Over the past decade, pomegranate (Punica granatum) is entitled as a wonder fruit because of its voluminous pharmacological properties. In 1830, P. granatum fruit was first recognized in United States Pharmacopeia; the Philadelphia edition introduced the rind of the fruit, the New York edition the bark of the root and further 1890 edition the stem bark was introduced. There are significant effo...

Plant galls of Aceria granati (Canestrini et Massalongo 1894) were observed on the leaves Punica granatum (Lythraceae) in a private garden Nitra July, 2017. is monophagous gall mite damaging granatum. This was present one locality only and probably imported from Hungary via plant trade. first observation an occurrence Slovakia.

TAMAE YODA,1 LARRY I. CRAWSHAW,2 KYOKO YOSHIDA,1 LIU SU,1 TAKAYOSHI HOSONO,2 OSAMU SHIDO,3 SOTARO SAKURADA,3 YUTAKA FUKUDA,1 AND KAZUYUKI KANOSUE2 1Department of Physiology and Biosignalling, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka; 2Department of Physiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871; and 3Department of Physiology, Schoo...

Ethanolic extracts of eight medicinal plants commonly used in folk medicine were tested for their antibacterial activity against four Gram positive strains (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and, Streptococcus pneumoniae) and six Gram negative strains (Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Proteus mirabilis. Salmonella typhi para A, Salmonella typhi para B and S...