In continuation of our work on Indian celery (Seseli diffusum (Roxb. ex Sm.) Santapau & Wagh; Umbelliferae), the fractionation of the 80% MeOH-H(2) O extract of the seeds was performed to identify the principles responsible for its folk use as an antispasmodic and diuretic. Several compounds were isolated as active components: seselin (1) and anthriscinol methyl ether (4) showed a selective cyt...

Bunium is one of the interested genus that grow in different region Iraq, it within family Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), and species this have a considerable fruit characteristics. The were chosen study are: B. brachyactis (Post) H. Wolff, caroides (Boiss.) Hausskn. Ex Bornm., chaerophylloides (Regel& Schmalh.) Drude, rectangulum Boiss. & Hausskn., verruculosum C.C.Towns. avromanum (Boiss.&a...

the essential oils of leaves and flowers of peucedanum ruthenicum (m. bieb.) rochel (umbelliferae) were prepared by hydrodistillation separately and analyzed by gc and gc-ms, and the composition of both essential oils were compared together. sixteen and eleven compounds were identified in leaves and flowers essential oils representing 100% and 96.4% of total oils, respectively. the major compon...

By activity-oriented separation using the writhing method in mice, the analgesic components of Saposhnikovia root (Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischkin; Umbelliferae) were identified to be chromones, coumarins, polyacetylenes and 1-acylglycerols. Two new components, divaricatol and (3'S)-hydroxydeltoin, were also isolated. The most potent analgesia was observed in chromones such as divaricatol, ...

* Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, D-6900 Heidelberg. Bundesrepublik Deutschland ** Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-6900 Heidelberg. Bundesrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 328-336 (1988); received January 20, 1988 Pimpinella anisum, Umbelliferae, Pseudoisoeugenols, Tissue Cult...

Dear Editor, Seven species have been reported in the genus Dorema, family Umbelliferae, in the flora of Iran, among which two are endemic: D. aucheri Boiss. and D. ammoniacum D. Don. 1 In Iranian traditional medicine, Dorema aucheri has been employed as stimulant, nervonic, antispasmodic, bronchodilator, expectorant, kidney stone repellent, emmenagogue and analgesic for visceral pain. This plan...