A fast field-deployable method utilizing Raman spectroscopy to determine the optimal harvest time of plants extract highest abundance target metabolites is presented. Rosmarinic acid a metabolite extracted from spearmint (Mentha spicata L.). Leaves commercial “Native” and proprietary clonal line “KI110” were measured as function cell type age rosmarinic abundance. linear regression model with l...

R.I. MOLDOVAN, R. OPREAN, D. BENEDEC, D. HANGANU, M. DUMA, I. ONIGA, L. VLASE Department of Analytical Chemistry, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8,V. Babes Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Department of Pharmacognosy, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, V. Babes Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics,“I...

The juices of leaves and stem of Mentha piperita (peppermint), skin and seeds of Pisum sativum (garden pea), skin and pulp of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) were screened for antibacterial activities against 56 isolates belonging to 11 different species of Gram-negative bacilli: Escherichia coli (19), Klebsiella pneumoniae (11), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9), Salmonella typhi (3), Salmonella p...

Herein the use of medicinal plants by the population of the 3rd Sanitary District of Maceió-AL city is reported. Transversal description was conducted from February 2013 to January 2014, with a sample of 116 individuals of both Gender Genders aged over 18 years. The ethnobotanical information interviews ethnobotanical information were obtained through semi - structured questionnaire featuring t...