modern biotechnology and genetic engineering using techniques and special ‎laboratory tools plays an important role in the pharmaceutical industry and medicinal ‎plant propagation. among these techniques, it can be noted that a wide range of ‎elicitors are widely used for inducing metabolites at invitro culture. due to the ‎pharmaceutical properties of artichoke and its history, it has been dee...

background & aim: marigold or calendula officinalis l. is a annual herb belongs to the asteraceae family.  marigold is a valuable medicinal plant which is used in pharmaceutical industry.  in addition, this plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant. aim of current study was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of jasmonic acid (ja), and salicylic acid (sa) on phytochemical pr...

Background: Medicinal plants use is growing in Iran and controlling their quality in terms of contamination with toxic metals is critical. City of Arak, due to its large industrial plants, is one of the most polluted cities of Iran these pollutants can be transferred to the farms. Methods: In this study, concentrations of metals such as aluminum, arsenic, lead and cadmium are measured by atomic...

Herbal Epimedium species have been widely in Traditional Chinese Medicine for sexual enhancement, immunity improvement, anticancer and anti-aging treatment, with flavonoids and polysaccharides being the major active components. However, exhaustive depletion of wild sources warrants germplasm evaluation and quality resource exploration. A preliminarily analysis had previously indicated that a sp...

Guggulu (Commiphora mukul) is about 2-3.5 mt heighted plant of Burceraceae family. The plant grows wild in the arid, rocky tracts, also in low rainy and hot areas. The part used in medicinal preparation is resin, collected by tapping the barks. Guggulu deserves high values in Ayurvedic medicines. Guggulu is Rasayana, Vatakaphaghna, and used in various diseases. Due to high values and excessive ...

This article discusses the importance of capers plant, its biological and, medicinal properties plant for human health, chemical composition and important physiological in preparing seeds planting cultural cultivation, differences from other seeds, types stimulants their concentrations scientific significance has been shown. There is information on times depths, schemes technologies cultivating...

Medicinal plants are a globally important resource for the treatment of disease and improvement human health, only form healthcare used by millions people. Currently, status many medicinal species is threatened overharvesting caused increasing demand. While have been cultivated in soil, resulting material often contains lower levels compounds than that wild-harvested plants. Hydroponic cultivat...

Background:Dang gui (Apiaceae; Angelica sinensis radix) is among the most often used Chinese medicinal plants. However, hardly anything is known about its value chain and its influence on the main marker compounds of the drug. The aim of this study is to investigate the value chain of dang gui in Gansu and Yunnan, and the analysis of the marker compounds ferulic acid and Z-ligustilide concentra...

Objective: Today, medicinal plants are widely used in remedies for several ailments and improvement of human health because of their pharmaceutical properties. This study aimed to document important useful medicinal plants and their medicinal characteristics for treatment of human ailments in the Arjan _ Parishan protected area in Fars province of Iran during 2010-2012. Materials and Methods: D...