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Research Article
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Iliana Ionkova
pp. 102–105 · 2009
Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment increases the levels of plant secondary metabolites, including ariltetraline lignans, which are considered to be the main active compounds in Linum tauricum. This study was concentrated …
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M. Ramchoun, H. Harnafi, C. Alem, M. Benlyas, L. Elrhaffari, S. Amrani
pp. 106–112 · 2009
In the present study, the polyphenol-rich extracts of two medicinal plants widely used in Errachidia country (south east of Morocco) (Thymus vulgaris and Lavendula multifida) were assessed for their antioxidant, hypochol…
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K. Hussain, Z. Ismail, A. Sadikun, P. Ibrahim
pp. 113–119 · 2009
Present study aimed to analyze crude powders and extracts of different parts of Piper sarmentosum for proximate, qualitative and quantitative studies to prepare standardized botanical drugs from the plant. Unlike synthet…
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Masoud Kazemi, Mohammad Dakhili, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Kambiz Larijani, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, Valiolah Mozaffarian
pp. 120–124 · 2009
The oil obtained from hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Artemisia tschernieviana was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents of the 30 identified components were p-cymene (21.3%), β-pinene (17.8%), α-pinen…
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S. M. Razavi, G. Zarrini, S. Zahri, K. Ghasemi, S. Mohammadi
pp. 125–129 · 2009
Crambe orientalis (Brassicaceae) is a perennial herb growing wild in Iran. Cytotoxic, antioxidant, antimicrobial and phytotoxic effects of the plant leaves extracts have been evaluated by MTT, DPPH, Disc diffusion and le…
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Ahmed Abdel-lateff, Bassem S. El-Menshawi, Mohamed Y. Haggag, Mahmoud A. Nawwar
pp. 130–135 · 2009
Bio-assay guided fraction of the methanolic extract of Annona glabra seeds (Annonaceae), cultivated in Egypt, revealed to the isolation of three bis-tetrahydrofuran acetogenins; squamocin-C (1), squamocin-D (2), and anno…
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Keizo Matsuo, Akira Yagi, Amal Kabbash
pp. 136–142 · 2009
It has been reported that the Japanese have higher rate of life expectancy and that Japan is rapidly becoming a super aging society. Almost 5 per cent of the aged, who develop diseases such as cerebrovascular related dis…
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J.O. Adebayo, E.A. Balogun, S.A. Oyeleke
pp. 143–147 · 2009
Tithonia diversifolia has manifold ethnomedicinal uses in traditional settings without much consideration about the possible adverse effects of the consumption of its crude extracts. In this study, effects of repeated or…
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Sanjib Bhattacharya, Md. Kamaruz Zaman
pp. 148–151 · 2009
Essential oils isolated by hydro-distillation from the fruits and leaves of Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC (Rutaceae), growing in upper Assam region of North-East India were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The fruit volatile o…
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N. J. Merlin, V. Parthasarathy, R. Manavalan, S. Kumaravel
pp. 152–156 · 2009
This study was carried out to analyze the active constituents present in aerial parts of Gmelina asiatica Linn. (Verbenaceae). Twenty-two compounds in chloroform extract and 12 compounds in ethanolic extract were identif…
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P. Sunita, S. Jha, S.P. Pattanayak
pp. 157–161 · 2009
Cressa cretica Linn. Voigt. (Convolulaceae), has also been extensively used to get relief from asthma and cough by the indigenous people of India. In the present study the antitussive effect of the plant was evaluated in…