The hydrodistilled essential oil from flowers of Hymenocrater platystegius Rech. f., which isendemic to Iran, was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twelve compounds representing 80.4%of the flowers oil of H. platystegius were identified. This oil was particularly rich in α-pinene(25.8%) and limonene (20.9%); another major component of the oil was β-pinene (12.2%).

Aromatic plants have been commercially used as spices, natural flavor, raw material for essential-oil industry and other medicinal purpose. The use of essential oils continues to rise, both as a separate commodity and indirectly through a large range of beautycare and aromatherapy products. Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth; is a species from the genus Pogostemon and a bushy herb of t...

A total of 215 root-nodule bacteria were isolated from 3 medicinal legumes including Indigofera tinctoria, Pueraria mirifica and Derris elliptica Benth. naturally grown in 16 provinces of Thailand. The isolates were evaluated for DNA polymorphism using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Isolates generated 92 identical RAPD profiles, indicating highly significant genetic diversi...

BACKGROUND The global resurgence of tuberculosis is a significant threat. Lamiaceae members have been used in folk remedies for centuries. This study was designed to assess the in-vitro antimycobacterial activity of eighteen crude extracts from six plants (Lamiaceae) and to characterize their phenolic and flavonoid compounds. METHODS Six Turkish medicinal plants of the family Lamiaceae (Stach...

Miskitaramashia is a special single drug in Unani system of medicine and it has been identified as Lallemantia royleana (Wall) Benth. Of the family Labiacae. Its pharmacognostical characters hava also been reported here.

The aim of this study was to characterize rhizobial isolates from Cratylia mollis Mart. ex Benth, Calliandra depauperata Benth. and Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. by means of rhizobial colonies morphology and restriction analysis of the 16S ribosomal gene (16S rDNA-ARDRA). Nodules were collected in the field and from plants cultivated in a greenhouse experiment using Caatinga soil samples. Si...

Nowadays, chemotherapy is still the main effective treatment for cancer. Herb prescriptions containing Pogostemon cablin Benth (also known as "Guang-Huo-Xiang") have been widely used in Chinese medicine today. In our research, we found that patchouli alcohol, a compound isolated from the oil of Pogostemon cablin Benth, exerted antitumor ability against human lung cancer A549 cells ability both ...