Several acridone alkaloids have been isolated from roots of Ruta graveolens (for summary see [1, 2]). One of the main alkaloids is rutacridone (1) which seems to be a precursor of several derivatives with hydroxyl or chlorine functions at the isopropyl moiety. As an intermediate an 18,19-epoxide of rutacridone could be postulated [1, 3] that has not yet been identified. Screening for antimicrob...

Dried parts of different plant species often look alike, especially in powdered form, making them very difficult to identify. Ruta graveolens, sold as a dried medicinal herb, can be adulterated with Euphorbia dracunculoides. The genomic DNA was isolated from the leaf powder (100 mg each) using the modified CTAB method. Internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA-I...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Ruta oreojasme is an endangered species endemic to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), where it occurs in small populations with disjunct distribution. Nothing is known about the genetic structure of these populations. • METHODS AND RESULTS Using a microsatellite-enriched library method, 10 microsatellite markers have been developed from R. oreojasme, all ...

background: increase in world population is one of the serious and threatening issues in this century. therefore, it is vitally important to find safe and effective contraceptive methods, especially for men which already have few choices in this regard. medicinal plants that were used for contraception in ancient times could be good sources of investigation in this filed. ruta graveolens l. is ...

BACKGROUND Since the time when drugs began to be used, it became evident that they could produce a therapeutic effect, but also a clinical condition of toxicity or no effect at all on humans, despite using the same doses in different patients. Such untoward effects were termed "drug idiosyncrasy" and also "idiosyncratic drug effects", but the factors producing such diverse responses were never ...

      Flavonoids could serve as potent inhibitors of xanthine oxidase (XO). In the present study, the effects of Ruta graveolens L. extract and its major isolated flavonoids, quercetin and rutin, on guinea pig liver XO have been investigated. The inhibitory effects of R. graveolens, quercetin and its glycoside form, rutin, were assayed spectrophotometrically. R. graveolens...

background in iranian folk medicine ruta graveolens has been used for female and male contraceptive. there are few studies about the effect of this plant on spermatogenesis. objectives in this study the effect of long term administration of aqueous extract of rg on spermatogenesis has been investigated. materials and methods animals were allocated into 1) control: which did not receive anything...

The present work was designed to search the possible antibacterial effect of ethanolic extract pollens from six botanical origins, Punica granatum, Quercus ilex, Centaurium erythraea, Coriandrum sativum, Ruta graveolens, and Citrus aurantium, against multidrug pathogenic bacteria, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Sta...