BACKGROUND Strobilanthes crispus is a well-known herb in Malaysia with various pharmaceutical properties. S. crispus is known to contain several biologically active chemical constituents which are responsible for its pharmaceutical quality. METHODS Strobilanthes crispus leaves grown in three different locations in Malaysia [Kelantan (North-east), Selangor (Central), and Penang (North)], were ...

Plants of Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerh., R. crispus L. and R. muritimus L., which are zoned along a gradient of elevation in a river foreland ecosystem, and differ in their flood-tolerance, were subjected to different Hooding levels. Under conditions of soil flooding, the growth rates of the flood-tolerant R. crispus and R. muritimus were as high as under drained conditions, but that of the flood...

Cancer patients seek alternative remedies such as traditional medicinal plants for safe and effective treatment and help overcome the side effects of conventional therapy. Current knowledge indicates that extracts of Strobilanthes crispus of the Acanthaceae family exhibit potent anticancer properties in vitro and are non-toxic in vivo. S. crispus was also reported to be protective against chemi...

To investigate the effects of different habitats and plant growth status on abundance, biomass and community structure of epiphytic microbes, Potamogeton malaianus Miq. at two different habitats (Gonghu Bay and East Taihu) in Lake Taihu were collected in June, August and November (corresponding to the period of development of submerged macrophytes). The relative abundance of major epiphytic alg...

Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide, as exemplified by millions cancer diagnoses every year. The use chemotherapy in treating has many disadvantages which include recurrence cancer, associated with drug resistance, and severe side effects that are harmful to the patients. A better source anticancer drugs can come from nature. Strobilanthes crispus (S. crispus) herbal medicinal plant indi...

The effects that ultraviolet radiation (UVR, 280 to 400 nm) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 400 to 700 nm) had on early life stages of Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus were studied to determine if differences in UVR tolerance could influence their recruitment success on the upper eulittoral shores of Helgoland (North Sea). Photosynthesis, germination capacity, DNA damage...