BACKGROUND Extracts from Polygonum senegalensis (Polygonaceae) and Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Meliaceae) are two important traditionally used medicinal plants in rural Benin to treat many diseases and notably type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study was to investigate the α-glucosidase inhibition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of those plants extract: Polygonum senegalensis leaves, and Pse...

The health benefits of Dracocephalum heterophyllum are widely reported in traditional Tibetan medicines, but the chemical composition is limited, probably due to difficulties separating and purifying compounds. In this study, antioxidative phenylethanoids were isolated from an extract using medium- high-pressure liquid chromatography, coupled with on-line HPLC–1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl reco...

the genus tanacetum l. is one of the most important medicinal plant that contains 28 species in iran, 12 of them are endemics. this paper reports the essential oil composition of tanacetum hololeucum (bornm.) podlech; tanacetum kotschyi (boiss.) grierson, growing wild in iran. plant flowers were collected from different zones of dizin in north of iran. all samples were hydro-distilled (clevenge...

due to environmental risks generated by application of non-degradable and synthetic films, many researches have shown increasing tendency to edible coatings for storing food such as fruits and vegetables. whey protein is considered one of the most common sources of edible coatings and its use has been studied in the current research. in this paper, the simultaneous effect of coating with whey p...

Male sterility is an important tool for obtaining crop heterosis. A thermo-sensitive cytoplasmic male-sterile (TCMS) line was developed recently using a new method based on tiller regeneration. In the present study, we explored the critical growth stages required to maintain thermo-sensitive male sterility in TCMS lines and found that fertility is associated with abnormal tapetal and microspore...