Spinosad is a novel insect control agent derived by fermentation of the Actinomycete bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa. Spinosad controls many caterpillar pests in vines, pome fruit and vegetables (including tomatoes and peppers), thrips in tomatoes, peppers and ornamental cultivation and dipterous leafminers in vegetables and ornamentals. Application rates vary between 25 to 100 g of active...

abstract   extract prepared from aerial part of pycnocycla spinosa is a relaxant of rat ileum contractions. the objective of this research was to study the spasmolytic activity of p. spinosa root extract for comparison with the aerial part extract. hydroalcoholic extracts were prepared by percolation method. a portion of rat ileum was removed and suspended under 1 g tension in tyrode’s solution...

isovanillin and iso-acetovanillon are two phenolic components isolated from a number of plants including pycnocycla spinosa . p. spinosa extract has antispasmodic and antidiarrheal activities. however, no comparative study has been done on antidiarrheal action of isovanillin and iso- acetovanillon, so far. the aim of this study was to investigate antidiarrheal action of isovanillin and iso-acet...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorders with severe impact on quality of life. Reducing serum glucose levels and normalization of serum lipid is of great clinical importance for treating diabetes. To our knowledge, there are not any evidences about the anti-diabetic action of capparis spinosa root. In the present study the effects of the C. spinosa root extract on dia...

PURPOSE Punica granatum L. var. granatum (Pomegranate), an herbaceous plant found in Iran, The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic effects, induction of apoptosis, and the mechanism of cell death of ethanol extract from Punica granatum L. var. spinosa on the mouse fibrosarcoma cell line, WEHI-164. METHODS Various parts of the herbs were extracted from fruit using ethanol as the...

During investigations into farmer's lung disease it was noticed that Micropolyspora faeni (MF) was isolated and identified with ease, but difficulty was encountered in the identification of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris (TV), although an organism resembling TV was frequently isolated. Extracts prepared from the isolates resembling TV (called Thermoactinomyces vulgaris variant, TVV) when tested aga...

In the present study, Saccharopolyspora erythraea MTCC 1103 was used for the enhanced production of erythromycin. To enhance the yield of erythromycin, effects of various parameters such as bagasse concentration, organic nitrogen source, inorganic nitrogen source, pH and temperature were analysed. It was found that bagasse can be used as an alternate carbon source in erythromycin production med...

this study was conducted to evaluate a temperature regime ranged from 15 to 30°c on survival, growth, life span and reproductive traits (reproductive period, clutch number, offspring number) of phallocryptus spinosa from iran. newly hatched nauplii (n= 200 and 3 replicates per each treatment) were allocated into containers and maintained at various temperature regimes (at 15, 20, 25 and 30˚c). ...

Certain streptomycin resistance mutations (i.e., rpsL and rsmG) result in the overproduction of antibiotics in various actinomycetes. Moreover, rpsL rsmG double-mutant strains show a further increase in antibiotic production. rpsL but not rsmG mutations result in a marked enhancement of oligomycin production in Streptomyces avermitilis and erythromycin production in Saccharopolyspora erythraea,...