Lovage (Levisticum officinale KOCH.) is well known as a spice in the culinary and food industry and its pharmacological effect is utilised too. As a member of the Apiaceae family, it accumulates essential oil in each organ, which basically determines the quality of the drugs. Investigations were carried to study the role of harvesting time and age of the plants on the accumulation dynamics and ...

to protect and multiply important and rare plant resources, in vitro culture serves as a more efficient alternative to traditional propagation approaches. levisticum officinale koch. a member of apiaceae is an important, endangered and neglected species in iran, which has been shown to have diuretic, spasmolytic and carminative effects. in order to supply enough plant materials for micro-propag...

Objective: According to previous publications, the erratic hereditary disease with the augmented urinary excretion of cystine, could be envisage as the key to major injury in complicated patients due to recurrent of kidney stones. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of Levisticum officinale (Lovage) in patients with cystinuria Patients and methods: Patien...

The mineral contents of roots, leaves, stalks, and inflorescences the aromatic plant species Anethum graveolens L., Coriandrum sativum Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch, Salvia sclarea L. were studied by means neutron activation analysis. 36 major trace elements determined biological transfer coefficients calculated. Among minor elements, K with a content in range ...

Four important categories of urologic herbs, their history, and modern scientific investigations regarding them are reviewed. Botanical diuretics are discussed with a focus on Solidago spp (goldenrod) herb, Levisticum officinale (lovage) root, Petroselinum crispus (parsley) fruit, and Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) herb. Urinary antiseptic and anti-adhesion herbs, particularly Arctostaphylos u...

In the present study, basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and lovage (Levisticum officinale Koch.) extracts were obtained using maceration, ultrasound- microwave-assisted extractions (UAE MAE, respectively). Varying different extraction solvents, including water, methanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, analyses of total polyphenol flavonoid contents (TPC TFC, respectively), as well antioxidant properties (DP...

Background. Programs of preclinical safety studies the health care products depend on regulatory status investigated products. The classification such products, in particular suppositories for rectal and vaginal use, is a critical step developing tactics their biological evaluation. Adaptation evaluation methods medical devices based combination biologically active substances, as well results u...

acetylcholinesterase (ache) is the main enzyme for the breakdown of acetylcholine. nowadays, usage of the inhibitors of this enzyme is one of the most important types of treatment of mild to moderate neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimer’s disease. herbal medicines can be a new source of inhibitors of this enzyme. in this study we examined around 100 different plants to evaluate their in...