Essential oils obtained from plants have recently gained a great scientific interest as a potent source of antimicrobials of natural origin. The present study highlights the antifungal activity of essential oils against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger. During screening of essential oils of six selected Angiospermic plants at 2000 ppm (mg/l) against the test fungus, Mentha arvensis and ...

Selection of a stably expressed reference gene (RG) is an important step for generating reliable and reproducible quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) gene expression data. We, in this study, have sought to validate RGs for Buglossoides arvensis, a high nutraceutical value plant whose refined seed oil is entering the market under the commercial trade ...

Ranunculus arvensis (corn buttercup) is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus that is frequently used in the Far East to treat rheumatic diseases and several dermatological disorders. In Turkey, the plant is seen in the eastern and southeastern Anatolian highlands, which are underdeveloped areas of the country. Herein, we report three patients who used Ranunculus arvensis for the treatment of...

in order to evaluate the effects of cover crops on reduced weed biomass in hybrid sunflower an experiment was carried in the research stations, natural resources medicinal plants (samian_ardabile) with 3 replicates in 1390-1391. the first factor was considered three type of cover crops, winter rye, spring barley, winter wheat with 2 control treatment, second factor was mulch management at two l...

the bioactivity of chemical extracts from silverleaf nightshade solanum elaeagnifolium cav. seeds and leaves were tested for herbicidal activities, through water and ethanol extracts, against portulaca oleracea l., corchorus olitorius l., convolvulus arvensis l.and echinochloa crus-galli (l.) found in most zea mays l.fields. characterization of the isolated constituents from ethanol extract was...

to study weed species diversity and community structure in pistachio (pistacia vera l.) orchards in 33 orchards of 12 villages an investigation was conducted in bardaskan county, khorasan razavi province, iran during 2008-2009. weed population sampling was conducted in a w shape method using 1m² quadrate. the results showed that the weeds of pistachio orchards were belonging to 15 families and ...