objective: pimpinella anisum (p. anisum) has different pharmacological properties such as anticonvulsant, analgesic, tranquilizer, antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects. in this study the antidepressant-like effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of p. anisum fruit in mice was investigated. materials and methods: forced swimming test (fst) and tail suspension test (tst) were used to determi...

Background – This contribution is part of an ongoing study on the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships Malagasy representatives tribe Pavetteae (Rubiaceae).Material methods Taxonomic follow normal practice herbarium taxonomy. A molecular using plastid markers rps16, trnT-F, petD, accD-psa1, nuclear ribosomal marker ITS MADS-box gene PI was executed.Key results Five new species are described ...

background: medicinal plants (especially belong to lamiaceae family) are potential sources of new drugs to improve the treatment of diseases whose treatment is associated to anti-oxidative agents. in this paper, the ferric reducing ability of plasma (frap) activity of some lamiaceae and apiaceae species, has been evaluated. methods: aerial parts of the plants were dried, cut into small pieces a...