widely known as a purgative and anti-inflammatory agent. In Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the official Dahuang is prescribed as the dried rhizome and root of Rheum palmatum L., R. tanguticum MAXIM. ex BALF., and R. officinale BAILLON of the family Polygonaceae. On the other hand, the Japanese Pharmacopoeia prescribes not only the above three species but also R. coreanum NAKAI, and their interspecific ...

Rhubarb (Dahuang in Chinese), a well-known chinese herbal medicine, has long been used in the world and is officially listed in Chinese Pharmacopoeia which containing three species, Rheum palmatum L., Rheum officinale Bail and Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf. [1]. It is also formally listed in European and Japanese Pharmacopoeia [2,3]. This important herbal medicine has been discerned for centu...

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Antifungal activity of Embelia ribes was evaluated on eight different fungal species by employing various concentrations of seed extract (0.5-2.0 mg). All the concentrations of seed extract inhibited the fungal growth, whereas maximum activity was observed at 2.0 mg concentration of seed extract. Among different doses, the diameter of inhibition zones ranged from 9 to 18 mm in various fungal sp...

The paper presents the results of use black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) variety Sofya with lignified cuttings solutions nanoparticles biogenic ferrihydrite in two modifications. Colloidal “pure” (Feh) and doped aluminum (Feh_Al) have been tested. research showed that soaking exogenous treatment these can increase rooting rate currant. maximum rhizogenic activity was noted variant - 61.9%, which s...

A dry extract from the roots of rhapontic rhubarb (extract Rheum rhaponticum (L.); ERr) has been commercially available in Germany for over two decades to treat menopausal symptoms. However, the molecular basis of its clinical effectiveness remains obscure. This article reviews the in vitro and in vivo data of its estrogenic actions, particularly those mediated by estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta).

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