Pécsi zergevirág (Doronicum ×sopianae) a Nyugati-Mecsekben

A new species of Doronicum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) from central China

The name Doronicum thibetanum Cavill. has been inadvertently applied in herbarium labels to designate a species distributed in central China (provinces of Gansu and Sichuan). However, the study of the type specimen reveals that it is actually a species of Aster. The central Asian species of Doronicum has no available name and is thus here described as D. cavillieri Álv. Fern. & Nieto Fel. This ...

Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigation on Doronicum scorpioides Roots

A phylogenetic analysis of Doronicum (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) based on morphological, nuclear ribosomal (ITS), and chloroplast (trnL-F) evidence.

A phylogenetic analysis of the Old World genus Doronicum (26 species, 4 subspecies) based on sequence data of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA, the chloroplast spacer trnL-F, and morphology is presented. Congruence among the three data sets was explored by the computing of several indices, all of which suggest homogeneity between only the two molecular m...

Polyploidisation and Geographic Differentiation Drive Diversification in a European High Mountain Plant Group (Doronicum clusii Aggregate, Asteraceae)

Range shifts (especially during the Pleistocene), polyploidisation and hybridization are major factors affecting high-mountain biodiversity. A good system to study their role in the European high mountains is the Doronicum clusii aggregate (Asteraceae), whose four taxa (D. clusii s.s., D. stiriacum, D. glaciale subsp. glaciale and D. glaciale subsp. calcareum) are differentiated geographically,...

Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidant Potential of the Root Extract and Constituents of Doronicum austriacum.

BACKGROUND Doronicum austriacum Jacq., Asteraceae, is a plant which is used in traditional alpine medicine. Historical sources describe the medical use of the root, but up until now only a few studies evaluated its pharmacological properties. The evaluation of the dichloromethane extract, and its major compounds for their anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant potential was performed in macrophages...