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Showing 1 to 20 of 145 for “"herb"”.
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Herb and Life: A Chinese Medical Family
… written thesis examines the process of producing Herb and Life: a Chinese Medical Family, a thirty-minute documentary video that explores the producer's family members' relationship with Traditional Chinese Medicine. This documentary uses interviews, narration, music, and observational sequences …
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The detection of economically motivated adulteration in the herb and spice industry
<p class="MsoNormal">The herb and spice industry is increasing in value andpopularity as the consumption of herbs and spices continues to grow. Valuablecondiments as well as long and complex supply chains offer the motivation andthe opportunity for fraudsters to carry out economically motivated …
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Impacts of habitat management on translocation of the rare terrestrial herb Platanthera integrilabia
… translocation and to investigate how light and herbivory impact translocation emergence, survival, growth, and reproduction. Growth measures were taken monthly during the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons, and light response measures were taken at the beginning of flowering season in both years. Our …
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Effect of berberine on in vitro metabolism of sulfonylureas: a herb-drug interactions study
… Patients with type 2 diabetes may co-ingest herbal and prescription medicines to control their blood glucose. Potential interactions at uptake of compounds through P-gp, a 170 kDa ATP-dependent glycoprotein and drug transporter can affect their absorption. Furthermore, competitive binding at …
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A study on the medicinal potential of Artemisia afra, a traditionally used herb in Namibia
… provides evidence that the use of ‘Wilde als’ an herbal remedy in the south of Namibia is rational and consistent with research from other regions of Africa
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The Heart and Spirit of Transformational Leadership A Qualitative Case Study of Herb Kelleher’s Passion for Southwest Airlines
… and direct observation, this study examined Herbert D. Kelleher, the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines, a Dallas, Texas-based corporation that has a 15- year history, approximately 5,000 employees, and one billion dollars in assets. Key …
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The Effects of Herbicide on the Endangered Herb Baptisia Arachnifera and Preliminary Nutrient Survey of Leaf Tissue and Soil
… (Hairy Rattleweed) is an endangered herbaceous legume that only occurs in Wayne and Brantley Counties of Georgia, United States. Many of the remaining populations exist in areas now managed for timber. This study investigated the effects of Imazapyr, an herbicide commonly used in …
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Toxicology and herb-drug interaction of selected anti-hypertension plants used by lay persons in Northern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
… of fractional inhibitory concentration (ΣFIC). Herb-drug interaction was performed on the aqueous extracts of the 13 medicinal plants which were recorded to be used concurrently with conventional drugs (adcon napamol, aluminum hydroxide, amlodipine, aspirin, enalapril, pharmapress and ridaq). …
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Floristic homogenization and impoverishment : herb layer changes over two decades in deciduous forest patches of the Weser-Elbe region (NW Germany)
… affected by environmental alterations are herb layer plant communities of fragmented forests such as those in the west European lowlands. However, our knowledge about current changes in species diversity and composition in these communities is limited due to a lack of adequate long-term …
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Die infragenerische Gliederung der Gattung Bomarea Mirb. und die Revision der Untergattungen Sphaerine (Herb.) Baker und Wichuraea (M. Roemer) Baker (Alstroemeriaceae)
Die Gattung Bomarea wurde seit BAKER 1888 nicht mehr revidiert. Seither hat die Zahl gültig veröffentlichter Namen von 105 auf 280 zugenommen. Eine neue Revision ist dringend erforderlich. Ausgedehnte Feldstudien in Peru bilden die Grundlage für die Inangriffnahme dieses Projekts. In der …
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Padrões de deposição e captação de pólen e escolha de flores mediada por polinizadores em Senna aversiflora (Herb.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
… usando como modelo Senna aversiflora (Herb.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby, espécie enantiostílica monomórfica. No primeiro capítulo analisamos i) a relação das dimensões das estruturas reprodutivas com a quantidade de pólen ofertada e ii) o efeito do polimorfismo floral na atração dos …
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Investigation of the effects of chinese herb medicine on TNF-[alpha] induced apoptosis in Huvec and Jurkat cells and their antioxidative effects
The Chinese herb, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (RSM), is being used in traditional Chinese medicine as a treatment for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Several components of the plant extract from Salvia Mitorrhiza Bunge have been determined previously, two of which are protocatechuic …
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The Demography and Community Characterization of he Federally Endangered Herb, Trillium Persistens: A Study Across Its Range Including A Fire-Dependent Habitat
… persistens, a federally endangered perennial herb, exists as fragmented populations in Georgia and South Carolina, U.S.A.I quantified the demography of T. persistens across its range and described its associated plant community, including a fire-dependent habitat. To examine the demography of …
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Studies on the antioxidant effects of the extract of Herba leonuri, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, on ischemic rat myocardium after acute myocardial infarction
To test the hypothesis that the extract of Herba leonuri (HL) has antioxidant and cardioprotective effects on ischemic myocardium. Male Wistar rats were subjected to permanent ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery and the extract of HL (400mg/kg/day) were administered orally (daily) …
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Recovery and Resilience of Appalachian Herbs
The herbaceous layer of rich cove forests in the Southern Appalachians represent one of the highest biodiversity habitats in North America. These forests, however, have undergone large-scale logging disturbance that has altered 99% of the original forested landscape, leaving few old growth forests. …
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Influence of gene dispersal and environmental heterogeneity on spatial and genetic patterns of the understory herb Heliconia acuminata across a fragmented landscape in central Amazon, Brazil
Understanding how plants are spatially and genetically distributed in the environment can be a challenging task given the difficulty to characterize ecological processes, such as gene flow, and to disentangle the relative importance of multiple factors underlying the generation of distinct …
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Trait-based approaches to understanding the response of forest understory herbs to environmental variation
… effects of environmental change on understory herb presence, abundance, and performance across individual, population, and community scales. Specifically, I utilized plant traits in observational, experimental, and population modeling approaches to reveal patterns in understory herb community …
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