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Peanut plant genomic DNA was extracted using MasterPure Plant Leaf DNA Purification kit (Epicentre, Madison, WI), and digested by two restriction enzymes ( Hind III and Mse I).
Aristolochia rugosa and Aristolochia trilobata are recorded in a list of plants used worldwide and in the West Indies, Venezuela, South and Central America against snakebites and scorpion stings [ 51 52 24 43 40 53 ] . Caribs in Guatemala use Aristolochia trilobata root and tuber decoctions for stomach pains and use leaf tinctures for diarrhoea [ 55 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits inflammation induced by immune complexes, and nonimmunological agents (carrageenan or croton oil) [ 56 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits the activity of snake venom phospholipase (PLA 2 ) by forming a 1:1 complex with the enzyme [ 56 40 38 ] . Since phospholipase enzymes play a significant part in the cascade leading to the inflammatory and pain response, their inhibition could lead to relief of problems from scorpion envenomation [ 11 ] .
The Lost Fig Leaf
Within each scale type, half of the microcosms had high leaf litter (about 10 g · l -1of dried red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) leaves) and half had low leaf litter (approximately 2 g · I -1of dried red oak leaves; Table 2), with three replicates of each treatment combination.
Anatomically, the husks around an ear are composed primarily of leaf sheath with a reduced ligule region subtending a highly reduced leaf blade in most maize inbred lines.