The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, vectors Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las) and Candidatus Liberibacter americanus (Lam), the presumed causal agents of huanglongbing. D. citri generally rely on olfaction and vision for detection of host cues. Plant volatiles from Allium spp. (Alliaceae) are known to repel several arthropod species. We examined the effect of garlic chive...

In this review, the scope of morphological diversity fruits within class Liliopsida belonging to flora Ukraine compared world was analyzed. For first time, taxonomic monocot plants analyzed, which includes 235 genera and about 1050 species, distribution fruit types in largest families revealed. It found that among flora, as also Ukrainian more than 70% generic species is taken up by Orchidaceae...

allium elburzense ( a. elborzense , alliaceae), a plant rich in saponins, is an edible vegetable in northern iran with a folk background use as antidiabetic which has not yet been examined for this indication. to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of a. elburzense , its hydroalcoholic (hdae) and butanolic extracts (bue) were examined. the acute (1, 2, 3, 4, 8 h) and sub-acute (11 days) effects...

BACKGROUND Tulbaghia violacea Harv. (Alliaceae) is used to treat various ailments, including hypertension (HTN) in South Africa. This study aims to evaluate the contributions of muscarinic receptors and changes in plasma aldosterone levels to its anti-hypertensive effect. METHODS In the acute experiments, methanol leaf extracts (MLE) of T. violacea (30-120 mg/kg), muscarine (0.16 -10 μg/kg), ...

Epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased LDL, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. In-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of Allium species to reduce these parameters. Therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some Allium species (A...

Epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased LDL, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. In-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of Allium species to reduce these parameters. Therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some Allium species (A...