background & aim: elaeagnus angustifolia l, belongs to elaeagnaceae family, and, growing in azarbaijan, kurdistan, chaharmahal va bakhtiari and esfahan provinces, iran. elaeagnus fruit contains a wide range of different food components. recent researches indicated that there are remedial properties in this plant and, is used as painkiller in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and seizures. ...

Deyeuxia angustifolia (Komarov) Y. L Chang is an herb species originating from the birch forests in the Changbai Mountain. Recently, this species has been found encroaching into large areas in the western slopes of the alpine tundra in the Changbai Mountain, threatening the tundra ecosystem. In this study, we systematically assessed the response of the rhizosphere soil microbial to D. angustifo...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were: to determine the prevalence of sensitization and immunochemical characterization of Eleagnus angustifolia pollen (Russian olive) that belongs to the family Eleagnaceae. METHODS A total of 134 patients with rhinoconjunctivitis and/or asthma were studied. Its allergenicity, cross-reactivity with olive pollen and the presence of Ole e 1 and Ole e 4-lik...

The antioxidant activity of five samples of Lavandulae flowers (L. angustifolia ssp. angustifolia, L. hybrida, L. angustifolia spp. pyrenaica, L. angustifolia spp. angustifolia cv. Munstead and cv. Hidicote Blue) harvested from Romania was investigated using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging and ferrous ion chelating assays. Total polyphenolic content (mg/g dried extract) ...

Bauer alkylamide 11 and Bauer ketone 23 were previously found to be partially responsible for Echinacea angustifolia anti-inflammatory properties. This study further tested their importance using the inhibition of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and nitric oxide (NO) production by RAW264.7 mouse macrophages in the absence and presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and E. angustifolia extracts, phytoc...

Echinacea preparations are commonly used as nonspecific immunomodulatory agents. Alcohol extracts from three widely used Echinacea species, Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea pallida, and Echinacea purpurea, were investigated for immunomodulating properties. The three Echinacea species demonstrated a broad difference in concentrations of individual lipophilic amides and hydrophilic caffeic acid ...

The genus Echinacea (Asteraceae) is native to North America and consists of nine species (McGregor 1968). E. angustifolia DC, a narrow leafed species, is distributed on barrens and dry prairies from Minnesota to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (McGregor 1968; Kindscher 1989; Foster 1991). E. angustifolia grows lower an...

objective: profound consumption of medicinal plants products worldwide and public misconception of the products safety puts the urgent need forward as to evaluation of their safe and harmful aspects. in the present study the lavandula angustifolia essential oil was studied with a view to the foregoing criteria. materials and methods: the antimicrobial, antioxidative, hematologic and cytotoxic ...

Background & objectives: Regarding the nutritional value and antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties of Elaeagnus angustifolia, its consumption has been increased. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to evaluate of physicochemical and microbial properties of retailed Elaeagnus angustifolia powder in Ardabil city. Methods: In this descriptive study, ...