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Convolvulus farinosus L. (Convolvulaceae), naturalitzat a Barcelona
És una planta originària de les terres meridionals i orientals del continent africà, actualment estesa per Eritrea, Etiòpia, Kenia, Uganda, Tanzània, Malawi, Bostwana, Zimbabue, Moçambic, Sud Àfrica, etc., així com per les ...
Use of Blood Powder (Ground and Irradiated) for the Manufacture of Chocolate Agar
Chocolate agar (CA) is an enriched medium for the isolation and identification of fastidious bacteria. Defibrinated blood is used to manufacture CA, but this expensive product is not always affordable for companies in ...
Lichenysin-geminal amino acid-based surfactants: Synergistic action of an unconventional antimicrobial mixture
Recently it has been demonstrated that catanionic mixtures of oppositely charged surfactants have improved physicochemical-biological properties compared to the individual components. Isotherms of mixtures of an anionic ...
Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Heart Transplant Patient with Chronic Chagas Disease
Chagas disease is emerging in countries to which it is not endemic. Biomarkers for earlier therapeutic response assessment in patients with chronic Chagas disease are needed. We profiled plasma-derived extracellular vesicles ...
La pandemia silenciosa
Los seres humanos tenemos principalmente tres tipos de «armas» externas para controlar las enfermedades infecciosas: la higiene, la vacunación y los fármacos antimicrobianos (como, por ejemplo, los antibióticos). Y un arma ...
Parasitic infections in relation to practices and knowledge in a rural village in Northern Thailand with emphasis on fish-borne trematode infection
The present study integrates several aspects of a parasitological survey in a rural community village combining community knowledge of parasites, their potential transmission routes and health risk factors. A rural community ...
The Genus Galanthus: A Source of Bioactive Compounds
The Amaryllidaceae family is one of the 20 most important alkaloid-containing plant families (Zhong, 2005). It comprises about 1100 perennial bulbous species classified in 85 genera, distributed throughout the tropics ...
Euphorbia L. sect. Cymatospermum (Prokh.) Prokh. (Euphorbiaceae) en la Peninsula Iberica. Morfologia de las semillas. Precisiones taxonomicas y corologicas sobre algunos taxones criticos
La revisión de las especies ibéricas de Euphorbia sect. Cymatospermum ha precisado de un estudio previo de los caracteres seminales. Se ha examinado la variabilidad morfológica intra e interespecíflca de las semillas y se ...
A conspect of chromosome numbers in tribe Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae)
A literature survey of chromosome number counts was made for the tribe Delphinieae, which includes the genera Aconitum, Delphinium, Consolida, and Aconitella. 1097 reports are presented corresponding to 327 species, ...
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: a comprehensive framework for the next 20 years.
<p>This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes the importance of ethnobiology</p><p>research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity ...
Catalan ethnoflora: a meta-analytic approach to life forms and geographic territories
Background Catalonia (in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula) is among the most prospected territories in Europe, from the ethnobotanical point of view. The aim of the present paper is to undertake a global analysis ...
Esperó de muntanya. Delphinium montanum
DELPHINIUM MONTANUM DC. IN LAM. & DC., FL. FR. 5: 641 (1815) - L'esperó de muntanya (Delphinium montanum, Ranunculaceae) és una espècie perenne, tetraploide, endèmica dels Pirineus orientals, restringida a 9 poblacions ...
Viability-reducing activity of Coryllus avellana L. extracts against human cancer cell lines
The increasing rate of cancer incidence has encouraged the search for novel natural sources of anticancer compounds. The presence of small quantities of taxol and taxanes in Corylus avellana L. has impelled new potential ...
Miracles i miratges
L'any del Senyor de 1263, el pare Pere de Praga dubtava de la transsubstanciació del cos i de la sang de Crist en l'eucaristia. Així, va anar en pelegrinatge a Roma, en cerca de (...)
Observacions sobre les algues edàfiques del delta del riu Ebre
A study of the algae from the soils bordering marshes and fields sown with rice of the surrounding area of the delta of the Ebro river was performed. The counts with the suspension-dilution method gave values from 0 to ...
Euphorbia chamaesyce L. dentro del genero Chamaesyce S.F. Gray (Euphorbiaceae)
Desde antiguo, los caracteres morfológicos han permitido agrupar las especies de Chamaesyce, bien con rango genérico independiente (Chamaesyce S. F. Gray, Anisophyllum Haw., Xamesike Rafin.), bien supeditándolas a Euphorbia ...
Estimation of the number of Anisakis larvae in commercial fish using a descriptive model based on real-time PCR
BACKGROUND: Seafood parasitation by Anisakis (Anisakidae) larvae has been reported in most of the oceans and seas worldwide.The presence of these nematodes in commonly consumed fish represents a potential hazard for consumers ...
Aportación a la Flora Bentónica de las Islas Baleares, V.
Los numerosos trabajos sobre fitobentos marino de las islas Baleares fueron recopilados en los catálogos florísticos de RIBERA & GÓMEZ (Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 15: 377-406. 1984; Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16:25-41.1985). ...
