over Bengal and the North-Western Provinces. In the latter place it is somewhat scarce in the hot weather, as it dries up by exposure to the powerful rays of the sun, but even then it can be found out there in shady places. In Bengal it is constantly found every where. Cows and rabbits are very fond of the leaves. In milking cows some people believe that it increases the secretion of milk. In t...

Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic herb that is internationally regulated. In this study, salvinorin A, the active compound in S. divinorum, was extracted from S. divinorum plant leaves using a 5-min extraction with dichloromethane. Four additional Salvia species (Salvia officinalis, Salvia guaranitica, Salvia splendens, and Salvia nemorosa) were extracted using this procedure, and all extrac...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are secondary metabolites responsible for the aroma of grapes and quality wine. Apart from genetics, agronomic practices may impact composition concentration volatiles in grape berries. The possible influence intercropping with medicinal aromatic plants (MAPs) on VOCs berries’ profile has been poorly explored. Trebbiano Romagnolo is a white Vitis vinifera culti...

The aim of this work is to assess the morphological characteristics and parameters of biomass production, such as fresh and dry matter weight (FMW and DMW, g/plant), yield of dry matter (YDM) in terms of ton/ha, essential oil content (EOC, mL/100 g) and yield of essential oils (YEO) expressed as L/ha of the following plants Salvia verbenaca, Salvia argentea, Salvia lavandulifolia, Salvia praten...

Caper (Capparis spinosa L.) is a xerophytic shrub with a remarkable adaptability to harsh environments. This plant species is of great interest for its medicinal/pharmacological properties and its culinary uses. Its phytochemical importance relies on many bioactive components present in different organs and its cultivation can be of considerable economic value. Moreover, taxonomic identificatio...

To investigate the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Salvia miltiorrhiza and related species, we analyzed the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for 7 accessions of Salvia miltiorrhiza and another 23 samples from other taxa within the genus Salvia by maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses. Th ere were 257 variation sites amounting to 40.8...

The genus Ononis,embraces more than 85 species worldwide. In the present study, materials of two subspecies of O. spinosa from different localities of Iran alongside some other native species of the genus were included in phylogenetic analyses. In addition, over 50 accessions were obtained from GenBank. In order to clarify the exact number of subspecies of O. spinosa in Iran, datasets were obta...

The aim of this study was first to investigate the essential oil constituents of the aerial parts of Salvia officinalis L. from Algeria extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) and then to evaluate its potential antimicrobial activity using the agar diffusion disc method. The essential oil consisted of a complex mixture of 17 different substanc...

The methanol extract of Salvia macrochlamys Boiss. and Kotschy was fractionated on a silica gel column to yield a group of terpenic compounds. After separation and cleaning, seven known and three new terpenoid compounds were isolated, and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including intensive NMR and MS studies. The crude extract was tested in five different systems for ...