echium amoenum (boraginaceae), a very popular medicinal plant in iran traditional medicine, is used as a tonic, tranquillizer, diaphoretic, cough and sore throat remedy, and antipneumonia. preliminary phytochemical studies of the plant showed that it contains saponins, flavonoids, unsaturated terpenoids and sterols. in this study, an aqueous extract from petals of this plant was used 125 mg/kg ...

A világon mindenütt, így hazánkban is folyamatosan nő az újonnan megjelenő nem őshonos növényfajok száma. Az új megjelenések felfedezésében, dokumentálásában nemcsak a hivatá­sos kutatók vehetnek részt, hanem nagy szerepe lehet civileknek is. útifűlevelű kígyószisz (Echium plantagineum L.) egyik első hazai adata egy internetes, növényhatározással foglalkozó csoportban került elő. faj nyugat-med...

objective: echium amoenum fisch. & c.a. mey. is used for the treatment of various diseases in traditional medicine. this plant is a major source of anthocyanins with beneficial cardiovascular properties such as anti-atherosclerotic and antihypertensive effects. in the present study, the protective and antioxidant effects of anthocyanin-rich e. amoenum extract were evaluated on human vascular en...

echium amoenum fisch. and c.a. mey. (boraginaceae) is a very popular medicinal plant which is used as a tonic, tranquillizer, diaphoretic, cough remedy, sore throat and pneumonia in iran’s traditional medicine. callus culture of medicinal plants is one of the ways for production of secondary metabolites. in this study, callus culture of e. amoenum and its major secondary metabolite were investi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate herbal medicines, other than St. John's wort, in the treatment of depression. DATA SOURCES/SEARCH METHODS: A computer-based search of Medline, Cinahl, AMED, ALT Health Watch, Psych Articles, Psych Info, Current Contents databases, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, was performed. Researchers were contacted, and bibliographies ...

Metabolic profiling can be successfully implemented to analyse a living system's response to environmental conditions by providing critical information on an organism's physiological state at a particular point in time and allowing for both quantitative and qualitative assessment of a specific subset(s) of key metabolites. Shikonins are highly reactive chemicals that affect various cell signall...

Part of the challenge in dealing with invasive plant species is that they seldom represent a uniform, static entity. Often, an accurate understanding of the history of plant introduction and knowledge of the real levels of genetic diversity present in species and populations of importance is lacking. Currently, the role of genetic diversity in promoting the successful establishment of invasive ...