the tribe sophoreae sensu polhill [9,10] is a large and diverse assemblage comprising the ancient and primitive ancestral stocks of papilionoideae. the most frequent chromosome basic numbers in this tribe are x = 11 and x = 9 but chromosome numbers range from x = 8-14 are also known. in this study chromosome numbers and karyotype variation of iranian members of tribe sophoreae are reported. ira...

Objective(s): Evaluation of the Sophora alopecuroides var. alopecuroides seed effects on morphine withdrawal syndrome in mice and determination of the alkaloid composition of the seed total extract. Materials and Methods:The effects of the seed total extract, alkaloid fraction and major compound matrine on the mice morphine withdrawal syndrome were compared to saline and methadone.Mice were ma...