Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) schultz-bip.ex Kuntze (Family Asteraceae) commonly known as Sagar Pathari by several tribal communities in Maharashtra. The plant leaves used traditional healers for Anti-inflammatory activity, rheumatoid arthritis, skin disorders etc. This has never been scientifically documented. Natives and medical practitioners are the sole sources of information available. on te...

Launaea (Lactuca) taraxacifolia also known as wild (African) lettuce is anethno-pharmacologically significant plant of the Asteraceae family. The was carefully chosen for this study due to its extensive use in traditional herbal practices treat a wide range ailments. extraction leaves phytochemical screening carried out by subjecting air dried pulverized materials into trichloromethane, normal ...

Abstract Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f., Asteraceae, is a wild plant growing in Egypt, used traditionally for treatment of many diseases. LC-HRMS analysis different polarity soluble extracts allowed the annotation fifteen compounds: three alkaloids, four flavonoids, phenolic acids, coumarins, one sphingolipid, and triterpene. Chemical investigation led to isolation identification caffeic acid...

Plant secondary metabolites have a long history of potential use in managing human diseases by inhibiting enzymes that are highly expressed due to various pathogenic conditions. Prostaglandins (PGs) and leukotrienes (LTs) proinflammatory mediators synthesized from arachidonic acid (AA) the action cyclooxygenases (COXs) lipoxygenases (LOXs), respectively. Particularly, COX-2/5-LOX play significa...

Herein we review and recognize as valid all previously described species of the Careproctus rastrinus complex based on morphological evidence, provide diagnoses and descriptions of all species, describe a new species from the Beaufort Sea, and address the misapplication of several names throughout the area. In particular, the name C. rastrinus is restricted to populations of the western Pacific...