The Portuguese pine forest has become dangerously threatened by pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Synthetic chemicals are the most common pesticides used against phytoparasitic nematodes but its use has negative ecological impacts. Phytochemicals may prove to be environmentally friendly alternatives. Essential oils (EOs) and decoction wa...

The purpose of this current study was to justify the incorporation of complementary and alternate medicine (CAM) in current cancer treatments. The major drawback of anticancer drugs is their nonselective killing, which ultimately leads to attrition of normal cells. Keeping this as the foundation of our study, we made an effort to compare the cytotoxicity associated with a known chemotherapeutic...

Rutin is a phenolic compound and found in many plant species. Its name is derived from Ruta graveolens a plant that contain this compound. Rutin has many health benefits like it inhibits platelet aggregation, inflammation, hemorrhoid development etc. It is also used in dietary supplements of human beings for its health benefits. Therefore, this study was planned to investigate its other medicin...

Cell-free extracts of Ruta graveolens cell sus­ pension cultures catalyze the condensation of N-methylanthranilic acid and malonyl-CoA in the presence of ATP and Mg2+ [1,2]. After addition of CoA-SH to the incubation mixture an inhibitory effect on alkaloid formation was observed as was previously described for the chalcone synthase reaction [3, 4]. It may be assumed that the incorpo­ ration of...

In this study a trial was performed to determine the effect of a combination of two aqueous extracts of two medicinal plants namely the violet, Viola odorata, and the rue, Ruta graveolens, with concentrations of 0.15625, 0.3125, 10-20 mg/cm3 on the growth of Trichomonas vaginalis cultured in (CM161) medium during periods of 24, 48, 72, and 96 hrs. The results showed that there is a variation of...