Usage of aesthetically appealing native plants in urban landscape projects can support its conservation by contributing to genetic diversity and their sustainability in that region. Lycium shawii is a thorny perennial shrub with an ability to tolerate extreme climatic conditions prevalent in Kuwait. In this germination study, effects of dry heat (50°C) and/or various concentrations (500, 750 an...

The stems of Berberis aristata DC. (Berberidaceae) are used in the South Asian traditional medicine as a key ingredient in formulations for eye care, skin diseases, jaundice, rheumatism and also in diabetes. B. lycium Royle and B. asiatica Roxb. are traded as equivalents of B. aristata. Conventional macro-morphology and microscopic examination does not aid in critically distinguishing the three...

SUZUKI, M., OSAWA, S. and HIRANO, M. A Lyeium Chinense Miller Component Inducing Ovulation in Adult Female Rabbits. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1972, 106 (3), 219-231Intravenous injection of the crude extract from Lycii folium among components of Lycium chinense Miller induced ovulation in the adult female rabbit. Chemical properties of the active component of this crude extract were investigated by d...

OBJECTIVES Sub-health has been described as a chronic condition of unexplained deteriorated physiological function, which falls between health and illness. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP), a polysaccharide fraction purified from Lycium barbarum (L. barbarum) on the sub-health mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sub-health model mice were buil...

Several related yellow-flowered houseleek species which occur on the Balkan Peninsula are divided into two complexes: Sempervivum ciliosum (S. ciliosum, S. jakucsii, klepa, octopodes, and galicicum) ruthenicum complex ruthenicum, leucanthum, kindingeri, zeleborii). Due to strong phenotypic plasticity a limited number of studies, it is difficult assert at this point whether all above well define...

From methanolic extract of aerial parts of Peucedanum ruthenicum M. Bieb (Apiaceae) collected from Mazandaran province of Iran, four flavonoids namely Isorhamnetin 3-0-rutinoside 1, rutin 2, quercetin 3, morin 4 and two phenolic acids namely caffeic acid 5 and p-coumaric acid 6 have been isolated by Paper Chromatography (PC) and crystallization. Their structures were elucidated by MS, 1H, 13C N...

Whether arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi augment the nutraceutical quality of crops under salt stress is critical as a potential agronomic practice in salinized farmland. To evaluate the effect of Rhizoglomus irregulare on the nutraceutical quality of Lycium barbarum leaves under salt stress, we analyzed growth parameters and the rutin, polysaccharide, acidic polysaccharide, and amino acids content...

Natural antioxidants present in fruits have attracted considerable interest due to their presumed safety and potential nutritional value. Even though antioxidant activities of many fruits have been reported, the effects of phytochemicals of goji berry (GB) in patients with metabolic syndrome have not been investigated. In this study, we examined anthropometric and biochemical parameters in pati...