Volume 5, Issue 4

Amor Loubna, Belhattab Rachid

pp. 229–232 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.2 · 2015

Background:Crataegus (Rosaceae) genus comprises more than 200 species worldwide but few species have been used medicinally. In the Mediterranean region, the predominant species of this genus is C. oxyacantha syn. Monogyn…

Iurchenko Nataliia Sergeevna, IlyinaTatyana Vasilevna, Kovaleva Alla Mihaylovna, Toryanik Erica Leonidivna, Kulish Irina Aleksandrovna

pp. 233–236 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.3 · 2015

Introduction:Sweet Woodruff (Asperula odorata L.) is a perennial herb that is spread throughout the territory of Ukraine. This herb is widely used in folk medicine of Ukraine as a sedative medicine at neurosis, neurasthe…

Latifa Aloui, Mohamed Kossentini, Claude Geffroy-Rodier, Jérôme Guillard, Sami Zouari

pp. 237–243 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.4 · 2015

Pituranthos chloranthus, commonly known in Arabic as ‘Aljen,’ is a small aromatic plant which grows spontaneously in North Africa and it is widespread in central and southern Tunisia. This paper is the first report of it…

Claudia Zambrano Santoyo, Lucero Zúñiga Espinoza, Rosario Zanabria Puente, Joshi Zegarra Sánchez, Nathaly Zaga Quispe, Carlos Pante Medina, Alberto Salazar Granara

pp. 244–249 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.5 · 2015

Introduction: Different studies indicate that Maytenus has many effects and that M. obtusifolia species has a central nervous system depressant effect. Objective:To determine antipsychotic and behavior modifying effect o…

Curtis Nicholas Poyton, Matthew James Cheesman, Mary-Louise Manchadi, Nickolas Anastasios Lavidis

pp. 250–256 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.6 · 2015

Introduction: Short and long-chained based carbon chemicals derived from plants are found in many household products and are widely used in complementary medicine. It has been suggested anecdotally that some of these che…

Beghalia Mohamed, Aissa Belouatek, Said Ghalem, Hocine Allali

pp. 257–260 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.7 · 2015

Introduction: In this work, we performed an in vitro crystallization study enabling the specification of kinetic and thermodynamic conditions of formation and growth of crystalline calcic phosphates species by changing t…

Robert Toman, Zuzana Hajkova, Svatoslav Hluchy

pp. 261–264 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.8 · 2015

Context: Bee pollen has been related to therapeutic properties including antibiotic, antineoplasic, antidiarrhoeic and antioxidant activities. However, little is known about the effect of pollen feeding on the intestinal…

Chantal Abou Jaoudeh, Safa Baydoun, Nelly Arnold

pp. 265–269 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.9 · 2015

Introduction: Ziziphora canescens Benth. (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant widespread species in Mediterranean countries. This study was designed to evaluate the chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activities …

I.E. Cock

pp. 270–271 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2015.4.10 · 2015

The consumption of Montmorency tart cherries (Prunus cerasus L.) reduces blood uric acid levels resulting in a reduction in gout associated pain.1 A study from Northumbria University, UK recently reported that the consum…