The free list is a key data collection tool in ethnobotanical studies. For this reason, it currently receiving great deal of attention regarding possible methodological limitations. To end, we aim to investigate the influence climatic seasonality Caatinga ecosystem on composition lists medicinal plants provided by people from rural community located northeast region Brazil. People were asked sa...

We report the powdery mildew Golovinomyces ambrosiae for first time on silverleaf nightshade (Solanum azureum), a host plant endemic to northern Sinaloa and southern Sonora, Mexico. No teleomorph was observed, requiring fungal species be identified based morphological characteristics of anamorph. Phylogenetic analyses ITS region partial sequence β-tubulin gene from four specimens confirmed iden...

In the present investigation an attempt has been made to enhance rosmarinic acid level in plants, grown in vitro, of 2 species of Mentha in presence of 2 precursors in the nutrient media during culture. For in vitro culture establishment and shoot bud multiplication, MS basal media were used supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of different growth regulator like NAA (alph...

Stem bark of Acacia nilotica, Delbergia sissoo, Delonix regia, Polyalthia longifolia, Prosopis cineraria, and Zyziphus mauritiana, and leaves of Catharanthus roseus, Mentha arvensis, Murraya koinigii, Ocimum basilicum, Tabernaemontana divaricata, Tinospora cordifolia and Tribulus terrestris were analyzed for their total phenolic and flavonois content as well as antioxidant activity. Stem bark o...

Bu çalışma dört farklı bitkiden elde edilen uçucu yağların Lucilia sericata’ nın (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) bazı biyolojik parameteleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmak üzere yapılmıştır. Araştırmada Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), Piper nigrum (Piperaceae), Eugenia caryophyllata (Caryophyllaceae), Oleum pinus sp. yağlarının 6 konsantrasyonu (%100, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20) sericata larv...

In vitro anticancer potential of methanolic and aqueous extracts of whole plants of Mentha arvensis, M. longifolia, M. spicata and M. viridis at concentration of 100 μg/ml was evaluated against eight human cancer cell lines--A-549, COLO-205, HCT-116, MCF-7, NCI-H322, PC-3, THP-1 and U-87MG from six different origins (breast, colon, glioblastoma, lung, leukemia and prostate) using sulphorhodamin...