Dispersal and migration are important processes affecting the evolutionary history and genetics of species. Here we investigate post-glacial migration and gene flow in Trillium grandiflorum (Melanthiaceae), a wide-ranging, forest herb from eastern North America. Using phylogeographic approaches, we examined cpDNA and allozyme diversity in 35 populations of T. grandiflorum sampled from throughou...

Flavonoids are a phytochemical substance found in variety of plants, fruits, vegetables, and leaves that contain significant pharmacological activities such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, be beneficial treating several disorders. The aim the present study is anti-inflammatory activity ethyl acetate fraction obtained from fresh flowers Hibiscus rosa-Sinensis Linn. do...

in order to study the physiological effects of some of the essential oils in comparison with 8-hydroxyquinoline in cut lisianthus flowers (eustoma grandiflorum l.), an experimental was conducted in a completely randomized design with three replications. traetments included 8-hydroxyquinoline, essential oil of australian cheesewood (pittosporum undudatum) and rosmary oil(rosmarinus officinalis) ...

The effects of seedling age and temperature regimes and durations on the reversal of Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shin. heat-induced rosette formation were clarified. When E. grandiflorum seedlings were grown in a natural-light phytotron (600-800 μmol·m·s) for 4 weeks at 33/28C (12-h day/12-h night) from germination to the four true-leaf stage, the optimum temperature and duration required to br...

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, (Fam. Oleaceae) is commonly known as Parijatham, Harsinghar and Night Jasmine. Different parts of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis are known to possess various ailments by rural mainly tribal people of India along with its use in Ayurveda, Sidha and Unani systems of medicines. They have also been investingated for various pharmacological actions. Water soluble fraction of etha...

Jasminum amplexicaule Buch-Ham. (Oleaceae) has been commonly used in the traditional medicine in dysentery, diarrhoea and bellyache in China. In the present work, the methanol extract of Jasminum amplexicaule (JME) was examined for pharmacology on human colonic epithelial cell line T84 by the short-circuit current technique. The results showed that pretreatment of T84 cells with JME produced a ...

ABSTRACT- Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflorum) is one of the most important ornamental plants used as cut flower, flowering pot plant and groundcover worldwide. In this research, the effects of preservative solutions containing thymol (75 and 125 mg -L), menthol (75 and 125 mg L-1) and eugenol (75 and 125 mg L-1) on the quality and vase-life of chrysanthemum cut flowers at 3±1ºC and 75-80%...

This study evaluates the anti-inflammatory activities of the extracts obtained from the medicinal plants Aster tataricus, Pinellia ternata, Ostericum koreanum, Platicodon grandiflorum, Asarum sieboldii, Tussilage farfara, and Acanthopanax sessiliflorus. These plants are used in Korea to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments, including asthma. The hot water extract (HWE) of A. sessilifloru...