The yew tree (Taxus baccata L.) is considered in folklore a symbol of immortality due to its qualities longevity and regeneration. Despite poisonous reputation, the has long history medicinal use, particularly form extracts from leaves bark. In work presented herein, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) chemical profiling was applied aqueous ammonia/hydromethanolic several plant organs ...

Female individuals of dioecious plants invest their resources more in storage and defence, the males have higher nitrogen content invested production pollen grains. An unresolved problem is whether this strategy occurs only sexually mature or can also occur juvenile plants. To answer this, Taxus baccata (L.) needles from rooted cuttings (juveniles) a pot experiment were compared for carbon, nit...

Istraživanje vaskularne flore provedeno je na dijelu južnih padina planine Ivanščice iznad grada Zlatara u listopadu 2022. godine. Zabilježeno ukupno 85 svojti unutar 47 porodica. S obzirom broj najzastupljenije su bile porodice Rosaceae, Asteraceae te Aspleniaceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae i Lamiaceae. Biljne svojte s životni oblik uglavnom hemikriptofiti (35,7 %) fanerofiti (33,3 %), dok terofiti n...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The evolution of seeds together with the mechanisms related to their dispersal into the environment represented a turning point in the evolution of plants. Seeds are produced by gymnosperms and angiosperms but only the latter have an ovary to be transformed into a fruit. Yet some gymnosperms produce fleshy structures attractive to animals, thus behaving like fruits from a fu...

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the bronchodilating effect and bronchial hyperreactivity of alcoholic extract of Taxus baccata Linn. (AET) leaves in experimental animals. Bronchodilator activity of AET was studied on the histamine and acetylcholine aerosol induced bronchospasm in guinea pigs and bronchial hyperreactivity was studied on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in...