vinca minor, vinca major, vinca variegata and vinca rosea are different species of vinca genus, of apocynaceae family. in addition to ornamental applications, they are placed in the group of medicinal plants , because of the various alkaloids they possess. the purpose of this research was the investigation of the antileishmanial effects of the methanolic and crude extracts of leaves and stems o...

periwinkle (vinca minor l.) is an evergreen perennial herbaceous plant that belongs to the family apocynaceae. the aerial part of this plant contains certain alkaloids such as vincamine, isovincamine and vincine. the most important of these is vincamine that re-duces blood pressure and promotes memory and the ability for mental concentration. mi-cropropagation could be a good alternative for th...

Landscape groundcover plants are a diverse group of trailing or spreading species that naturally form continuous soil coverage.Ground cover plants that were used in this study consisted of vegetative propagules of: Vinca minor L. ٬Variegatum’, Vinca minor L. ٬Green’, Oxalis brasiliensis G. Lodd, Trifolium repens L., Phyla nodiflora L. and Frankenia thymifolia Desf. The aim of this study was to ...

vinca major, minor and rosea are three species of vinca genus and apocynaceae family. the present work is to investigate antimicrobial effects of these plants against candida albicans, pseudomonas aeroginosa and staphylococus aureus. alkaloids from leaf extracts had a better effect on pseudomonas aeroginosa than alkoloids from stem and root. alkaloids from stem extracts were more effective than...

lesser periwinkle (vinca minor l.), a member of apocynaceae, is not only an ornamental plant with lilac-blue flowers, but also a medical plant producing an important alkaloid, vincamine, found in the leaves which shows a pronounced cerebrovasodilatory and neuroprotective activity. this plant is native to northern spain, western france, central and southern europe, and caucasus. it has been rece...

indole ahloids of vinca species are valued greatly in medical sciences, one reason being for their use as powerful anticancer agents. there are four species of vinca in iran: v. rosea, v. major, v. minor and v. herbacea. in previous investigations, we found that these plants have considerable alkaloid similarity (58.8- 75%). therefore, chromosomic and electrophuretic studies followed after inve...

Abstract The most medically representative plant in the Apocynaceae family is Vinca minor . a perennial, herbaceous plant, commonly known as Saschiu. In present research we aimed to isolate indole compounds from L. and carry out some physico-chemical studies on these compounds: UV-VIS spectroscopy determination of polyphenols content using Folin-Ciocâlteu method. spectrophotometric study alcoho...