Aviecennia marina (Avicenniaceae) is an endemic plant that widely distributed in the Southern parts of Iran. This plant has been used as treatment of rheumatism arthritis among the inhabitants of Southern parts of Iran. The Avicennia marina hydroalcoholic extract was prepared and its protective efficacy was investigated using measurement of ankle diameter, total WBC and RBC count, ESR, and Pro-...

Three new naphthoquinones and their analogues, named avicequinone-A (1), -B (2), -C (3), and avicenol-A (4), -B (5), -C (6), respectively, were isolated from the stem bark of Avicennia alba (Avicenniaceae) collected in Singapore, and their structures were elucidated by means of spectral methods. Gillan and co-workers have proposed that the structures of the new phytoalexins isolated from Avicen...

Abstract Mangrove forests function as breeding, spawning, and nursery ground for various commercial such mud crabs. This study aims to analyze the habitat characteristics of crabs in mangrove ecosystem a breeding location on southwest coast Aceh Province. research was conducted districts Jaya, West Aceh, Southwest Aceh.The station sampling data measurement determined by purposive method. The in...

Genetic Diversity of Avicennia Marina in Costal Ecosystems Southern Iran Based on Molecular Markers and Morphological Characteristics

OBJECTIVE(S) Regarding the presence of many active biological constituents in Avicennia marina, the present investigation was carried out to study cytotoxic activity of crude methanol leave extract and column chromatographic fractions of A. marina against MDA-MB 231 cell line (human breast cancer cell) and HEK (Human embryonic kidney cell) line. MATERIALS AND METHODS The anticancer activity o...