Tissue culture techniques can be beneficial for quick clonal propagation and production of disease-free plants of purple passion fruit as one of the most important medicinal and ornamental plants. These techniques are essential tools for the production of transgenic plants and high-value phytochemicals. The present study was planned to introduce an efficient in vitro propagation for pu...

background & aim: in recent years, iran and other countries pay special attention to side effects of chemical plants. this interest in plants and their derivatives leads to business of medicinal plants. in caspian region, in forestry projects there are many plant species with medicinal uses from which the locale indigenous used due to traditional experience without any especial processing i...

ferulago angulata (apiaceae), a medicinal plant of western asia, contains essential oils that areused as a food preservative. this study examined and compared the composition of leaf oil with seed oil andof the oils from two different habitats (one from nevakov and the other from shahoo). the oil yield from seedwas 5-fold that from leaves (3.2%/100g compared to 0.63%/100g). cis-ocimene was the ...

background and aims: medicinal plants are a valuable resource for flavonoids extraction. prosopis fracta is one of the plants with medicinal properties. prosopis fracta was found in abundance in southern regions in iran. coersetin is medicinal substance found in the fruit of this plant. quercetin is used in treatment of cancer and viral infections. this study was conducted to determine the quer...

background and aims: tribulus terrestris fruit, leaf, and root have medical effects in the treatment of cancer, viral infections and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. the present study was aimed to evaluate the quercetin flavonoid levels from different parts of the tribulus terrestris collected from different regions of khuzestan in 2014. methods: in this experimental study, four parts of ...

background: we are aware of limited data about the effects of purslane on diabetes. earlier studies have mostly indicated the beneficial effects in animal models. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of purslane seeds on glycemic status and lipid profiles of persons with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: this cross-over randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 48 persons w...

Abstract The selection is a process in which the best genotypes are chosen according to desired characteristics for specific use of plant. Novelty, health, particular each market and, increasingly, low environmental impact its production, valued. One most questionable points ornamental plants fact that beauty subjective. To reduce subjectivity, breeders have delimit criteria previously, generat...

Human needs and concomitant commercial trade to date trigger the demand of new ornamental plants natural medicinal products. The current study includes preliminary seed germination trials presents development effective vegetative propagation protocols for Lomelosia minoana subsp. (Dipsacaceae) Scutellaria hirta (Lamiaceae), both globally rare, local endemics Crete (Greece) with potential value....