Chlidoplitis and Megahoplitis are closely related Palaearctic subgenera of the osmiine bee genus Hoplitis (Megachilidae) containing nine and two species, respectively. Analysis of female pollen loads and field observations suggest that all species are pollen specialists. Whereas the H. (Chlidoplitis) species are probably all narrowly oligolectic and exclusively collect pollen on Allium (Alliace...

Adverse effects and drug resistance to the current onchopharmacologicals have increased the demand for alternative novel therapeutics. We herein introduce justicidin B, an arylnaphthalen lignan isolated from different plant origins, especially Justicia, Phyllanthus, Haplophyllum and Linum species. This cyclolignan exhibits a wide array of biological properties ranges from piscicidal to antifung...

Background and objectives:  Haplophyllum canaliculatum isan endemicand endangeredIranian plant from Rutaceae family. The object of this work was to study the volatile production in established shoot and callus cultures of Haplophyllum canaliculatum as well as isolation, identification and sequencing of 18S rRNA gene from callus culture. ...

Abstract Haplophyllum tuberculatum is a plant commonly used in folk medicine to treat several diseases including vomiting, nausea, infections, rheumatism, and gastric pains. In the current study, H. essential oils, hydrosols, pure compounds R-(+)-limonene, S-(−)-limonene, 1-octanol, as well their combinations R-(+)-limonene/1-octanol S-(−)-limonene/1-octanol, were screened for cytotoxicity on H...

Natural products are known to be a continuous source of potential anti-cancer agents due their chemical and biological diversity. This study aimed evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic properties medicinal plants mechanisms action human malignant melanoma cells. The investigated effect extracts on cell cycle, caspase-3/7, apoptosis induction using Annexin V-FITC/PI staining, morphological changes lac...