76 Identification of genes for the ethylene-forming enzyme and inhibition of ethylene synthesis in transgenic plants using antisense genes Mondher Bouzayen,t Andrew Hamilton,* Steve Picton,* Sarah Barton* and Don Grierson* *A.F.R.C. Research Group in Plant Gene Regulation, University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE 12 5RD, U.K. and fE.N.S.A. Toulouse, 145...

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among women in the worldwide and the outbreak in Iranian women is growing. Iranian patients with breast cancer are younger than their Western counterparts. Dracocephalum kotschyi is a wild-growing flowering plant belonging to the family Labiatae and found in Iran. This plant has been applied in Iran folk medicine. The aim of this study ...

 D. kotschyi is a source of essential oils with medicinal properties such as antihyperlipidemic, immunomodulatory, antinociceptive and cytotoxic effects. This study aimed to investigate whether the application of chitosan can improve plant growth, increase secondary metabolite production and help antioxidant enzymatic systems in Dracocephalum kotschyi under in vitro culture. Tow-week-old seedli...

A. V. Sumant,1,* D. S. Grierson,1 J. E. Gerbi,2,† J. A. Carlisle,2,3,‡ O. Auciello,2,3 and R. W. Carpick1,§ 1Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA 2Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 3Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA Received 2 March 2007...

Background and objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is the major public health problem in the world. Each year there are 2-3 million deaths worldwide caused by TB. The increasing incidence of Multi Drug Resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide highlights the urgent need to search for new anti-tuberculosis compounds. It has been reported that medicinal plant, Dracocephalum kotschyi, possesse...

Aim. To substantiate the optimal composition of base semisolid dosage form with thick extract feverfew (Tanacetum parthebased on structural-mechanical, textural, adhesive and microscopic studies. Materials methods. The study objects were samples a various gelling agents reference drug “Irikar”. In course research, complex structural-mechanical methods analysis used. Results discussion. studies ...