The rapid spread of invasive plants makes their management increasingly difficult. Remote sensing offers a means of fast and efficient monitoring, but still the optimal methodologies remain to be defined. The seasonal dynamics and spectral characteristics of the target invasive species are important factors, since, at certain time of the vegetation season (e.g., at flowering or senescing), plan...

The navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an economic pest of considerable importance by virtue of its habit of attacking damaged or overripe tree nuts and fruits in Californian orchards. Its economic impact is increased by its common association with the highly toxigenic fungus Aspergillus flavus Link. Despite the capacity of this fungus-insect association ...

Four commonly used spices plants in Iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity effect using Brine Shrimp Lethality (BSL) assay. Essential oils and various extracts of Heracleum persicum, Nigella arvensis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Zingiber officinale were assessed by two methods of disk and solution of BSL. Data were processed in probit-analysis program to estimate LC50 values. All of the tested frac...

OBJECTIVE Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family is one of the biggest plant families on the earth. Iran has a huge diversity of Apiaceae members. This family possesses a range of compounds that have many biological activities. The members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants. Here, we present a review of ethnobotanical uses of Apiaceae plants by the Iranian people...

Evolutionary relationships among 48 genera of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) were inferred using maximum parsimony, maximum-likelihood, and neighbor-joining analyses of chloroplast DNA rps16 intron and adjacent rps16 3′ exon sequences. Emphasis was placed on woody members of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae endemic to southern Africa, a region hypothesized to be the place of origin of this largely herbace...

A rapid and sensitive reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method has been used for determination of furanocoumarins in methanolic extracts of Peucedanum tauricum Bieb. HPLC separation was performed on a C18 analytical column (250 mm × 4 mm i.d., 5-μm particles) with a methanol–water gradient as mobile phase. A second chromatographic system with an acetonitrile–water...

The reported effects of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) juice on oral bioavailability of certain prescription drugs have led to the discovery of the inhibition by compounds in grapefruit of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) in the intestinal wall and liver. Recent evidence indicates that furanocoumarins related to bergamottin [5-[(3',7'-dimethyl-2',6'-octadienyl)oxy]psoralen] are primarily respon...

Aim. Ducrosia anethifolia is used as flavoring additive. There have been little detailed phytochemical reports on this genus and the antidiabetic activity of this plant is not yet evaluated. Method. Structure of compounds was deduced by spectroscopic analyses. Preliminary in vitro evaluation of the antidiabetic activity of crude extract and its furanocoumarins was carried out ( α -amylase, α -g...