| ethnomedicines used in trinidad and tobago for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus. | this paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in trinidad and tobago with thirty male and female respondents. | 2006 | 17040567 |
| life history and larval morphology of eurhinus magnificus gyllenhal (coleoptera: curculionidae), a new weevil to the united states. | eurhinus magnificus gyllenhal has been collected in south florida, presumably introduced through trade with countries in its native range. very little information has been published on the biology or taxonomy of this insect. we conducted studies to investigate various aspects of its life history and host plant associations. the pre-imaginal life stages of e. magnificus are described for the first time. dimensions of the adult, egg, larval, and pupal stages are also provided; head capsule measure ... | 2007 | 17710321 |
| food bodies in cissus verticillata (vitaceae): ontogenesis, structure and functional aspects. | the distinction between pearl bodies (or pearl glands) and food bodies (fbs) is not clear; neither is our understanding of what these structures really represent. the present work examined the ontogenesis, structure, ultrastructure and histochemical aspects of the protuberances in cissus verticillata, which have been described since the beginning of the 19th century as pearl glands or pearl bodies, in order to establish a relationship between their structure and function. | 2009 | 19049986 |
| photodynamic inactivation of gram-positive bacteria employing natural resources. | the aim of this paper was to investigate a collection of plant extracts from argentina as a source of new natural photosensitizers (ps) to be used in photodynamic inactivation (pdi) of bacteria. a collection of plants were screened for phototoxicity upon the gram-positive species staphylococcus epidermidis. three extracts turned out to be photoactive: solanum verbascifolium flower, tecoma stans flower and cissus verticillata root. upon exposure to a light dose of 55j/cm(2), they induced 4, 2 and ... | 2014 | 24705374 |
| cissus verticillata (l.) nicolson and c.e. jarvis (vitaceae): its identification and usage in the sources from 16th to 19th century. | cissus verticillata (l.) nicolson and c.e. jarvis is best known for its hypoglycaemic and anti-lipemic action. in brazilian ethnopharmacy it is called "plant-insulin" and used mostly against diabetes, as well as in abscesses, haemorrhage and epilepsy. in the present paper we study the past significance of this plant recorded between 1571 and 1829 both in ethnic (mexico, haiti) and official (european) pharmacies. | 2015 | 26074377 |