The emerging drug resistance bacteria increased the demand on the discovery of antibiotics from natural sources. This research was aimed to study the antibacterial reactivity; as well as the phytochemicals, of the wild type of Cyclamen persicum, using nine different extraction methods where four solvents (Methanol, Ethanol, Hexane; and Water) were involved with varied extraction periods ranged ...

Aristolochic acid (AA) is a component of Chinese medicinal herbs, including asarum and aristolochia and has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for a long time. Recent studies found that AA has a cytotoxic effect resulting in nephropathy. These studies indicated that AA‑induced cytotoxicity is associated with increases in oxidative stress and caspase‑3 activation. The present study furthe...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a phytotherapeutic nasal spray containing Cyclamen europaeum (CE) in the treatment of acute rhinosinusitis (ARS). MATERIAL/METHODS We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of CE nasal spray once daily for 15 days in 99 adult patients with moderate-to-severe ARS who also received amoxicillin 500 mg three times daily for the fi...

Pelargonic acid is a non-selective post-emergence contact bio-herbicide which registered both for cropping and non-cropping uses in several countries. Dose–response curves on the efficacy of pelargonic against common weeds Mediterranean areas are not available. summer winter annual were evaluated two field experiments (winter exp. 2019 2020) central Italy. was applied at five doses (1.4, 2.7, 5...

In spite of observations made with space probes or the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), a wealth of new results have and can still be obtained from the ground using telescopes equipped with adaptive optics (AO). We present here results obtained with the University-of-Hawaii 13-actuator AO system and with the new 36-actuator “Hokupa’a” system. Both were utilized at the Canada-FranceHawaii Telescope...