Bridelia ferruginea phytocompounds interact with SARS-COV-2 drug targets: Experimental validation of corilagin contribution

The high mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA has made COVID-19 more difficult to eradicate using currently available interventions.Hence, newer pharmaceutical strategies must be developed, especially those generally complementary and alternative medicines.In the current study, stem bark of Bridelia ferruginea Benth is presented as plausible sou

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Why Self-fertilizing Plants Still Exist in Wild Populations: Diversity Assurance through Stress-Induced Male Sterility May Promote Selective Outcrossing and Recombination

Climate change creates challenges for wild species, but plants have survived and adapted to similar changes in their evolutionary past.Most plants were originally outcrossing, one theoretical genetic reason being that self-fertilization does not create novel recombinants that allow adaptation.Thus selfing seems an evolutionary “dead end”

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