Iran. Pimpinella eriocarpa is distributed in south and west of Iran. In this research, the oil composition of P. eriocarpa was studied. Essential oils were isolated by hydro-distillation from the arial parts and seeds of Pimpinella eriocarpa indivi...

With respect to the high incidence of hot flash in postmenopausal women and the controversies regarding its treatment, this double-blind clinical trial was conducted to determine the effects of Pimpinella anisum on hot flashes in these women referring to rural and urban health centers of Qazvin Province in 2009. Seventy-two women with hot flashes were randomly selected according to the predeter...

biodegradable polysacharyd-based film was developed by incorporating pimpinella affinis essential oil (pao) into methyle cellulose (mc) at level of 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% v/v. then, its antimicrobial activity tested against 7 bacteria include staphylococcus aureus (ptcc 1431), pseudomonas aeruginosa (ptcc 1151), pseudomonas putida(ptcc 1691),esherichia coli (ptcc 3315), listeria monocytogenes (ptcc ...