Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263-0001, U.S.A., Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Human Genetics, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 1^263-0001, U.S.A., Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Division of Medicine, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263-0001, U.S.A., and Ludwig Instit...

This study compared the total flavonoid content of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. leaf and root extracts. Results suggested that the total flavonoid content in the leaf extract was obviously higher than that in the root extract. Pinocembrin, the main compound in the leaf extract after purification by column chromatography, showed good antioxidant activity and nitrite scavenging capacity, but moderate in...

Crude and purified extracts of non edible seed.of Pongamia glabra ( Karanja) were tested for their toxicity growth and development against the 2 instar larvae of the American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) a serious pest of cotton. Larvae reared on synthetic diet at concentrations of 1 and 0.5% of P. glabra exhibited 100% mortality, whereas at sublethal concentrations of 0.05% and 0.01...

There is an increasing demand for herbal medicines, health products, pharmaceuticals. Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn is a plant used in traditional medicine across the world for its ethnopharmacological value. It is found to contain important phytoconstituents such as glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhizinic acid, glabrin A and B and isoflavones. It is effectively used as anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-f...

Infectious diseases are prevalent and life threatening in Kenya. Majority of the sick are seeking herbal remedies in search of effective, safe, and affordable cure. This project aims to investigate the antimicrobial activity and presence of active phytochemical compounds in different parts of Vernonia glabra; a plant used by herbalists in various regions of Kenya, for the treatment of gastroint...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Exotic diseases are threatening many North American tree species, and management of diseases requires understanding the biology of the host as well as the pathogen. Ulmus americana is a widespread dominant tree of eastern North America that has been widely planted as an ornamental and shade tree. Populations of the species have suffered heavy mortality from Dutch elm diseas...

elm (ulmus glabra hudson) is one of the most valuable species which distribute all over the caspian forests. nowadays, elm is considered an endangered species due to intensive human activities and outbreak of dutch elm disease over the last few decades. to suitable management of elm, there is need to have indices which describe; current structure and its changes across the time. this study besi...

Frost hardiness (FH) is one of the key traits that limits distribution tree species in north. Different and ecotypes respond differently to drivers frost hardening may therefore have different survival capacities, especially their northern range. Several southern such as pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), Norway maple (Acer platanoides mountain elm (Ulmus glabra Hudson) natural limit Southern ...