In folklore medicine, Acorus calamus has been used as a wound-healing agent for thousands of years; however, there have been few scientific reports on this activity so far. Now, we explored deeply the wound-healing effect of aqueous extracts from the fresh roots and rhizomes of A. calamus in vivo, as well as anti-inflammatory activity in vitro, so as to provide scientific evidence for the tradi...

The aim of this research was to determine the chemical composition of the essential oil of Acorus calamus rhizomes, its insecticidal activity against the booklouse, (Liposcelis bostrychophila) and to isolate any insecticidal constituents from the essential oil. The essential oil of A. calamus rhizomes was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. A total of 32 components o...

The Pakistanian Acorus calamus (Fam.: Araceae) is locally found (Nasir, 1978) in Chitral, Peshawar, Jhelum valley, Thalawan valley, Mandi and Kashmir. The common name of A. calamus is sweet flag. It is found in marshy places and along the river banks from 600-2000m. The rootstock (modified stem) commonly called as rhizome, is medicinal and yields an essential oil used in the manufacture of soap...

Background & Aim: Acorus calamus L. is a native herb in India. The herb belongs to family Acoraceae. It is perennial and grows in marshy land with scented rhizomes and tapered reed like leaves with 80-100 cm in height. The leaves generally arise from the rhizomes. It is also known as sweet flag in English and vernacularly as Bach. The present investigation reveals the ...

Four weeds (Acorus calamus, Artemisia tridentata, Heliopsis longipes, and Tagetes minuta) and three cultivated plants (Azadirachta indica, Mammea americana, and Ocimum basilicum) are potential candidates for crop development and commercialization for sources of insect attractants, repellants, or toxicants. Although all could be commercially viable, the neem tree (A. indica) is by far the most l...

a. calamus that grows in province of baluchistan and kerman in iran plays a major role in the revival of traditional medicine. despite the useful role of this plant in many ailments, its anti-bacterial properties are not well understood. in this study, we investigated anti-bacterial activities of rhizomes ware of a. calamus against various strains of bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus and e...

The present studies were conducted on effect of plant extracts on Trametes versicolor (White rot) fungal colonization and inhibition of treated and untreated wood of Pinus roxburghii Sargent. The data on colonization and fungal inhibition were noticed significant variation. Among the concentrations, maximum value for fungal colonization treated wood samples with extract was noticed in the (100%...

Experiments were carried out to evaluate five different plant extracts against lentil stemphylium blight (Stemphylium botryosum Walr.) at the Grain Legume Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal during two winter seasons (2011/ 12 and 2012/13) using CRD in laboratory and RCBD in field conditions. Water extract of Acorus calamus at higher dose (8% W/V) was able to check the growth of the pathog...

Five Indian medicinal plants namely Acorus calamus L, Pelargonium graveolens L, Cymbopogon martini L, Cyambopogon nardus L and Cymbopogon citratus L. were studied for their enzymatic and non enzymatic free radical scavenging properties. Enzymatic ROS scavengers: superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase were observed maximum respectively in A. calamus (3.59±0.22 μ mol/min/mg/protein) and P. grave...