Introduction pages, Notulae Scientia Biologicae 17(1), 2025

Notulae Scientia Biologicae (http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro), Issue 1, Volume 17, 2025: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting research or reviews, we invite readers to find news about: Study of puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris L.), and the important roles of its chemical ingredients; The bioactive compounds in bilimbi leaves (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) as natural-based anticancer targeting on VEGFR-2: In silico studies; Prevalence and risk of antibiotic-resistant E. coli and strain O157:H7 spread in waste water, chicken, and handlers: A case study; Anatomical assessment of the development of testes and ovaries in red Sokoto goat (Capra hircus); Development and optimization of levofloxacin in-situ emulgel to manage ocular bacterial infections; Anti-sickling potential and bioactive metabolites from edible oil-yielding crop Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.; Phytochemistry, bioactive potential and chemical characterization of culturable freshwater microalgae Chlorococcum infusionum (Schrank) Meneghini; Proanthocyanidin from grape seed against rotenone-induced toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster: Insights from behavioural and antioxidant studies; Antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of Cajanus scarabaeoides seed extracts: A comparative study of solvent-based phytochemical extraction; Evaluation of the resilience of Rhizophagus intraradices inoculated on hybrid Brachiaria grass ‘Mavuno’; Callogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of Moroccan saffron (Crocus sativus L.), effect of disinfection and hormonal treatments; In vitro propagation and germplasm conservation of three emblematic forest species of Peru.