plants are the important sources of drugs. secondary metabolites are responsible for therapeutic propertiesin plants. three compounds including (-)-hyoscyamine, its racemate atropine, and scopolamine (hyoscine) are the most famous tropane alkaloids in the solanaceae familly. nowadays, attempts to developthese alkaloids in biotechnological procedures which are principally based on the hairy root...

agrobacterium rhizogenes (pri), a causative agent of hairy root disease, effectively induces hairy root formation in a variety of plant species. in our study four bacterial strains ar15834, a4, 9435 and c318 and three explants types leaf, stems and roots, were examined. hairy roots were induced from roots, stems and leaf explants. the highest transformation efficiency of 77% was achieved by usi...

of severe pain in his abdomen. The bowels have not been moved since. Previous to this he had always enjoyed go'jd health. O11 admission he was found in a miserable state ; the abdomen was hard, tympanitic and painful to the touch ; he had vomiting, hiccup and an anxious countenance. The tongue was foul, and thickly coated all over with a dry white fur. There was no rupture. A soap and warm wate...

THIS investigation was undertaken in an endeavour to decide if the methonium ganglion blocking compounds could be administered to cases of vascular hypertension who were known to be suffering from glaucoma, or to similar vascular hypertensive cases of a glaucomatous disposition although this might not be known, without the danger of subsequent sequelae such as an increase in intra-ocular pressu...