The genus Stachys includes about 300 cosmopolitan species, making it one of the largest genera Lamiaceae family. purpose this paper is to present a review species in flora Serbia among which some are endemic Balkan Peninsula. This comprises morphological, phytochemical, medicinal and food application 17 taxa: S. аlopecuros, аlpina, аnisochila, аnnua, аtherocalyx, cretica subsp. cassia, germanic...

A total of ten seaweeds and four seagrasses were used in the present investigation to study the effect of crude methanol extracts on anti-biofilm activity using a microtiter-plate and anti-larval settlement assay using cyprids of barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Of these fourteen species tested, seagrass Halophila ovalis showed noticeable anti-biofilm activity against Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio...

The Jamaican gorgonians Pseudopterogcrgia acerosa (Pallas) and P. americana (Gmelin) exhibit whole colony flexibility in regions of moderate to high water movement, Juvenile colonies were tested under laboratory conditions to delineate the functional consequences of fexibility. Comparison of the drag forces exerted on flexible and arS~cially stiffened colonies in different flows to the forces r...

Background & Aim:  Interest in alternative medicine and plant-derived medications that affect the "mind" is growing.  Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl subsp. lavandulifolia (Lamiaceae) is widely used in south Anatolia as herbal tea. It is used for the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the hydro-al...

Background & Aim:  Interest in alternative medicine and plant-derived medications that affect the "mind" is growing.  Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl subsp. lavandulifolia (Lamiaceae) is widely used in south Anatolia as herbal tea. It is used for the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the hydro-al...