Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan’ is an economically important, multipurpose woody plant in terms of its medical, ornamental, and oil values; however, there a noticeable contradiction between the increasing demands lack excellent germplasm resources because traditional breeding propagation approaches. In vitro embryo culture attractive option for this issue. This study presents protocol immature P. Dan’...

В умовах сучасних тенденцій в озелененні – ретельний підбір асортименту рослин, що вимагає мінімум зусиль по догляду за зеленими насадженнями обумовлює їх популярність як приватному озелененні, так і об’єктах різного цільового призначення озеленення міста. Виняткова роль належить трав’янистим видам роду Paeonia L. сукупністю біометричних показників генеративних органів архітектурно-експозиційно...

Danzhixiaoyao Wan (DW) is a common 10 herbs formulation in China for regulating several clinical conditions affecting women. This research tried to explain one of DW's functions, purging heat, using in vitro pharmacological analyses. The whole formulation and each single herb of DW were compared based on antioxidant activity with the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay, and for thei...

Comparative chloroplast genome analyses are mostly carried out at lower taxonomic levels, such as the family and genus levels. At higher taxonomic levels, chloroplast genomes are generally used to reconstruct phylogenies. However, little attention has been paid to chloroplast genome evolution within orders. Here, we present the chloroplast genome of Sedum sarmentosum and take advantage of sever...

tis, which affects nearly 350 million people worldwide. Moreover, HBV plays a critical role in the development of chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Since the non-human host range of HBV is restricted to a few animals, such as the chimpanzee, the development of new therapeutics for HBV has been hampered. A HepG2-derived HBV producing cell line was developed to identify potential th...

LPS (lipopolysaccharide), an outer membrane component of Gram-negative bacteria, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and lipid A is known to be essential for its toxicity. Therefore it could be an effective measure to prevent sepsis by neutralizing or destroying LPS. Numerous studies have indicated that many traditional Chinese medicines are natural antagonists of LPS in vitro...