Browsing by Subject "plant"
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Activated biochar derived from cactus fibres - Preparation, characterization and application on Cu(II) removal from aqueous solutions
(2014)The adsorption efficiency of activated biochar prepared from cactus fibres regarding the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions has been investigated as a function of various physicochemical parameters (e.g. pH, initial ...
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Patterns of species richness on very small islands: The plants of the Aegean archipelago
(2006)Aim: To investigate the species-area relationship (SAR) of plants on very small islands, to examine the effect of other factors on species richness, and to check for a possible Small Island Effect (SIE). Location: The study ...
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A preliminary RAPD-PCR analysis of Cimicifuga species and other botanicals used for women's health
(2002)Traditional taxonomic methods of botanical identification that rely primarily on morphological observations cannot be used efficiently when only powdered plant materials are available. Thus, our objectives were to determine ...
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RNA intereference: A powerful laboratory tool and its therapeutic implications
(2006)Ever since RNA intereference (RNAi) was discovered in the early 1990s, a number of scientists from the academic and biotechnology world have continued to view it as the revolutionary discovery of the century. Unequivocally, ...
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Significant pairwise co-occurrence patterns are not the rule in the majority of biotic communities
(2012)Our aim was to investigate species co-occurrence patterns in a large number of published biotic communities, in order to document to what extent species associations can be found in presence-absence matrices. We also aim ...