Objective(s):Our recent report indicates that breviscapine play a protective role of the kidney by down-regulating transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and alleviating interstitial fibrosis following unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). In this study, we investigate the effect of breviscapine on changes of renal water and sodium transport proteins in response t...

Pot and field experiments were conducted to study the effects of mulching with straw of cadmium (Cd) tolerant plants (Ranunculus sieboldii, Mazus japonicus, Clinopodium confine and Plantago asiatica) on growth and Cd accumulation of Galinsoga parviflora in Cd-contaminated soil. In the pot experiment, mulching with M. japonicus straw increased the root biomass, stem biomass, leaf biomass, shoot ...

BACKGROUND In the present study, extracts prepared from the leaves of Rhus parviflora Roxb. (Anacardiaceae) were evaluated for their anti-HIV activity, which have been traditionally used for the treatment of neurological disorders such as anxiety, insomnia and epilepsy. METHODS Aqueous and 50% ethanolic extracts prepared from leaves of the plant were tested for their cytotoxicity and anti-HIV...

Hexane, chloroform and ethanol extracts of Malva parviflora L. and Malvastrum coromandelianum L. were tested for their antibacterial, antifungal and irritant activities. While the hexane, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts along with the polar mass of Amaranthus viridis L. were tested for above activities, except that of the antifungal. The extracts of Malva parviflora L. and Malvastrum c...

The aim of this research was the comparative study content amino acids in herb and tubers Stachys sieboldii. acid composition raw materials carried out using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). results obtained have shown that aerial parts plants investigated higher than underground organs. Free bound L-aspartic acid, L-proline, L-phenylalanine were present analyzed samples greatest ...

Seven samples of halophyte plants (Bassia hirsuta Aschers, Euphorbia peplis L., Salicornia europeae L., Calystegia soldanella, Calystegia sepium, Stachys maritima Gonan and Suaeda maritima Dumort,) were collected from a sand bar near the town of Pomorie (Bulgaria). The soil salinity ranged between 650 and 850 mg salts in 100 g soil. For comparison, two other samples from the species Calistegia ...

The occurrence of diterpenoids in the essential oils of the species of the genus Stachys (Lamiaceae, Labiatae) is reviewed.