salvia genus is one of the largest genera of the lamiaceae family. its species have been used for a wide variety of disorders in the local traditional medicine systems. therefore, the genus has been the subject of several phytochemical and biological studies. the aim of the study was to identify the major antioxidant compound(s) from the methanol extract of salvia verticillata using activity-gu...

salvia leriifolia benth. (vernacular names such as nuruozak and jobleh) is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows exclusively in south and tropical regions of khorasan and semnan provinces, i. r. iran. unlike other species of salvia genus, the chemical constituents of s. leriifolia are not well recognized. the stem oil of the plant consisted mainly both monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, while i...

In recent years, herbaceous flowering potted plants have widely been used to be planted in garden area but these species might be also used as interior plants. Post production performance of flowering potted plants under interior conditions has become a research area of great interest. The aim of this work was to evaluate whether Salvia splendens may have a potential use as short-term colour so...

From the aerial parts of Salvia occidentalis (Labiatae) a new diterpenoid with a rearranged neo-clerodane skeleton was isolated. This new compound was named salvioccidentalin and its structure was established by spectroscopic means. A probable biogenetic relationship with salvigenolide from S. fulgens and salvileucalin A and spiroleucantholide from Salvia leucantha is proposed.

The Objective of this research was determination of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of different plants of the families lamiaceae including several salvia species and some plants of the family Compositae e.g. Onopordon, Centaurea from Iran. The radical scavenging activities of the above-mentioned plants were measured spectrophotometrically using DPPH (2, 2 dipheny-pycryl-hydrazyl). The...

The Objective of this research was determination of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of different plants of the families lamiaceae including several salvia species and some plants of the family Compositae e.g. Onopordon, Centaurea from Iran. The radical scavenging activities of the above-mentioned plants were measured spectrophotometrically using DPPH (2, 2 dipheny-pycryl-hydrazyl). The...

BACKGROUND Hepatic fibrosis is characterised by a progressive accumulation of fibrillar extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, including collagen that occurs in chronic liver diseases. Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta)/Smad3 signalling plays a major role in tissue fibrogenesis acting as a potent stimulus of ECM accumulation. AIM To evaluate the effects of a combined therapy with anti-...

Salvia miltiorrhiza, which is commonly known as Danshen, is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. To illustrate its physiological and biochemical responses to salt stress and to evaluate the feasibility of cultivating this plant in saline coastal soils, a factorial experiment under hydroponic conditions was arranged on the basis of a completely randomised design with three replications. Five s...

Salvia miltiorrhiza is an important medicinal plant with great economic and medicinal value. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Salvia miltiorrhiza, the first sequenced member of the Lamiaceae family, is reported here. The genome is 151,328 bp in length and exhibits a typical quadripartite structure of the large (LSC, 82,695 bp) and small (SSC, 17,555 bp) single-copy regions, sepa...

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of hydropriming on seed germination and seedling growth of five different flower seed species (Antirrhinum, Dahlia, Impatiens, Salvia and Zinnia). Hydropriming (20oC, 24 h), surface dried or dried back afterwards, was found to increase germination percentage, seedling emergence and fresh and dry weight. In all species, the maximum advantage i...