To investigate responses of Glycyrrhiza glabra var. glabra and G. glabra var. glandulifera to molybdenum and salicylic acid, we measured four stress biochemical parameters: anthocyanin, nitric acid, glycyrrhizic acid and peroxidase activity in callus tissues. Callus tissues obtained from seedlings root cultures were treated by 60 mg. l-1 molybdenum and 5 µM salicylic acid alone or together for...

Bidens pilosa (B. pilosa) is well known in Taiwan as a traditional Chinese medicine. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of both the ethanol (EtOH) and ethylacetate/ethanol (EA/EtOH) extracts from the whole B. pilosa plant, to protect normal human erythrocytes against oxidative damage in vitro. It was determined that the oxidative hemolysis and lipid/protein peroxidation of er...

Patrice Connelly B. Nat Therapies (SCU), Dip. Nutrition, is a nutritionist, energetic healer and musician practising in Kilcoy, Qld. PO Box 272, Kilcoy QLD 4515. Telephone (07) 5422 0806. [email protected]. Amember of the Asteraceae family, the weed Bidens pilosa Linn. is found throughout the world, probably originating in South America. First noted in Linneus’s Species Plantarum (1753), ...

The development of strains of herpes simplex virus (HSV) resistant to drugs has been reported among the immunocompromised patients. Thus, there is a need to develop new therapeutic agents for HSV infections. We evaluated the anti-HSV activity of Bidens pilosa (B. pilosa), a tropical weed, in tissue culture cells and a mouse model. B. pilosa extract showed potent virucidal activity. It inhibited...

MAHYUNI, R., CHIKMAWATI, T., ARIYANTI, N. S. & KUSUMAWATY, A. 2022. A new variety of Canthiumera glabra (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae). Reinwardtia 21(1): 13‒17. — var. laxiflora Vanguerieae), a from Java and Sumatra is described. The differs the typical in having laxly branched inflorescences restricted to south (Lampung) southwestern Java.

BACKGROUND Research of natural products from traditionally used medicinal plants to fight against the human ailments is fetching attention of researchers worldwide. Bidens pilosa Linn. var. Radiata (Asteraceae) is well known for its folkloric medicinal use against various diseases from many decades. Mizoram, North East India, has high plant diversity and the use of this plant as herbal medicine...

A review of the publications in traditional medicine indicates that the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra L., Fabaceae, is recommended for treatment of epilepsy. As a renewable source, the leaves of G. glabra var. glandulifera growing in Iran were examined for possible anticonvulsant activity. The anticonvulsant activity of the leaves’ ethanol extract and dichloromethane, f1, n-Hexane, f1A, and methan...

The genus Synura was found to be an important member of the phytoplankton communities in many Connecticut lakes, present in more than fifty percent of the 113collections made during 1984. Thirteen taxa, including a new forma, Synura petersenii f. truttae, were recorded for the first time in Connecticut waters using SEM. S. petersenii was the most important species, present in forty-one percent ...