In developing countries, the risk of getting sick from eating food contaminated with Escherichia coli is very high. As a consequence multidrug resistance this bacterium, therapeutic alternative has been sought in plant kingdom. The Objective research was to evaluate antibacterial effect pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) essential oil (EO) on growth E. coli. Design/Methodology/Approach: activ...

follows that the action of BHDB in inhibiting the effect of thyroxine on the oxygen consumption of mice and its opposite action in the case of triiodothyronine (Maclagan et al. 1952) cannot have been due to changes in the total excretion rate. They must therefore reflect alterations in the activity of the circulating thyroid hormone, probably consequent upon inhibition of deiodination processes.

In this study the in vitro cytotoxic properties of ethanol extracts from the herbs, inflorescents and roots of selected Asteraceae species: Arctium lappa, Artemisia absinthium, Calendula officinalis, Centaurea cyanus, Tanacetum vulgare and Tragopogon pratensis on J-45.01 human acute T leukemia cell line was examined. All tested samples possess antileukemic properties and induce cells death via ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential anticancer action of extracts prepared from german chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)and pot marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) to human melanoma and epidermoid carcinoma cells. Sulforhodamine B assay was used to measure the cytotoxic activity of methanolic extracts from flowers of chamomile and marigold. The cytotoxic activity of extr...