To investigate the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Salvia miltiorrhiza and related species, we analyzed the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for 7 accessions of Salvia miltiorrhiza and another 23 samples from other taxa within the genus Salvia by maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses. Th ere were 257 variation sites amounting to 40.8...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The genus Salvia has traditionally included any member of the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae) with only two stamens and with each stamen expressing an elongate connective. The recent demonstration of the non-monophyly of the genus presents interesting implications for staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae. In the context of a molecular phylogeny, the staminal morphology of the...

Salvia divinorum (salvia) is an intense, short-acting hallucinogenic plant gaining popularity among adolescents in the United States. There has been little scientific documentation of salvia's effects. The popular video-sharing website YouTube has received literally thousands of video-posts of people using salvia. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of salvia use through syste...

titute of Materia Me ts reserved. 16/j.apsb.2013.06.00 ors. Tel.: +86 10 8 [email protected] esponsibility of Inst Abstract In China, over 40 species of the genus Salvia have been used as medicinal plants for various diseases, some for thousands of years. Recently, research has focused on the biological activities of Salvia medicinal plants used in traditional chinese medicine (TCM). However, t...

Ziel der Studie: Die Internetpr senz der pflanzlichen halluzinogenen Droge Salvia divinorum auf deutschsprachigenWebsites wurde in dieser Studie systematisch untersucht. Dieses Suchtmittel findet in suchtmedizinischen und psychiatrischen Fachb chern bislang keine Erw hnung. Die Studie ist Teil des EU-gef rderten Projektes „Psychonaut“ zur systematischen Beschreibung drogenbezogener Internetseit...

Vegetation mats for horticulture and landscaping usually consist of coconut fibre straw. They have hardly any available nutrients serve only as a carrier material plant growth. Water capacity is low. By incorporating raw sheep‘s wool, nutrients, such nitrogen, potassium, sulphur can positively influence the nutrient content material. storage water holding are increased by wool. In this study, t...

The chemical composition of the essential oils of Salvia africana L., Salvia elegans Vahl, Salvia greggii A. Gray, Salvia mellifera Green and Salvia munzii Epling, cultivated in Eboli (Salerno, Southern Italy), was studied by means of GC and GC-MS analyses. In all, 88 compounds were identified, 54 for S. africana, accounting for 95.4% of the total oil, 55 for S. elegans (92.9%), 50 for S. gregg...

INTRODUCTION: Hydrilla verticillata L.f. Royle (hydrilla; Hydrocharitaceae), an invasive submersed plant native to Southeast Asia and Australia, was first introduced into the US through the aquarium trade in Florida in the 1950s (Schmitz et al. 1991). Hydrilla impacts freshwater resources in the US by its aggressive, canopy-forming growth that degrades aquatic ecosystems, limits recreation, fou...

Objective: This study is to determine the effect and mechanism of salvia extract on angiogenesis of the myocardium in rats with myocardial infarction (MI). Methods: Left coronary artery of Sprague-Dawley rats was ligated to establish MI model. Forty rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham operation group, MI model group, and three salvia extract groups (10, 20, 40 mg/kg/day), with eac...

Decomposition is essential for carbon and nutrients cycling for all ecosystems (Hoorens et al., 2003). In lentic aquatic environments (e.g., lakes and reservoirs), aquatic macrophytes are the main autochthonous detritus source, and their mineralization is fundamental for maintaining biogeochemical cycles, associated with energy flux and detritus food-webs. (Bianchini Junior et al., 2014). In di...