Alcea rosea, known as hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flower in the Malvaceae family, and it has been used for different purposes, ranging from traditional medicine to food applications, through use of its leaves, roots, seeds. The hollyhock flowers possess several properties, including a diuretic, cooling, demulcent, emollient, febrifuge, astringent effects. Hollyhock were commonly included ...

Introduction: Cadmium chloride causes hepatic dysfunction. In the present study, the protective effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Alcea rosea aerial parts were investigated on the hepatic enzyme dysfunction induced by cadmium chloride in adult male rats. Method: In this experimental study, 54 adult male Wistar rats were divided into six groups of 9 as follows; control group, sham group 1 re...

Rust fungi infecting hollyhock and other plants in Malveae are frequently intercepted at ports of entry to the USA, particularly Puccinia malvacearum and P. heterogenea. These two species can be difficult to distinguish and can be further confused with other, less common species of microcyclic rust fungi infecting hollyhock: P. heterospora, P. lobata, P. platyspora, and P. sherardiana. Molecula...

BACKGROUND The key enzyme in the process of melanin biosynthesis is tyrosinase. Skin hyperpigmentation and browning of foods are undesirable phenomena which tyrosinase represents. Therefore, tyrosinase inhibitors have been used increasingly for medicinal and cosmetic products. OBJECTIVES In this study, inhibitory effects of four plants including: physalis alkekengi L., Alcea rosea L., Bunium ...

background:pneumonia and respiratory tract infections, is associated with high mortality and complications in humans. current antibiotics are used to treat this infectious disease, but may lead to many problems such as unwanted side effects and resistance to antibiotics. this study investigated the antibacterial activity of the hydro alcoholic extracts of the native medicinal plants peganum har...

Introducción: Los estudios sobre microsporogénesis, micromorfología y estructura de los granos polen en Malvaceae son escasos. Objetivos: Describir el proceso microsporogénesis aspectos micromorfológicos A. rosea. Métodos: Se procesaron más 30 andróforos acuerdo con protocolos estándar para incrustar seccionar parafina. Las secciones obtenidas se tiñeron azul Safranina-Alcian, las anteras inmad...