Nepal is an excellent repository of cultural heritage and has a rich tradition of folk practices for wild plants utilization.Local plant-based therapy is a common practice in the rural communities of Nepal.About 80% o...Nepal is an excellent repository of cultural heritage and has a rich tradition of folk practices for wild plants utilization.Local plant-based therapy is a common practice in the rural communities of Nepal.About 80% of the total population in Nepal use traditional herbal medicines for primary health.care and approximately 1700 species of plants is currently being utilized as medicines,both in the crude form as well as processed drugs.Given their extensive range of knowledge on medicinal plants utilization,indigenous people remain the ultimate source for retrieving this information for the purpose of application,particularly in modern medicines.Many studies in Nepal have reported previously undoc.umented use of several medicinal plants with high consensus among the informants regarding their uses.Swertia chirayita,Paris polyphylla,Aconitum spicatum,Dactylorhiza hatagirea,Nardostachys grandiflora and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora are some of the valuable and widely used medicinal plants in Nepal.A high degree of consensus on the use of these Himalayan plants likely suggests their strong therapeutic potential.Since ethnobotanical investigations in the past have led to the development of important anticancer drugs:podophyllotoxin and reserpine as well as drugs,such as vinblastine to treat hyperten.sion,careful and systematic screening of compounds isolated from the Himalayan plants could provide good opportunity for the discovery of new medicines to treat life-threatening human diseases.Particu.larly species with new use reports have lesser known pharmacological potential due to lack of system.atic and reliable studies.Future researches should therefore,be directed towards isolating bio-active compounds from these potentially valuable plants and systematically assessing their pharmacological properties.Because Nepal possesses enormous potential in pharmaceutical research,the "One Belt One Road" initiative of China could provide a great platform in promoting the research-based drug discovery in Nepal.展开更多
Gossypium, as the one of the biggest genera, the most diversity, and the highest economic value in field crops, is assuming an increasingly important role in studies on plant taxonomy, polyploidization, phylogeny, cyt...Gossypium, as the one of the biggest genera, the most diversity, and the highest economic value in field crops, is assuming an increasingly important role in studies on plant taxonomy, polyploidization, phylogeny, cytogenetics, and genomics. Here we update and provide a brief summary of the emerging picture of species relationships and diversification, and a set of the designations for individual genomes and chromosomes in Gossypium. This cytogenetic and genomic nomenclature will facilitate comparative studies worldwide, which range from basic taxonomic exploration to breeding and germplasm introgression.展开更多
China's remarkable economic growth and transformation in recent years has been a model for the world, but like all other expanding economies there have been accompanying environmental problems. For more than 5,000...China's remarkable economic growth and transformation in recent years has been a model for the world, but like all other expanding economies there have been accompanying environmental problems. For more than 5,000 years, however, China has proven that it can cope with problems and remain a vibrant society. China is now turning its attention to the environment through efforts to conserve endangered species, create protected areas, use renewable energy, reforest the margins of deserts, control air pollution, rehabilitate ecosystems, develop ecological agriculture, promote ecotourism, and safeguard its supplies of fresh water. Some of these efforts have had more success than others. The restoration and protection of urban wetlands offers a unique opportunity to meet many of these environmental challenges simultaneously, including the enhancement of the awareness and appreciation of nature and natural processes among urban populations, especially children, upon whom the future of China's environmental movement depends. The United States is facing similar challenges in its urban areas, and some of its recent approaches to dealing with nature in cities may provide useful guidelines.展开更多
总结近年海南岛野生鸟类救助信息系统以及海南省林业部门的相关救助记录,发现2016年10月24日-2018年7月18日,海南省三亚市及乐东县有多达10条有效的“白脸猴面鹰”记录(表1),其中8条有照片(图1:A、B)。经查阅文献(杨岚,1995),比对存放...总结近年海南岛野生鸟类救助信息系统以及海南省林业部门的相关救助记录,发现2016年10月24日-2018年7月18日,海南省三亚市及乐东县有多达10条有效的“白脸猴面鹰”记录(表1),其中8条有照片(图1:A、B)。经查阅文献(杨岚,1995),比对存放于国内主要几所博物馆的相关鸟类标本,确认这些“白脸猴面鹰”为草鸮 科Tytonidae草鸮 属Tyto仓鸮 Tyto alba。展开更多
文摘Nepal is an excellent repository of cultural heritage and has a rich tradition of folk practices for wild plants utilization.Local plant-based therapy is a common practice in the rural communities of Nepal.About 80% of the total population in Nepal use traditional herbal medicines for primary health.care and approximately 1700 species of plants is currently being utilized as medicines,both in the crude form as well as processed drugs.Given their extensive range of knowledge on medicinal plants utilization,indigenous people remain the ultimate source for retrieving this information for the purpose of application,particularly in modern medicines.Many studies in Nepal have reported previously undoc.umented use of several medicinal plants with high consensus among the informants regarding their uses.Swertia chirayita,Paris polyphylla,Aconitum spicatum,Dactylorhiza hatagirea,Nardostachys grandiflora and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora are some of the valuable and widely used medicinal plants in Nepal.A high degree of consensus on the use of these Himalayan plants likely suggests their strong therapeutic potential.Since ethnobotanical investigations in the past have led to the development of important anticancer drugs:podophyllotoxin and reserpine as well as drugs,such as vinblastine to treat hyperten.sion,careful and systematic screening of compounds isolated from the Himalayan plants could provide good opportunity for the discovery of new medicines to treat life-threatening human diseases.Particu.larly species with new use reports have lesser known pharmacological potential due to lack of system.atic and reliable studies.Future researches should therefore,be directed towards isolating bio-active compounds from these potentially valuable plants and systematically assessing their pharmacological properties.Because Nepal possesses enormous potential in pharmaceutical research,the "One Belt One Road" initiative of China could provide a great platform in promoting the research-based drug discovery in Nepal.
基金国家自然科学青年基金项目(31501851)四川大学优秀青年教师名师名校访学项目+9 种基金环保部生物多样性示范监测项目生物安全监测系统应用模拟与示范推广项目(2016YFC12000705)中国科学院国际高级访问学者项目(2011T2S04)National Geographic Society/Waitt FundFunds from the American Philosophical Societythe American Museum of Natural Historythe American Ornithologists’ Unionthe Society for the Study of Evolutionthe Paulson Institutethe Animal Behavior Society等项目
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31270249)International Science&Technology Cooperation Program of China(2013DFR90670)Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(14YZ069)
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530053)
文摘Gossypium, as the one of the biggest genera, the most diversity, and the highest economic value in field crops, is assuming an increasingly important role in studies on plant taxonomy, polyploidization, phylogeny, cytogenetics, and genomics. Here we update and provide a brief summary of the emerging picture of species relationships and diversification, and a set of the designations for individual genomes and chromosomes in Gossypium. This cytogenetic and genomic nomenclature will facilitate comparative studies worldwide, which range from basic taxonomic exploration to breeding and germplasm introgression.
文摘China's remarkable economic growth and transformation in recent years has been a model for the world, but like all other expanding economies there have been accompanying environmental problems. For more than 5,000 years, however, China has proven that it can cope with problems and remain a vibrant society. China is now turning its attention to the environment through efforts to conserve endangered species, create protected areas, use renewable energy, reforest the margins of deserts, control air pollution, rehabilitate ecosystems, develop ecological agriculture, promote ecotourism, and safeguard its supplies of fresh water. Some of these efforts have had more success than others. The restoration and protection of urban wetlands offers a unique opportunity to meet many of these environmental challenges simultaneously, including the enhancement of the awareness and appreciation of nature and natural processes among urban populations, especially children, upon whom the future of China's environmental movement depends. The United States is facing similar challenges in its urban areas, and some of its recent approaches to dealing with nature in cities may provide useful guidelines.
文摘总结近年海南岛野生鸟类救助信息系统以及海南省林业部门的相关救助记录,发现2016年10月24日-2018年7月18日,海南省三亚市及乐东县有多达10条有效的“白脸猴面鹰”记录(表1),其中8条有照片(图1:A、B)。经查阅文献(杨岚,1995),比对存放于国内主要几所博物馆的相关鸟类标本,确认这些“白脸猴面鹰”为草鸮 科Tytonidae草鸮 属Tyto仓鸮 Tyto alba。
