People, especially those living in rural environments and who have recently been dissatisfied with traditional medicine, use medicinal plants for their therapeutic effects. In this study, ethanol, ethyl acetate methanol extracts of Tribulus terrestris L. plant, which is used by local people as one these Kars province (Turkey), were obtained ultrasound assisted extraction method. The cytotoxic e...

Low CO(2) compensation points have been found to be associated with several unusual characteristics related to photosynthesis. One such characteristic is a prominent, chlorenchymatous vascular bundle sheath in the leaves. It has been suggested that the presence of this sheath in dicotyledons can serve as a means of detecting low CO(2)-compensating species. We collected 88 dicotyledon species fr...

Tribulus terrestris L. and Solanum nigrum has been used traditionally since ages. To explore the phytoconstituents (qualitatively quantitatively) estimate antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic ethyl acetate extracts fruits nigrum. Different methods were adopted for phytochemical screening. Evaluation potential was achieved by total anti-oxidant capacity assay, hydrogen peroxide scavenging acti...

In this study, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to analyze the protodioscin content in Tribulus terrestris samples. They were separated by C18 column, gradient with 0.1 % phosphoric acid solution and acetonitrile as mobile phase flow rate of 0.5 mL/min, column temperature 45 °C, detection wavelength 203 nm. The results showed that has a good linear correlation (r>0.999)...

Introduction: Considering the prevalence of epilepsy and the failure of available treatments for many epileptic patients, finding more effective drugs in the treatment of epilepsy seems necessary. Oxidative stress has a special role in the pathogenesis of epileptic syndrome. Therefore, in the present study, we have examined the anti-epileptic and anti-oxidant properties of the Ferula Assa Foeti...

An investigation of Vemo Herb® additive on the forage consumption rate in Japanese quail (Pharaoh breed) has been conducted. The experiment was carried out for 10 weeks with 52 female and 16 male sexually matured Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) distributed in four groups: control group (without additive), first experimental group 4 mg*kg of live weight for 10 weeks; second experime...

The toxic effect of dried berries powder of P. cubeba, dried fruit powder of P. longum and T. terrestris singly as well as in combination [binary (1:1) and tertiary (1:1:1)] were studied against snail L. exustus. Toxicity of these plant products were time and concentration dependent. Ethanol extracts of these plants were more effective than that of other organic solvents. 96 h LC50 value of col...