Introduction According to the WHO, about threequarters of the world population relies upon traditional remedies (mainly herbs) for the health care of its people. In fact, plants are the oldest friends of mankind. They not only provided food and shelter but also served the humanity to cure different ailments (1). The WHO is encouraging, promoting and facilitating the effective countries for herb...

chenopodium botrys is native to europe and asia and adventive in much of north america. the plant has been used traditionally for medicinal purposes generally, these therapeutic uses and health benefits of c. botrys are largely based on folklore rather than on scientific substantiation, making it a good candidate to gather documentations, including the phytochemical content, in vitro experiment...

The chemotaxonomic significance of ergastic substances that are aligned systematically to the Amaranthaceae-Chenopodiaceae group and their prospective applications, such as the use of its starch for food, health and industrial uses, were assessed in the present study employing species from four genera: Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae), Chenopodium, Atriplex and Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae). Alkaloids, fat...

The genus Chenopodium is a that includes over 200 species and contains annual or perennial herbaceous flowering plant scattered almost worldwide. While belonging to the are used treat various diseases, modern pharmaceutical research has revealed their strong anticancer, antifungal antibacterial potential. In this study, some biological effects of botrys (methanol ethanol) extracts were evaluate...