The antifungal properties of some commercial plant waters obtained as side products in producing distilled oils were investigated. Paper disc samples were impregnated with various plant waters and exposed to wood decay fungi for 3 months in Petri dishes. Ten types of plant water (Laurus nobilis, Calluna vulgaris, Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris, Myrtus communis, Eucalyptus globulus, Mentha ...

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz a well know and pharmaceutically explored medicinal plant of the family Bignoniaceae but in context cytological work, meagre information is available on same plant. During present investigation six accessions O. were studied for understanding male meiosis related events using standard techniques. Although, meiotic course was found to be regular, anomalies such as chro...

Astragalus mongholicus Bunge (Fabaceae) is an important plant source of the herbal drug known as Radix Astragali, which is used worldwide as a medicinal ingredient and a component of food supplement. Russian Federation, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China are the main natural distribution areas of A. mongholicus in the world. However, the quality of medicinal plant varies among different locations....

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to identify medicinal plants and spices used for medicine by the community of Beni-Sueif, Upper Egypt. METHODS Ethnobotanical data from local people was collected using direct interviews and a semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-eight plant species belonging to twenty-seven families and forty-seven genera were encountered during the study. Their ...

thyme (thymus vulgaris l.) is an important medicinal plant with highly valuable essential oils. in this study, effects of different fertilizer treatments and cuts on thymus vulgaris l. was evaluated in 2008-2009. the research was conducted at alborz research station, research institute of forests and rangelands, karaj, iran. the experimental design was split plot in time in the form of a random...

results based on the results, medicinal plant extracts have marvelous effects on dandruff removal with fewer side effects, though it takes long time to treat the mentioned concern. conclusions the results show that applying the combination of medicinal plant extracts and natural ingredients with chemical compounds in pharmaceutical industry can optimize treatment. objectives the aim of this res...

background: finding scientific data from the holy qur'an is an old trend, which emerge newly with rise of modern science. in the literature, we have found that total number of medicinal plants cited in the holy qur'an varies author to author. objective: the aim of this study was to indentify the plants mentioned in the holy qur'an and to confirm the botanical name with other relevant informatio...

Buřičová L., Réblová Z. (2008): Czech medicinal plants as possible sources of antioxidants. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 132–138. The antioxidant activity of 17 Czech medicinal plants was studied and compared with the antioxidant activity of green tea. The antioxidant activities of water and ethanol extracts of the plants tested were determined by a spectrophotometric method using the stable free ra...

Withania somnifera recently categorized as threatened plant of Rajasthan and known for its high medicinal value has been studied for existing genetic variations in four accessions collected from four different locations. From the present studies it is apparent that the gametic number of W. somnifera is n = 24 and 2n = 48. From the combined information generated by present author and earlier wor...