The larval food plant of the Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi (Wehrli, 1936) in Geometridae family has not been known until now. In this study, medicinal plants Ferula haussknechtii H. Wolff ex Rech.f., Prangos uloptera DC. (Apiaceae) and Rheum ribes L. (Polygonaceae) species are identified for first time as rjabovi. addition, Drino imberbis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera, Tachinidae) is recorded ...

Some animal models have been used to study Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is an irreversible progressive neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. Animal studies have shown that there is a relation between decrease in cholinergic functions in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) and loss of learning capability and memory. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect ...

Menengiç (Pistacia terebinthus L.), Işgın (Rheum ribes L.) ve Çiriş Otu (Asphodelus aestivus) tüm dünyada yaygın olarak bulunur genellikle taze tüketilir. Bu çalışmada, gövde yaprakları seçilen üç bitkinin antioksidan aktivitelerinin incelenmesi amaçlandı. Menengiç, ışgın çiriş otu Kahramanmaraş bölgesinde farklı marketlerden alındı. Seçilen bitkilerin yapraklarında enzimler superoksit dismutaz...

The hexane extract of the flowers of Rheum ribes L. which was collected from north-western Iran,was obtained by Soxhlet apparatus and the essential oil composition was obtained by hydro distillationand analyzed by using GC-GC/MS. The extract from the flowers was characterized by a high amountof unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (66.0%) and some of long chain hydrocarbon compounds. The maincomponent...

According to previous studies, the genus Rheum in Iran includes four species: R. turkestanicum Janisch., R. persicum Losinsk., R. ribes L. and R. khorasanicum Baradaran & Jafari. During the long-term study, based on field and many herbaria specimens, three new species including R. iranshahrii Taheri & Assadi sp. nov., R. kordestanicum Taheri & Assadi sp. nov. and R. austro-iranicum Taheri & Ass...