BACKGROUND Studies have shown that the barks and roots of some Apocynaceae species have anticancer and antimalarial properties. In this study, leaf extracts of five selected species of Apocynaceae used in traditional medicine (Alstonia angustiloba, Calotropis gigantea, Dyera costulata, Kopsia fruticosa and Vallaris glabra) were assessed for antiproliferative (APF) and antiplasmodial (APM) activ...

Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (family-Fabaceae-Leguminosae) is one of the important medicinal plant, commonly called as ‘liquorice’. The main ingredient of liquorice is ‘glycyrrhizin’. The present experiment was focused on the anti-inflammatory activity of hydro alcoholic extract of G. glabra (HAEGG) root against carrageenan induced rat paw oedema at dose levels of 100, 200, and 300 mg/kg orally. The H...

Seed dispersal of Guarea glabra and G. kunthiana (Meliaceae) in Monteverde, Costa Rica was studied to determine how seed predation and secondary dispersal affect the distribution of seeds available for recruitment. The arillate seeds are consumed mainly by birds that regurgitate or defecate the seeds intact. After dispersal, 45.6% of G. glabra and 26.6% of G. kunthiana seeds were buried 1– 3 cm...

Flavonoid-rich extract prepared from Glycyrrhiza glabra has been found to be beneficial in patients with functional dyspepsia and was reported to possess some gut health-promoting properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-Helicobacter pylori activities. In the present study, the flavonoid-rich extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra was evaluated for its compatibility with probiotic stra...

Ulmus glabra Hudson, or Wych elm, occurs as fragmented and relict natural populations in the Central System, which acts as a refugium in the Iberian Peninsula. Considering the importance of the Central System populations of U. glabra, the main objective was to assess their genetic diversity using nuclear microsatellite markers. A total of 360 different genotypes were detected in the 427 U. glab...

The rhizome of Smilax glabra has been used for a long time as both food and folk medicine in many countries. The present study focused on the active constituents from the rhizome of S. glabra, which possess potential anti-inflammatory activities. As a result, nine known compounds were isolated from the rhizome of S. glabra with the bioassay-guiding, and were identified as syringaresinol (1), la...

در پژوهش حاضر، فراوانی و شاخص‌های تنوع گونه‌ای مگس‌های خانواده Tachinidae هفت منطقه از استان مازندران سال 1390، بر اساس نمونه‌برداری‌های مستمر منظم با استفاده تله مالیز ارزیابی شد. مجموع تعداد 280 نمونه 48 گونه، 38 جنس‌ چهار زیرخانواده این استان‌ جمع‌آوری شناسایی شدند. گونه‌های زیرخانوادهTachininae بیشترین را مناطق مورد مطالعه داشته پس آن Phasiinae قرار دارد. زیرخانواده‌های Exoristinae 16 گونه ...

BACKGROUND Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) resistance to drugs and the side effects of drugs have drawn the attention of investigators to herbal plants. OBJECTIVES The main aim of the current research was to investigate the effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root) on HSV-1. One of the objectives of the current research was to determine the efficacy and the effect of the elapsed incubatio...