Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease which causes millions of death all
over the world each year, and its incidence is on increase. The most prevalent form, type 2 …

Angiosperms and their flowers have greatly diversified into an overwhelming array of forms
in the past 135 million years. Diversification was shaped by changes in climate and the …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

Maximum entropy (Maxent) modeling was used to predict the potential climatic niches of
three medicinally important Asclepiad species: Pentatropis spiralis, Tylophora hirsuta, and …

Woody climbers, vines, perennial herbs, trees or shrubs, more rarely annuals, sometimes
with large water-storing tubers or a xylopod, sometimes succulent, with large grappling …

An updated suprageneric classification is provided for Apocynaceae to bring the family into
better agreement with recent morphological and molecular, mainly phylogenetic-based …

Rauwolfia serpentina is a safe and effective treatment for hypertension. The plant was used
by many physicians throughout India in the 1940s and then was used throughout the world …

By the end of the twentieth century, the interest in natural compounds as probable sources of
drugs has declined and was replaced by other strategies such as molecular target-based …

The concept of a generalist flower appears to mean different things to different people,
depending upon their background and training. We assess the different meanings of …