Herba Epimedii is a well-known Botanical preparation used over long time in traditional Chinese medicine. The extracts and chemical constituents from Epimedium species are aphrodisiac as well as to treat many ailments. Chemical investigation of lonely species growing in Kashmir Himalaya Epimedium elatum was undertaken to evaluate its chemical profile. Two unusual substituted acylated flavonol g...

Background & Aim: This experiment was conducted to examine the effect of different levels of Echinacea purpurea (EP) in comparison with an antibiotic (flavofosfolipol) on total antioxidant activity (AOA) in serum of broiler chicks. Experimental: In this trial 240 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were weighed and randomly assigned to the 5 treatment groups, each with 4 re...

Background & Aim: This experiment was conducted to examine the effect of different levels of Echinacea purpurea (EP) in comparison with an antibiotic (flavofosfolipol) on total antioxidant activity (AOA) in serum of broiler chicks. Experimental: In this trial 240 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were weighed and randomly assigned to the 5 treatment groups, each with 4 re...

Cannabis sativa L. is one of the oldest plants known in medicine and one that has been most studied with respect to its phytochemistry (Turner et al., 1980). Currently, a total of 483 constituents have been identified in cannabis of which 66 are cannabinoids (Ross et al., 1995). About 20 flavonoids have been reported to be present in the cannabis plant as aglycones or as conjugated O-glycosides...

Abstract Drying tea flowers into a high-quality product is important to its commodity value. In the present work, combination of microwave-assisted drying and air (MAD-AD) was applied in processing fresh effects on flavor quality, active nutraceutical compounds, antioxidant capacities were studied. The results showed that compared freeze flowers, MAD-AD had higher amounts compounds such as cate...

The golden camellia, Camellia nitidissima Chi., is a well-known ornamental plant that is known as "the queen of camellias" because of its golden yellow flowers. The principal pigments in the flowers are carotenoids and flavonol glycosides. Understanding the biosynthesis of the golden color and its regulation is important in camellia breeding. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of flower de...