Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. Br. is a shrub widely known as wild dagga found in most parts of the world and belongs to the Lamiaceae family. Some of the many traditional applications of L. Leonurus include the leaf decoction being a strong purgative and used for wound healing and asthma. The leaves and stem are topically applied to sores and skin infections, or taken for high blood pressure and di...

Progress in medical therapy wouldn’t be possible without the contribution of the scientific community. Several randomized controlled trials have led to our current guidelines. Specifically, COMPANION and CARE-HF trials involved a turning point for cardiac resynchronization therapy, which became well recognized for the treatment of heart failure patients with QRS 120 ms, ejection fraction 35%, a...

Wood vinegar, a by-product of wood pyrolysis, is mostly discarded. vinegar has phytotoxic effect and could be potentially used as naturally derived herbicide for weed control. The objective this research was to evaluate the efficacy from pyrolysis apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) tree branch wastes control weeds. concentrations required inhibit 50% motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.), redroot pig...

The aim of the study was to perform a quantitative analysis of fluid extracts of maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba L.), motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.) and hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna Jacq.), to evaluate their antioxidant activity and to compare their ability to inactivate free radicals. The antioxidant activity was measured using the DPPH*and the ABTS*+ radical scavenging reaction systems. The...

Exceptional components of the cultural landscape Central Europe include archaeological sites, e.g., castle ruins, prehistoric or medieval fortified settlements, other settlements and burial mounds. The plants associated with them help us explain processes species persistence on habitat islands as well process naturalization crop species, which escape from fields are abandoned. This study descri...

Bu çalışma 2008-2009 yılları arasında Kızılcasu Orman Planlama Birimi’nin florasını tespit etmek amacı ile yapılmıştır. Çalışma alanı Kastamonu ili A4 karesinde ve Avrupa-Sibirya floristik bölgesi içerisinde yer almaktadır. sonucunda 64 familyaya ait 233 vasküler bitki taksonu edilmiştir. Tespit edilen taksonlarından 3’ü Pteridophyta bölümüne, 230’u ise Magnoliophyta bölümüne aittir. 5 (%2,1)’i...

Choroby układu sercowo-naczyniowego należą do grupy chorób cywilizacyjnych odpowiedzialnych za główną część zgonów na świecie. W leczeniu i zapobieganiu tym chorobom stosuje się liczne leki preparaty, w zawierające substancje roślinne, po które szczególnie chętnie sięgają pacjenci we wczesnych stanach chorobowych. Na rynku obecnych jest wiele preparatów roślinnych dostępnych bez recepty. Celem ...