One flavonoid, diosmetin (1), and two isoflavonoids, 3′-hydroxybiochanin A (2) and 3′-O-methylorobol (3), were isolated from the methanol extract of Eclipta prostrata L. by a bioactivity-guided fractionation technique using primary cultures of mouse osteoblasts as an in vitro assay system. All three compounds significantly increased osteoblast differentiation as assessed by the alkaline phospha...

5-Hexadecenoic acid can be used to produce a semichemical method to control the disease-carrying mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. This unusual fatty acid is produced in the seed of Kochia scoparia. We have isolated two acyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases from this species and expressed them in Escherichia coli to facilitate functional characterisation.

A new species of eriophyid mites, Aceria bassicola sp. n. (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae), collected from Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck (Amaranthaceae), is described Hungary based on females, males and nymphs.

Eclipta prostrata Linn. (Asteraceae) popularly known as "Bhringaraj" is a very useful medicinal plant in India. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of leaves of Eclipta prostrata. The anti-inflammatory effects were investigated by employing acute inflammatory model; Carrageenan induced paw edema and Sub-acute inflammatory model; formal...