Background & Aim: Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) is one of the most popular medicinal plants used in traditional medicine with antibacterial and antioxidant properties. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of marshmallow extract (Althaea officinalis L.) administration on blood cells and biochemical parameters of carp liver. Experimental: 150 carp (weighing 37.6...

StaroviC, M., D. JoSiC, S. PavloviC, S. DraZiC, D. PoStiC, t. PoPoviC and S. StoJanoviC, 2013. the effect of iaa producing Bacillus sp. Q3 strain on marshmallow seed germination. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 572-577 Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) is one of the important medicinal plants in Serbia. one of the bigest problem in growing of marshmallow is poor seeds germination. rhyzospheric bacteri...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Rich accessibility of medicinal plants in the study area provides low cost health care for respiratory disorders to local communities. This first report survey was commenced with an aim to document ethnic knowledge regarding the use of folk herbal medicine for respiratory diseases among the local communities of Gallies Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan using quantitat...

objective: this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different proportions of marshmallow extract (althaea officinalis l.) on growth performance and carcass composition of common carp (cyprinus carpio). methods: common carp with an average weight of 37.65 ± 4.40 g were fed for two months with a diet supplemented with marshmallow (a. officinalis) extract 0.25%, 0.50 and 1%, and with no...

In many publications the term “elaioplasts” denotes, in accordance with the meaning, plastids containing lipids [1,2]. However, in the past this name was used according to Wakker [3] who was the first to apply it with reference to lipidic structures, often as big as a cell nucleus, which he identified in five Vanilla species. Similar structures were later described in more than 120 species belo...

Up to now, there was no document on ornamental plants that had been applied to phytoremediation, which can remedy contaminated environment and beautify it at the same time. Thus, the growth responses and possible phytoremediation ability of three ornamental plants selected from the previous preliminary experiments were further examined under single Cd or combined Cd-Pb stress. The results showe...