Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Lam.) Spach., a relict tree species of the Juglandaceae family, is native to the Great Caucasus, Anatolia, and to the Hyrcanian forests of the southern Azerbaijan and Northern Iran. In this study, the phylogenetic relationship of the species, sampled in selected Iranian populations, and the global biogeography of the genus Pterocarya were addressed. Leaves were collecte...

There are no reports of toxicological studies of Pterocarya fraxinifolia. The leaves are used for fishing, which also an anesthetic agent. Currently, many drugs utilized in anesthesia practice are modified cholinergic transmission and acetylcholine esterase inhibitors; these are parts of anaesthetic pharmacy. Therefore, cholinergic assessment was surveyed in chicken embryo, which Pterocarya fra...

a method for determination of juglone in leaves and hulls of pterocarya fraxinifolia was developed, based on rp-hplc. this compound was extracted from leaves and hulls by chloroform refluxing about 2 hours. the chloroform was evaporated under low pressure at   50 ºc to produce a dry residue. the remained materials were dissolved in acetonitrile to be used for determination of this compound. app...

In order to identify Daldinia species in Guilan province, several specimens were collected during 2011–13. A total of six taxa, including Daldinia caldariorum (on Morus alba); D. childiae (on Parrotia persica, Pterocarya fraxinifolia, Morus alba, Quercus sp., Prunus sp., Citrus sinensis, Gleditschia caspica, Buxus sempervirens, Carpinis betulus and Alnus subcordata); D. gelatinoides (on M. alba...