Alzheimer disease (AD) diderita oleh 30-35 juta penderita di dunia dan diperkirakan akan meningkat hingga 400% dalam 30 tahun kedepan Indonesia. Salah satu obat yang telah diterima untuk pengobatan AD diisolasi dari tanaman Galanthus nivalis berperan sebagai inhibitor acetylcholinesterase (AChe), galantamine, memiliki efek singkat. Penerimaan terhadap senyawa herbal semakin luas karena kebutuha...

A tanulmány 44 neofiton faj 272 új elterjedési adatát tartalmazza Magyarország területéről az elmúlt néhány évből. Először sikerült kimutatni Magyarországról Iris orientalis-t, melynek meghonosodott populációját találtuk kiszáradt, sztyeppesedő mocsárréten. közelmúltban megtelepedett, de vélhetően vasút mentén gyorsan terjedő lesz a Lepidium oblongum. Kerti szökevényként Buddleja davidii és Bro...

Abstract Plants have long served as a first line of defence against viral-borne diseases. Their chemical constituents also afforded sound basis for antiviral drug discovery. The plant family Amaryllidaceae is distinguished its isoquinoline alkaloids, some which proved to be interesting leads. Its lectin (or agglutinin) principles likewise attracted considerable attention potential drugs. This r...

Abstract Background Curculigo latifolia is a perennial plant endogenous to Southeast Asia whose fruits contain the taste-modifying protein neoculin, which binds sweet receptors and makes sour taste sweet. Although similar snowdrop ( Galanthus nivalis ) agglutinin (GNA), contains mannose-binding sites in its sequence 3D structure, neoculin lacks such has no lectin activity. Whether of C. other p...

Cemeteries not only serve as burial sites but also a habitat for many animal and plant species, the specific management of cemeteries creates conditions that hardly exist anywhere else. So-called stinzen plants are those species show connection to old garden cultures need precisely these conditions. Many early-flowering geophytes. We examined which factors influence distribution abundance (=cov...