the chemical composition of the volatile oil from aerial parts of hypericum triquetrifolium turra was studied by gc-ms. fifty components (97.1% of the total composition) were detected in the volatile oil. germacrene-d (21.7%), b-caryophyllene (18.3%), d-cadinene (6.4%), trans -b-farnesene (4.3%), a-humulene (3.8%), b-selinene (3.7%), γ-cadinene (3.3%) and trans -phytol (3.2%) were found to be t...

This review describes the morphology, microscopy, traditional and folklore uses, phyto-constituents, pharmacological reports, clinical applications and toxicological reports of the prominent species of the genus Passiflora. Flavonoids, glycosides, alkaloids, phenolic compounds and volatile constituents have been reported as the major phyto-constituents of the Passiflora species. A few species o...

Conventional methods for extraction of the active constituents from herbal plants, in addition to their high processing costs, are harmful to the environment owing to their time and energy consumption, uncontrollable parameters, use of toxic and dangerous solvents, loss of the extract, thermal instability, the contamination of the product with organic solvents and the loss of water-soluble comp...

Brassica napus L. and Sinapis alba L. are two cruciferous species for which some medicinal uses are mentioned in the Iranian, Indian and Chinese traditional medicine. Seed oil of  B. napus has cathartic action, and is either used as such or after partial hydrogenation for cooking, shortening or as margarines. Sees of S. alba have also cathartic action and some other medicinal uses but, beca...