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The truth behind a little flower that’s supposed to help you keep a vampire from attacking.

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Most of us have an idea about how humans domesticated crops for agriculture, but is it possible that the plants domesticated the humans?

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ABSTRACT.
Larvicidal activity of crude ethanolic extracts of plants Centella asiatica, Litsea cubeba and Tinospora cordifolia were evaluated against fourth Instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciates. The cytotoxic activities of the plants were evaluated by brine shrimp assay. Results showed good activity regarding the larvicidal potential of Centella asiatica against brine shrimp and delayed molting of IV Instar larvae in case Litsea cubeba.

KEY WORDS. Larvicidal, medicinal plants, cytotoxic, artemia, Culex quinquefasciates
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Sunita Bhatnagar is affiliated with Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Division, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar- 751 015. Author wishes to acknowledge the Department of Forests and Environment, Government of Orissa for providing necessary facilities.

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If a picture paints a thousand words, flowers gives a thousand meanings. The perfect way to make a girl smile is with flowers, so if you’re running out of words, then say what you feel with flowers.

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Coniferales is the largest group among the gymnosperms represented by about 500 living species of cone-bearing plants. Some conifers are not only among largest plants on earth but also as old as 3000 years or more. They are worldwide in distribution forming the extensive forests in northern and southern hemisphere.

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Learn some facts about this exotic plant that drowns its victims.

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Learn about some of the deadliest organisms on Earth that you never expected to harm…plants!

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You may have messed up in other things in your relationship and all was forgiven (at least so you thought). Now you want to put your best foot forward, don’t do it by sending the wrong color rose.

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You know when you have really complicated sciencey answers and articled, like Wikipedia, for example. Don’t you just find them sooo annoying? I do. So, here is a simplified guide to the usage of the products of photosynthesis.

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“Say it with flowers” runs the adage, but could you name the five most popular flowers?