Anchusa strigosa L.: Hardy annual biennial or perennial herb, with hairs especially on the leaves., flowers generally regular. Commonly named (Lisan Althour) in Iraq, from Boraginaceae family. The plant contains phenolic acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, sterols, and terpenoids. Whole part defatted n-hexane for 24 hours. material extracted using absolute methanol by Soxhlet apparatus hours, extract...

Anchusa strigosa - prickly alkanet from Boraginaceae grows in roadsides, and fields of a broad range habitats mediterranean woodlands, to steppe vegetation, true desert. It is commonly known as" him him" or "lisan al thawr". can withstand hard weather conditions hence widely cultivated. The color its flowers pure white deep cobalt blue. Various parts A. are used traditional medicine for treatin...

This study investigated the anti-inflammatory and antiulcer activities of different extracts from the aerial parts and the roots of Anchusa azurea Miller var. azurea (Boraginaceae), as well as their major constituent, rosmarinic acid. The extracts were water (AWa, RWa) and methanol (AMe, RMe) extracts prepared from the aerial parts and the roots of A. azurea, respectively. The AMe extract was f...

BACKGROUND Vigna subg. Ceratotropis (Piper) Verdc. represents a homogenous and distinct group of species with highly specialized complex floral characters. It is most diverse in Asia. India, with 24 species, represents a secondary center of species diversity of the subgenus. NEW INFORMATION A new species, Vignapandeyana RD Gore, SP Gaikwad & SD Randive, is described from hill slopes of the no...

The Romanian hamster Mesocricetus newtoni is endemic to South-Eastern Romania (Dobruja region) and North-Eastern Bulgaria, prefers steppic, arid, uncultivated habitats, but also found in alfalfa fields, less often corn cultures field-protecting vegetation belts. Previous studies provide only limited data regarding the diet of this cryptic species. one family group (one female four pups) was mon...