Projections of anthropogenically-induced global climate change and its impacts on potential distributions of invasive species are crucial for implementing effective conservation and management strategies. Lantana camara L., a popular ornamental plant native to tropical America, has become naturalized in some 50 countries and is considered one of the world’s worst weeds. To increase our understa...

Essential oils (EOs) and Plant extracts (PEs) are gaining attention as eco-friendly alternatives to synthetic fungicides for the management of soil-borne fungi related root rot wilt marigolds. Here, EOs Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon), Mentha piperita (peppermint), Syzygium aromaticum (clove), Thymus vulgaris (thyme), PEs Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass), Lantana camara (lantana), Ocimum basil...

AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate the anti-leishmanial activity and cytotoxicity of aqueous and organic extracts of ten plants used in Mexican traditional medicine as anti-parasitics. MATERIALS AND METHODS For the organic extracts, plant material was macerated in dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) and dichloromethane/methanol (CH2Cl2/MeOH) (1:1) during two weeks; the aqueous extracts were prepared by infusi...

The anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities of wild-sage (Lantana camara) leaves essential oil were evaluated against various human cell lines. In this regard, steam hydro-distillation technique was used for extraction. Chemical characterization L. camara (LCEO) done by GC-MS, forty one chemical components (98.69%) detected in LCEO. major constituents caryophyllene oxide (19.63%), (6.68%), ...

The management of Lyctus africanus, one the major dry wood pests in tropical region is difficult due to its secluded habits and long lifecycle therefore, control measures are limited usage insecticides. insecticides particularly metal salts effective, but some cases their leaching leads concerns about environmental pollution. Nanometal particles found be more effective than salts. Presently ava...

The management of terrestrial weed is of great concern for the scientific community as these weeds cause adverse effect in different ecosystems like forest, agriculture and urban. The widespread of these weeds by their adaptive capability and morphological advancement is difficult to control. Parthenium hysterophorous, Lantana camara, Saccharum spontaneum, Ageratum conyzoides are the weeds that...

Lantana camara Linn is a family of Verbenaceae which grows wild and widespread in various both tropical sub-tropical countries. Isolation essential oil the L. leaves extracted by hydrodistillation were analyzed Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The results GC-MS analysis show isocaryophyllene (14.39%), ρ-cymene (8.17 %), β-cubebene (7.8 α-pinene (7.64 β-elemene (5.51 %) as main comp...