BACKGROUND Solanum nigrum, herbal plant that commonly grows in temperate climate zone, has been used as a traditional folk medicine whose ripen fruits were proven to exhibit anti-tumor properties. In traditional Chinese medicine, it has been used for centuries to cure inflammation, edema, mastitis and hepatic cancer and in the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine in India, S. nigrum is appl...

The common five weed species Datura stramonium L., Solanum nigrum L., Brassica kaber (DC), Capsella bursapastoris L. and Malva parviflora L., were tested for their susceptibility to an isolate of TYLCSV from Murcia, Spain (TYLCSV-ES), using the B-, Qand S-biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Both, Band Q-biotypes were shown to transmit TYLCSV-ES from infected tomato to S. nigrum and D. stram...

The rate o f photosynthesis in intact leaves o f a triazine-resistant biotype o f Amaranthus retroflexus was about 15% lower than that o f a triazine-susceptible biotype. Differences in photosyn­ thesis between resistant and susceptible biotypes o f Polygonum lapathifolium, Poa annua and Solanum nigrum were not significant, and absent in Chenopodium album and Stellaria media. The results are br...

The chem ical com position and m orphology of leaf surface waxes of Solanum tuberosum were analysed using FT -IR . G L C and MS studies. T here is a predom inance of sa tu rated and long chained com ponents resulting in a crystalline wax layer in the form of ribbons, n -alkanes are a m ajo r constituen t with C 3I being p rom inen t. Wax esters and 5-alcohols form the o th e r m ajor com ponent...

nowadays, plants have been considered as powerful agents for treatment of disorders regarding to their traditional use. in iranian traditional medicine (itm), plants have a special role in the treatment of various diseases. burns with their devastating outcomes have been discussed in itm as well. in the present study, a polyherbal ointment (pho), retrieved from itm, was formulated for burn heal...

conclusions poly herbal cream experimentally and histopathologically revealed a burn wound healing activity probably due to the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of its phytochemical contents. therefore, this study confirms the use of m. sylvestris, s. nigrum and r. damascena in burn prescriptions in itm. results there was a significant improvement in healing percentag...

the allelopathic effects of various concentrations (0 (as control), 5 %, 10 %, 20 % and 40%) of berseem clover shoot extracts were assayed on germination and radicle growth of four weed species ( amaranthus hybridus, amaranthus albus, solanum nigrum and chenopodium album) as completely randomized factorial with 3 replications. the effect of aqueous extract concentration of berseem clover on the...