BACKGROUND Herbal quality is strongly influenced by harvest time. It is therefore one of crucial factors that should be well respected by herbal producers when optimizing cultivation techniques, so that to obtain herbal products of high quality. In this work, we paid attention on one of common used Chinese herbals, Cyathula officinalis Kuan. According to previous studies, its quality may be rel...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

In the present study, we report the finding of high concentrations of D-Asp (D-aspartate) in the retina of the cephalopods Sepia officinalis, Loligo vulgaris and Octopus vulgaris. D-Asp increases in concentration in the retina and optic lobes as the animal develops. In neonatal S. officinalis, the concentration of D-Asp in the retina is 1.8+/-0.2 micromol/g of tissue, and in the optic lobes it ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aims of the present study were to determine and compare the effects of different concentrations of Althaea officinalis extract, 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX), and penicillin on Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS The laboratory study was done, for a period of 8 weeks. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in the test tube, min...

treatment strategies for ad will have to include a variety of interventions directed at multiple targets. so far, the outcomes with available approved medications for ad are often unsatisfactory, and there is a place for alternative medicine, in particular herbal medicine. herbal medicines are being used by about 80% of the world population primarily in the developing countries for primary heal...

Changes in seawater carbonate chemistry that accompany ongoing ocean acidification have been found to affect calcification processes in many marine invertebrates. In contrast to the response of most invertebrates, calcification rates increase in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis during long-term exposure to elevated seawater pCO2. The present trial investigated structural changes in the cuttlebo...

A new species of Heredius Marsh, 2002 is described from Brazil. H. flavus n. sp. differs from the other known Heredius species by its yellow mesosoma and metasoma, acinose-carinate face, acinose temple, malar space length about 0.56 times eye height, ocello-ocular distance about 4.0 times diameter of the lateral ocellus; acinose-rugose mesoscutal lobes, sternaulus finely scrobiculate and almost...

Valeriana glechomifolia Meyer is a small herb 5}10 cm high, growing in South Brazil. The plant was collected in April, 1998 in Sa8 o JoseH dos Ausentes, RS, Brazil and identi"ed by M. Sobral (Curso de PoH s-Graduac7 a8 o em Cie( ncias Farmace( uticas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Voucher specimens (M. Sobral, 7733) are kept in the Herbarium of the Universidade Federal d...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic