Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is an important medicinal plant in Iran. Jujube fruit contains amino acids, polysaccharides and microelements.Ripened jujube fruits were collected at fully mature stage from two research collection of jujube at Khaf and Birjand centers in south Khorasan province, Iran, early in September, 2015.The physicochemical properties and antioxidant capacity were i...

Abstract Background Mucoadhesive polymers are applicable for improving the delivery of drug by prolonging residence time and contact dosage form with mucous membrane. Mucoadhesion may be defined as a process where polymer substance gets adhered either to biological substrate or synthetic natural macromolecule, mucus The can studied determine whether they possess some mucoadhesive properties sev...

Differences in genotypes of ber plant characters may affect insect-plant herbivore interactions, and variation genotype traits is responsible for modifying the bottom-up effects. We evaluated performance different Z. mauritiana against fruit borer, Meridarchis scyrodes Meyrick, under field conditions semi-arid region India. found that: (i) four were resistant; 5 moderately 7 susceptible, seven ...

Ziziphus mauritiana is an edible fruiting plant commonly found in Asia. In Indonesia, this grows wild and thrives on the islands of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa. Although it has good potential as food medicinal ingredient, fruits Z. are underutilized have almost no economic value. Information about bioactivity chemical content fruit limited. To evaluate its possibility being developed functional food,...

We evaluated the sleep enhancement activity of the medicinal herbs valerian (Valeriana officinalis), jujube (Ziziphus jujube), lotus seed (Nelumbo nucifera), Gastrodia elata, Polygonatum sibiricum, and baekbokryung (Poria cocos), which can relieve insomnia in a Drosophila model. Locomotor activity was measured in the Drosophila model to evaluate the sleep activity of Korean medicinal herbs trad...