Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.) is the most popular summer flowering tree in U.S. Its total value sold has almost doubled since 1998. Consumers prize crapemyrtles for their beauty and being relatively pest free. However, current crapemyrtle production use might be affected by bark scale (CMBS; Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae), which been confirmed at least 14 states after its first sighting Texas...

The renewed interest in medicinal plants has led us to examine more closely the usefulness of metabolite histolocalisation screening work before any in-depth phytochemical studies. Indeed, this method is a histochemical technique allowing characterizing plant tissues constituents; and particular metabolites therapeutic interest, without destroying or altering as much possible studied material. ...

Objectives: 1) to determine the elasticity of normal breast tissue (parenchyma and premammary adipose tissue) in healthy women using ultrasound two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE); 2) reveal a possible correlation between increased stiffness parenchyma hyperprolactinemia patients with mastodynia mastopathy; 3) evaluate ability Vitex agnus-castus drug reduce glandular tissue; 4) obj...

The effectiveness for vasomotor symptoms and sleep disorders plus the long-term safety of a nutraceutical combination of agnus-castus and magnolia extracts combined with soy isoflavones (SI) and lactobacilli were assessed in postmenopausal women. A controlled study was carried out in menopausal women comparing this nutraceutical combination (ESP group) with a formulation containing isoflavones ...

Background: Cadmium toxicity is an environmental health menace in developing countries, which can result damage to the male reproductive system. The mechanisms of cadmium include increase lipid peroxidation, depletion glutathione, reduction protein-bound sulfhydryl groups, and oxidative stress. Agnus castus has been differently reported for its strong antioxidant potential reproductive-enhancin...