bassia latifolia bud and cajanus cajan seed were evaluated for anti-fertility activity in mature female mice. anti-fertility activity was evaluated by observing the estrus cycle, body weight, wet weight of ovaries, steroidogenic enzymes, and substrates. bassia latifolia bud and cajanus cajan seed extract arrested normal oestrous cycle at dioestrous stage. the decrease in weight of ovary and ute...

BACKGROUND Dalbergia sissoo DC. (Family: Fabaceae) is a medium to large deciduous tree, is locally called "shishu" in Bangladesh. It is used to treat sore throats, dysentery, syphilis, bronchitis, inflammations, infections, hernia, skin diseases, and gonorrhea. This study evaluated the antinociceptive effect of the methanol extract of D. sissoo leaves (MEDS) in mice. METHODS The extract was a...

Nauclea latifolia (N. latifolia) and Pteleopsis suberosa (P. suberosa) are two medicinal plants used to treat several pathologies linked oxidative stress. This study aims the effects of ethanolic extracts from those on consequences cholesterolemic overload. Oxidative stress was induced by In vitro antioxidant activity evaluated using DPPH, total phenolic compounds flavonoids assays; while in vi...

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Morinda tinctoria Roxb fruit on inhibition of growth and induction of apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells (PC-3) and lung carcinoma (A549) cells. Morinda tinctoria Roxb hydro alcoholic fruit extract (MTHFE) was taken to in vitro studies, like phytochemical screening, MTT assay, cell induced apoptosis. Dose de...

Despite its recent evolutionary origin, the sex-chromosome system of the plant Silene latifolia shows signs of progressive suppression of recombination having created evolutionary strata of different X-Y divergence on sex chromosomes. However, even after eight years of effort, this result is based on analyses of five sex-linked gene sequences, and the maximum divergence (and thus the age of thi...

The title compound, commonly known as (+)-(6aS,11aS)-medicarpin, C(16)H(14)O(4), was isolated from Dalbergia oliveri and displays a rigid mol-ecule consisting of four fused rings. The benzofuran system is inclined at an angle of 76.49 (2)° with respect to the chroman unit. The compound exists as a polymeric chain arising from inter-molecular O-H⋯O bonding.

We developed 11 microsatellite loci for Sagittaria latifolia, an aquatic plant common to wetlands of North America. From an (AG)-enriched library, we identified 66 unique microsatellite sequences for which primers could be designed. Twenty-two loci reliably amplified a clear single band of expected size, and 11 loci were scoreable and polymorphic. For these 11 loci, we genotyped a monoecious an...

Title of Dissertation: DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS OF THE EVERGREEN UNDERSTORY LAYER IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN HIGHLAND FORESTS Robert A. Chastain Jr., Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation Directed By: Associate Professor Philip A. Townsend, Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science Graduate Program Evergreen understory layer communities dominated by Rhododendron maximum L. and/or Kalmia latifo...

Microbotryum violaceum (anther-smut) from Silene caroliniana and S. virginica produced promycelia that frequently appeared to contain more than three cells according to the number of septations. This is in contrast to samples from S. latifolia and to previous descriptions of this species. Apparent four-celled promycelia contained three nucleate cells and one anucleate zone. Anucleate zones were...

To obtain immunomodulating substances from Amazonian medicinal plants, hot water extracts from 21 samples available commercially were tested in terms of mitogenic and colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-inducing activities. Among them, Dalbergia monetaria exhibited the highest CSF-inducing activity. Orobol 8-C-glucoside (OCG-8) and orobol 6-C-glucoside (OCG-6) were isolated from the bark of D. mone...