Background: Hand eczema is one of the most common dermatologic diseases requiring treatment but common therapeutics such as corticosteroids and anti-histamines have numerous side effects. So, use of herbal agents, which generally have no major side effects, may be useful especially if their efficacy is established. Malva Sylvestris (MS) is a tropical plant in Iran with cooling characteristics. ...

Evaluation of ElecTIS bioreactor for the micropropagation Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill., an important autochthonous species Albania | Valbona Sota, Carla Benelli, Brunilda ?uko, Elektra Papakosta, Claudio Depaoli, Maurizio Lambardi, Efigjeni Kongjika Agricultural Journals

The ability of plant extracts and preparations to reduce inflammation has been proven by different means in experimental models. Since inflammation enhances the release of specific mediators, inhibition of their production can be used to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of plants widely used in folk medicine for this purpose. The study was performed for leaves and flowers of Malva sylve...

A genomic clone (NySS4) encoding sequences homologous to the small subunit (SSU) of RUBISCO was isolated from a N. sylvestris genomic library after a screening with a full-length SSU cDNA (1). This clone actually encodes two genes separated by a 200 bp intergenic region: NySS41 is a complete gene comprising 3 exons and 2 introns, while NySS42 is a truncated gene comprising only the 3' end of th...

Wild peanut species are useful genetic resources for improving the levels of disease/pest resistance and for enhancing the quality of seed composition by interspecific hybridization. The variation in oil content and fatty acid composition of wild peanut species in the United States Department of Agriculture germplasm collection is unknown. Seeds available from 39 wild species (plus a cultivated...

The Vallcebre research catchments are representative of Mediterranean mountain areas with spontaneous afforestation by Pinus sylvestris as a consequence of the abandonment of agriculture since the 1950s. In this context, transpiration, rainfall interception and internal fluxes in a Scots pine patch have been monitored. This paper presents the results obtained on temporal variability of these wa...