Background & Aim:Iranian ox-tongue (Echium amoenum Fisch. & Mey.) is an endemic Iranian medicinal plant belongs to Boraginaceae family. The violet-blue petals of this plant have been used in traditional medicine. Drying is one of the most critical and fundamental operations in the post-harvest processing of medicinal plants. Experimental: This re...

Chemical property of honey from Echium vulgare was investigated. In comparison with other honey species, the contents of total phenolic compounds and total flavonoids were the highest. α-Amylase activity was also extremely high: about three to nine hundred times as much as those of other honey species. The antioxidative activity of honey was investigated using four different methods. Honey from...

there are many remediating methods for the polluted soils but only phytoremediation is a cost effective, environmental friendly, aesthetically pleasing approach that is most suitable for many countries. the purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of native plants for phytoremediation of contaminated soils with lead, zinc, cadmium and nickel in the rangelands around national lead ...

Green roofs (GRs) are proposed to offset against numerous environmental and socio-economic concerns associated with climate change urban sprawl. In Mediterranean areas, protect conserve biodiversity through GRs, the use of native plant species from arid environments shallow roots is generally recommended. north Europe, Echium vulgare L. widely used on GRs for its tolerance abiotic stresses attr...

In this work, microencapsulation of omega-3 lipids from sustainable sources, including oilseeds such as Salvia hispanica L., Echium plantagineum L. and Camelina sativa microalgal (from Nannochloropsis gaditana) enzymatically produced fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs), was successfully done by spray drying their outcomes studied. Previous to process, lipid extracts new sources (chia, camelina echi...

Z. Naturforsch. 55 b, 459—461 (2000); received February 21, 2000 Biomineralization, Silica, Silicon-Accumulating Plants A series of silicon-accumulating plants [different Equisetum (horse tail) species, Echium vulgare, and Symphytum officinale] were studied by solid-state 29Si NMR experiments. For this purpose, selected parts of these plants were freeze-dried and then investigated by solid-stat...