 Background and aims: Most of the economically relevant parasitic weeds of the Orobanchaceae have a more or less broad host spectrum within the plant family they are adapted to. The hostreleased compounds inducing their germination were identified as so-called strigolactones and represent four-ring terpenoids derived from the carotenoid metabolism. O. cumana, a fast emerging problem of sunflow...

conclusions extracts of the consolida orientalis l., ferula assa-foetida l., coronilla varia l. could be considered as potential sources of anticancer compounds but further studies are necessary for isolation and identification of biologically active substances. results result from the performed assay showed that ethanolic extract of consolida orientalis l., ferula assa-foetida l., coronilla va...