Why are considered as important studies on the moss today?
Among the moss plants belonging to the bryophytes, which historically have been used, from a scientific perspective, as working material for studies of hybridization and the first experimental production of polyploidy in plants (plants with duplicate sets of chromosomes .) They have also studied the flora dispersal over long distances. Learn more about the mosses could mean a better understanding of the biology of other plants.
For some years we assess the potential of mosses from other points of view. They can take as indicators of soil contamination, air and water.
have made preliminary assessments of air quality using the presence of epiphytic mosses as indicators for these plants are very sensitive to certain pollutants like sulfur dioxide, ozone and volatile fluorides. Your response to these substances is useful for diagnosing toxic levels in the environment. Species of worldwide distribution, as well as those that grow in various habitats can be used to assess pollution in variable environments.
is said that through the mosses and other bryophytes are detectable mineral deposits: Mosses preferentially absorb certain minerals found in the substrate. Chemical analysis for the detection of these elements in certain species of mosses is often more reliable than the analysis of the substrate itself. It is known that many mosses grow where there is an abundance of copper and radioactive minerals.
"Seize the man directly the moss?
For many years they have been used in horticulture, where you can appreciate their beauty and ornaments of gardens, terrariums, and to simulate grass on the birth of the Christmas arrangements. This is probably the greatest use made of mosses in Mexico. However, it also can be mixed with soil to improve water retention, although some mosses could get to create an atmosphere of excessive moisture and slow suffocation seed regeneration of vegetation. Could be very useful in forest regeneration through seed germination.
In some parts of the world mosses have been used as filling material for mattresses and pillows for their softness and ability water absorption. For those same characteristics and antiseptic properties have been used as packing material clothes, fragile, and fruits and vegetables, as well as substrate transport live plants. They are also an excellent insulating material for filling cracks in the walls of the huts in the cold countries.
The sixteenth century manuscript known as Cross-Badian, recently returned to Mexico by the Vatican is recorded using two types of mosses to relieve fever and headache. Other examples of medicinal uses of mosses found in the international literature on the mentioned mixtures of vegetable oils mosses prepare ointments to relieve minor wounds, insect bites, burns, eczema, etc. With mosses have also been made surgical dressings because they absorb and retain liquids. These dressings are made fresh soft faster and cheaper than cotton. In China, with its long tradition in natural medicine, about 40 species of bryophytes are considered medicinal, and some of them are included in treatment for kidney stones, cardiovascular diseases, the nervous, tonsillitis, bronchitis, cystitis, etc.
Other countries have conducted active research on the mosses, and data exist on of its antibiotic activity (antibacterial and antifungal). In the U.S., for example, have conducted studies to determine its antitumor activity and has shown promising results in some of the families studied. However, direct contact with other species can cause certain illnesses including dermatitis.
In the field of pharmacology still needed many studies on mosses.
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