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Fundamentals of Geophysics

Cliff Frohlich • Eos (1998)

Choosing an intermediate‐level geophysics text is always problematic: What should we teach students after they have had introductory courses in geology, math, and physics, but little else? Fundamentals of Geophysics is aimed specifically at...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/98eo00138

Impacts of introduced Rangifer on ecosystem processes of maritime tundra on subarctic islands

Mark A. Ricca, A. Keith Miles, Dirk H. Van Vuren, Valerie T. Eviner • Ecosphere (2016)

Abstract Introductions of mammalian herbivores to remote islands without predators provide a natural experiment to ask how temporal and spatial variation in herbivory intensity alter feedbacks between plant and soil processes. We investigat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1219

Application of the Reuterin System as Food Preservative or Health-Promoting Agent: A Critical Review

Mao-Cheng Sun, Zi-Yi Hu, Dian-Dian Li, Yu-Xin Chen et al. • Foods (2022)

The reuterin system is a complex multi-component antimicrobial system produced by Limosilactobacillus reuteri by metabolizing glycerol. The system mainly includes 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA, reuterin), 3-HPA dimer, 3-HPA hydrate, acrol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods11244000

Phytochemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Barleria albostellata</i> C.B. Clarke Leaf and Stem Extracts

Serisha Gangaram, Yougasphree Naidoo, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Moganavelli Singh et al. • Plants (2023)

Barleria albostellata (Acanthaceae) is a shrub located in South Africa and is relatively understudied. However, plants within this genus are well known for their medicinal and ethnopharmacological properties. This study aimed to characteris...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants12132396

Assessment of the Nutritional and Medicinal Potential of Tubers from Hairy Stork’s-Bill (<i>Erodium crassifolium</i> L ’Hér), a Wild Plant Species Inhabiting Arid Southeast Mediterranean Regions

Shabtai Cohen, Hinanit Koltai, Gopinath Selvaraj, Moran Mazuz et al. • Plants (2020)

Emerging needs for diversifying human diet and to explore novel therapeutic procedures have led to increasing attempts to retrieve traditional nourishments and recruit beneficial wild plant species. Species of the genus Erodium (Geraniaceae...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants9091069

Xylan Is Critical for Proper Bundling and Alignment of Cellulose Microfibrils in Plant Secondary Cell Walls

Jacob D. Crowe, Pengchao Hao, Sivakumar Pattathil, Henry Pan et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2021)

Plant biomass represents an abundant and increasingly important natural resource and it mainly consists of a number of cell types that have undergone extensive secondary cell wall (SCW) formation. These cell types are abundant in the stems ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.737690

Completing the picture of field-grown cereal crops: a new method for detailed leaf surface models in wheat

Marie Theiß, Angelina Steier, Uwe Rascher, Mark Müller-Linow • Plant Methods (2024)

Abstract Background The leaf angle distribution (LAD) is an important structural parameter of agricultural crops that influences light interception, radiation fluxes and consequently plant performance. Therefore, LAD and its parametrized fo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13007-023-01130-x

Soil mycobiome structure across central and peripherial zones in a pecan nut agroecosystem [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch]

Sánchez-Ledesma Judith A., Águila Bernardo, Garibay-Orijel Roberto, Peña Cristina García-De la et al. • Folia Oecologica (2025)

Using ITS1-based metabarcoding, we investigated the structure of the soil fungal communities in the central and peripheral zones of a 25-hectare pecan nut (Carya illinoinensis) orchard located in the arid region of Coahuila, Mexico. While e...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/foecol-2025-0015

Effects of Kathon, a Chemical Used Widely as a Microbicide, on the Survival of Two Species of Mosquitoes

Wen-Ze He, Li-Long Pan, Wen-Hao Han, Shaaban Abd-Rabou et al. • Molecules (2021)

In recent decades, demands for novel insecticides against mosquitoes are soaring, yet candidate chemicals with desirable properties are limited. Kathon is a broad-spectrum isothiazolinone microbicide, but other applications remain uncharact...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144177

Metabolites extracted from browntop millet (Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q. Nguyen) mitigated the proliferation of breast- and colorectal carcinoma cells in vitro and retarded the EAC tumors in vivo by binding to oncogenic proteins

Mahadevaswamy G. Kuruburu, Venugopal R. Bovilla, Rimshia Naaz, Zonunsiami Leihang et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2026)

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an inverse correlation between millet-based diets and incidence of cancers of colon and rectum. These findings highlight the potential of millets as functional foods for effective management of canc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1805287

The Effect of In Vitro Digestion on Polyphenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Properties of Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i> (L.) Moench) and Sorghum-Enriched Pasta

Agnieszka Ziółkiewicz, Kamila Kasprzak-Drozd, Agnieszka Wójtowicz, Tomasz Oniszczuk et al. • Molecules (2023)

The phenol content of sorghum is a unique feature among all cereal grains; hence this fact merits the special attention of scientists. It should be remembered that before polyphenols can be used in the body, they are modified within the dig...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041706

Biostimulants in Plant Science: A Global Perspective

Oleg I. Yakhin, Лубянов Александр Александрович, I. A. Yakhin, Patrick H. Brown • Frontiers in Plant Science (2017)

This review presents a comprehensive and systematic study of the field of plant biostimulants and considers the fundamental and innovative principles underlying this technology. The elucidation of the biological basis of biostimulant functi...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.02049 PMC: 5266735

Aboveground Biomass, Carbon Sequestration, and Yield of <i>Pyrus pyrifolia</i> under the Management of Organic Residues in the Subtropical Ecosystem of Southern Brazil

Lucas Jónatan Rodrigues da Silva, Tancredo Souza, Lídia Klestadt Laurindo, Gislaine dos Santos Nascimento et al. • Agronomy (2022)

Organic residues management (ORM) alter plant traits and soil properties by changing nutrient and carbon cycling. It is unclear how ORM (mulching, compost, and their combination) applied for 18 months creates a mechanism to promote changes ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12020231

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi, U. Baltensperger, K. Carslaw, S. Decesari et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015)

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8217-2015

Polyphenols: From Theory to Practice

Alberto Bertelli, Marco Biagi, Maddalena Corsini, Giulia Baini et al. • Foods (2021)

Background: The importance of polyphenols in human health is well known; these compounds are common in foods, such as fruits, vegetables, spices, extra virgin olive oil and wine. On the other hand, the different factors that modulate the bi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods10112595

Anticancer, antioxidant and antibacterial potential of L-Glutaminase (Streptomyces roseolus strain ZKB1) capped silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles and its molecular characterization

Zabin K. Bagewadi, Gouri H. Illanad, T. M. Yunus Khan, Shaik Mohamed Shamsudeen et al. • Bioresources and Bioprocessing (2025)

Abstract The current investigation reports anti-cancer, antioxidant and antibacterial potential of L-Glutaminase (Streptomyces roseolus strain ZKB1) and L-Glutaminase capped nanoparticles. The highest L-Glutaminase production of 9.57 U/mL w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40643-025-00857-w