As part of a project aimed at investigating the Matthiola taxa endemic to Sicily (Italy), this study focused on incana, an edible species used in traditional medicine various countries. Herein, characterization phenolic and volatile compounds, antioxidant capacity vitro (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazil (DPPH), reducing power Fe2+ chelating activity assays) toxicity test (Artemia salina lethality ...

Pollen aperture type, shape, size, polar axis length, equatorial P/E ratio, colpus thickness of the sexine and nexine, S/N ornamentation lumen shape width were determined by using light scanning electron microscope. A multivariate analysis was carried out Gover’s general similarity coefficient UPGMA based on 3 qualitative 8 quantitative pollen characters for 43 taxa belonging to 30 genera 19 tr...