background & aim: the use of herbs in traditional medicine to treatment of diseases and other purposes in the food industry and cosmetics has since long been considered.  considering that heracleum lasiopetalum, thymus carmanicus and myrtus communis have many health benefits therefore this research were performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oils from these plants. e...

objectives the current study aimed to investigate the immunostimulatory effects of the aqueous extract of heracleum persicum on mouse peritoneal macrophages. background the immune system provides protection against infectious diseases that are caused by various microorganisms, in particular pathogenic fungi. utilization of herbal immunostimulants is one solution to improve the immunity of human...

Currently, plant invasions affect native ecosystems across the Earth. Although much attention has already been paid to their effect on local communities, we still lack basic information associations between alien and species. Here, present results of our survey pollinators invasive Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae) in central Europe. At 20 sites within westernmost part Czech Republic, which i...