Galium species are used as diuretics, choleretics, against diarrhea and in the treatment of some stomach complaints, gout and epilepsy in folk medicine. Most of these species have been extensively investigated for antraquinones and iridoids but little is known about other bioactive compounds classes. Our research aimed to investigate the chemical composition of four Romanian species of Galium i...

Food plants provide important phytochemicals which help improve or maintain health through various biological activities, including antioxidant effects. Cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress leads to the formation of lipid hydroperoxides (LOOHs) and their decomposition product malondialdehyde (MDA), both of which cause oxidative damage to DNA. Two hundred forty-five heavy cigarette smokers c...

Phlomis tuberosa L. (Lamiaceae) is a flowering perennial plant, native to Eurasia, and sparsely distributed in Bulgaria. The species has been proved accumulate flavonoids, iridoids, phenolic glycosides, as well essential oil. To now, there no information on the chemical content of Bulgarian oil from plant. aim was study composition oils, obtained species. Four different samples were studied – o...

Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese Arborvitae or Biota. It is a small, slowgrowing tree, to 15-20 m tall and 0.5 m trunk diameterThe different parts of the plant are traditionally used as a diuretic, anticancer, anticonvulsant, stomachic, antipyretic, analgesi...

The genus Abutilon (Malvaceae) comprises about 150 species which are perennial herbs, shrubs and rarely small trees, distributed in sub-tropical regions of all over the world. Generally, Abutilon species contain considerable amounts of mucilage due to which they are used for the treatment of rheumatism and as demulcent and diuretic agents [1 – 3]. One of the species of the genus Abutilon is Abu...