The conservation of medicinal plants, particularly endangered or endemic species, is the utmost importance, especially in light inevitable climate change and its consequences. Species inhabiting high altitudes adopt exceptional defense mechanisms response to abiotic stresses as a survival strategy. objective current study was investigate effects altitudinal variations on secondary metabolite ac...

In this study, the total phenolic and flavonoid contents antioxidant activities of hexane methanol extracts Cotoneaster transcaucasicus Pojark. fruits in Rosaceae family were investigated. Using Folin-Ciocaltaeu method, amount substances was determined as 50.34 ± 2.70 mg GAE/g extract 38.06 1.32 extract. The flavonoids calculated 52.01 3.78 QE/g 60.54 6.82 extract, using aluminum nitrate method...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : cotoneaster discolor and alhagi pseudalhagi are two important kinds of iranian manna.   they have several therapeutic applications in adults and children. the most important ingredient of cotoneaster discolor is mannitol. due to the scarcity of toxicological studies on these compounds, their genotoxicity was e...