Most varieties of sweet potatoes (Ipomoesa batatas Lam.) bloom fairly readily under proper environmental conditions. So far as the writer knows, however, there is no report in the literature of a first-hand observation of blossom formation in any variety of the Jersey group, a group defined by THOMPSON and BEATTIE (1). Physiologists, formulating theories of the fundamental mechanisms of flower ...

Background:α-Glucosidase Inhibition can significantly prevent glucose uptake after meal, and helps in controlling of some adverse effects in diabetics. So determination of α-Glucosidase inhibitory effect and antioxidant activity of the Haplophyllum acutifolium and Ferula haussknechtii aerial organs was the aim of this study.Methods:Inhibitory effect of hexane extracts from dif...

Background:α-Glucosidase Inhibition can significantly prevent glucose uptake after meal, and helps in controlling of some adverse effects in diabetics. So determination of α-Glucosidase inhibitory effect and antioxidant activity of the Haplophyllum acutifolium and Ferula haussknechtii aerial organs was the aim of this study.Methods:Inhibitory effect of hexane extracts from dif...

Punica granatum L. has a long standing culinary and medicinal traditional use in Mauritius. This prompted a comparative study to determine the bioefficacy of the flower, peel, leaf, stem, and seed extracts of the Mauritian P. granatum. The flower and peel extracts resulting from organic solvent extraction exhibited strong antioxidant activities which correlated with the high levels of total phe...

The extraction yields, active compounds and antioxidant properties of 50%-aqueous-ethanolic extracts of freeze-dried Echinacea purpurea flower with multi-steps and multi-batches extraction methods were assessed. In multi-steps extraction, the extraction yields of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd extracts were 21.52%, 9.33%, and 2.90%, and their total phenols contents were 182.08, 176.33, and 177.08 mg CAE/g, ...

Some studies have proven the antioxidant and antimicrobial potency of chestnut flowers both in the raw matrix and after extraction, and the consumption of their decoctions has been related to beneficial effects towards health. In recent years, due to controversy and ambiguous legislation of chemical conservatives, plant extracts have been successfully used as functionalizing agents in different...

The anthelmintic activity of methanolic, aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of flower of Mallotus phillipensis was assessed invitro using larvicidal activity on L3 stage larvae of Haemonchus contortus. Phytochemical analysis was done using standard techniques and the acute oral toxicity of the extracts were studied in rats as per OECD guidelines 420. Freshly collected faeces from infected goat...

the study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic solution extracts of urtica dioica l. (ud), malva neglecta wallr. (mn) plants and their mixture. in this study, flower (udf), root (udr), seed (uds) and leaf (udl) parts of ud and flower (mnf) and leaf (mnl) parts of mn were used. the antioxidant properties of hydroalcoholic extracts and their mixture were evaluated us...

Sixteen methanolic extracts obtained from thirteen plant species, selected either from ethnobotanical or chemotaxonomical data, were screened for their antileishmanial activity against Leishmania amazonensis. The cytotoxic activity against normal peritoneal macrophages from normal BALB/c mice was also determined. Eight extracts had IC50 values ranging from <12.5 to 37.8 µg/mL against promastigo...

StankoviC, M. S., M. Zia-Ul-Haq, B. M. BojoviC and M. D. topUZoviC, 2014. total phenolics, flavonoid content and antioxidant power of leaf, flower and fruits from cornelian cherry (Cornus mas l.). Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 20: 358-363 This paper presents new data for comparative analysis of different plant parts (leaf, flower and fruit) of Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.). Total phenolic content, f...