The genus Malva L., popularly known as mallow, grows spontaneously in almost all of Europe and the Mediterranean region. This is morphologically very diverse its species are used treatment respiratory, urinary, digestive problems, but some hardly distinguishable based on morphological features. We, therefore, performed a molecular data analysis for this genus. Amplification genomic DNA 90 rando...

Vol. 29, No. 5, 2017 657 Received September 9, 2016, Accepted for publication October 10, 2016 Corresponding author: Soyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2381, Fax: 82-2-870-3866, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributio...

BACKGROUND Spirogyra neglecta (SN) has many nutritional benefits and it is commonly used to ameliorate different human conditions including inflammation, gastric ulcer, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. However, the mechanism of the hypocholesterolemic effect of SN still remains unclear. Therefore, the present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of SN extract particularly on cholesterol abs...