First Report of Causing Anthracnose on in China.

Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is widely cultivated in China. Its seed is used as medicine and as an astringent antipyretic.

The Effect of Conjunctival Flap Transplantation, Pterygium Excision, and Scleral Fixation Surgery in Treating Pterygium Combined with Conjunctival Laxity and Its Impact on Postoperative Complications.

Objective: Pterygium and conjunctival laxity are common ocular conditions that can significantly affect visual comfort and quality of life. Therefore, it is essential to investigate ways to treat these problems. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of same-stage trapezoidal conjunctival flap transplantation, pterygium excision, and scleral fixation surgery versus staged pterygium excision, crescentic conjunctiva excision, and scleral fixation surgery in treating pterygium combined with conjunctival laxity.

Salt Stress Modulates the Landscape of Transcriptome and Alternative Splicing in Date Palm ( L.).

Date palm regards as a valuable genomic resource for exploring the tolerance genes due to its ability to survive under the sever condition. Although a large number of differentiated genes were identified in date palm responding to salt stress, the genome-wide study of alternative splicing (AS) landscape under salt stress conditions remains unknown. In the current study, we identified the stress-related genes through transcriptomic analysis to characterize their function under salt.

Overexpression of cassava RSZ21b enhances drought tolerance in Arabidopsis.

Drought is one of the major environmental constraints affecting crop productivity. Plants have to adjust their developmental and physiological processes to cope with drought. We previously identified 18 cassava serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins that had a pivotal role in alternative splicing in response to environmental stress.

[Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of 125 Hematopathy Patients with Abnormality of Chromosome 3].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of hematopathy patients with chromosome 3 abnormality.

Methods: The clinical data of the 125 hematopathy patients with chromosome 3 abnormality in our hospital from January 2011 to June 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The conventional karyotype analysis was performed by R-banding.

[Analysis of 99 patients with hematopathies and aberrations of chromosome 6].

Objective: To explore the significance of chromosome 6 aberrations for the occurrence and prognosis of hematopathies.

Methods: Clinical data and the cytogenetic results of 99 patients with hematopathies and aberrations of chromosome 6 were analyzed.

Results: The patients mainly had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndrome.

Phenolics from Mikania micrantha and Their Antioxidant Activity.

A phytochemical study on the aerial parts of led to the isolation of two new phenolic compounds, benzyl 5--β-d-glucopyranosyl-2,5-dihydroxybenzoate () and (7,8)--dihydroxydehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 9-acetate (), together with twelve known compounds, benzyl 2--β-d-glucopyranosyl-2,6-dihydroxybenzoate (), 4-allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol glucoside (), (+)-isolariciresinol (), icariol A₂ (), 9,10-dihydroxythymol (), 8,9,10-trihydroxythymol (), caffeic acid (), -coumaric acid (), ethyl protocatechuate (), procatechuic aldehyde (), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (), and hydroquinone (). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. Except and , all the other compounds were isolated from this plant species for the first time.

Two New Thymol Derivatives from the Roots of Ageratina adenophora.

Two new thymol derivatives, 7,9-diisobutyryloxy-8-ethoxythymol () and 7-acetoxy-8-methoxy-9-isobutyryloxythymol (), were isolated from fresh roots of , together with four known compounds, 7,9-di-isobutyryloxy-8-methoxythymol (), 9-oxoageraphorone (), (-)-isochaminic acid () and (1α,6α)-10-hydroxycar-3-ene-2-one (). Their structures were established on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analysis, and they were all isolated from the roots of for the first time. All the compounds were tested for their in vitro antibacterial activity toward three Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacterial strains.