Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh

Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

[ 2 ] - Volatile Constituents of the Seed Kernel and Leaf of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori, Agricolt. Cultivated in Chabahar (Iran)

       Volatile constituents of the seed kernel and leaf of cultivated Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori, Agricolt collected after hydrolysis were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Five glucosinolate degradation products which constituted almost the whole isolated oil of the seed kernel were identified to be: isobutyl isothiocyanate (94.0%), isopropyl isothiocyanate (4.9%), sec-butyl isothiocy...

[ 3 ] - Biotransformation of Monoterpenoids by Suspension Cultures of Lavandula angustifolia

     Callus and suspension cultures of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (Lamiaceae) were established and the effect of different culture media on growth rate was investigated. Terpenoids added to suspension culture to investigate their biotrans-formation. All samples were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectroscopy (MS). Octan-1-ol, citronellol, linalool, borneol and geran...

[ 4 ] - Quantification of Aryltetralin Lignans in Linum album Organs and In Vitro Cultures

      A procedure was developed for rapid in vitro germination of Linum album seeds by scarification and exposing to gibberellic acid (GA3) and kinetin (Kn).  Concentrations of podophyllotoxin (PTOX) and related aryltetralin lignans α-peltatin, β-peltatin, 5’-demethoxy-6-methoxypodophyllotoxin and 6-methoxypodophyllotoxin (MPTOX) in L. album fresh plant org...