The article contains new information about the locations of rare and spreading species flowering plants in Western Siberia Southern Ural (Kurgan Region, Chelyabinsk Tomsk Republic Altai). Among them, four (Bidens frondosa L., Lappula intermedia (Ledeb.) Popov, Melica altissima Verbascum lychnitis L.) are reported as for three (Aquilegia vulgaris Dianthus barbatus Lepidium sativumL.) Altai, two ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of extracts and flavone derivatives from the rhizome of Kaempferia parviflora on P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated transport in LLC-GA5-COL150, a transfectant cell line of a porcine kidney epithelial cell line LLC-PK1 with human MDR1 cDNA. Ethanol extract obtained from Kaempferia parviflora rhizome significantly increased the accumulation of rho...

The hypothesis of ecological speciation states that as populations diverge in different niches, reproductive isolation evolves as a by-product of adaptation to these different environments. In this context, we used Nolina parviflora as a model to test if this species evolved via ecological speciation and to explore current and historical gene flow among its populations. Nolina parviflora is a m...

Analysis of karyotype, nuclear DNA content and RAPD markers were performed in four species of Bruguiera (Rhizophoraceae) of Bhitarkanika mangrove forests, Orissa, India. Detailed karyotype analysis revealing 2n=34 in B. cylindrica and 2n=36 in B. gymnorrhiza was reported for the first time and 2n=34 in B. parviflora and B. sexangula was confirmed. On the basis of the common types of chromosomes...

PURPOSE Fumaria parviflora Lam (Fumariaceae) has been used in traditional medicine in the treatment of several diseases such as diabetes. The present work was designed to evaluate the hypoglycaemic effects of methanolic extract (ME) of F. parviflora in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. METHODS The rats used were allocated in six (I, II, III, IV, V and VI) experimental groups (n...

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex. Baker is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). In folk medicine of Suriname and Southeast Asia, rhizome is used for treatment of swelling, wounds and diarrhea colic disorder, and as an aphrodisiac (Yenjai et al., 2004). Rhizomes of fingerroot or K. parviflora Wall. ex. Baker are used as food ingredients and made into wine (Nagahara et al., 2002). Alcohol...

In plants, flavonoids play an important role in biological processes. They are involved in UV-scavenging, fertility and disease resistance. Therefore, in this study, we attempted to quantify and characterize phenolic compounds in Aesculus parviflora Walt. leaves and Aesculus glabra leaves partly suffering from attack by a leaf mining insect (C. ohridella). A total of 28 phenolic compounds belon...