The phenomenon that wild grasses did not grow beneath the tree of Quercus mongolica Fisch var. grosseserrata Rehd. Wils. while they grew vigorously beneath other species of trees around Q. mongolica was observed in many places in the Hokkaido district. The allelochemicals in the soil beneath Q. mongolica were studied. This soil inhibited the growth of lettuce (Lactuca scariola L. var. sativa Bi...

the genus tanacetum l. belongs to the asteraceae family and anthemideae tribe is one of the most important medicinal plants that contains 26 species in iran, 12 of them are endemic. this paper reports the essential oil composition of tanacetum uniflorum (fisch. & c.a. mey. ex dc.) sch.bip. growing spontaneously in salmas (north-west of iran). essentail oil extracted by water distillation and st...

Abstract The effects of hydrostatic pressure (from 100 to 250 MPa with different exposure options) on the germination hard seeds licorice ( Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.) were studied. Among used pressures, best result was obtained after three times by exposure. In this variant, good dynamics swelling and observed, proportion normal seedlings from total number in studied sample largest. It is sh...

Background: Traditional medicine is inspiring in drug development research. Epilobium parviflorum extracts have shown promising therapeutic effects on prostate cancer cells. The similarities between breast and prostate cancers at molecular and metabolic levels prompted us to explore its effects on human breast cancer. Methods: The root, aerial parts and flowers of the plant were, collected and...

Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge has been was successfully acclimated in Central Europe. We report the content of isoflavones and some other polyphenolic compounds in roots and aerial parts that have been analyzed by means of TLC and HPLC. The total amount of isoflavones in leaves, was 0.55 mg g(-1) dry weight, and of the flavonols--up to 3.54 mg g(-1). In the roots isoflavonoid content w...

The co-operation of the general practitioners and obstetricians of Auckland made this study possible and we are most grateful to them. Our thanks are also due to Dr. J. D. Matthews (paediatrician), Mr. C. Swanston (ophthalmologist), Dr. R. D. Rowe (paediatric cardiologist), Dr. D. M. 0. Becroft (pathologist), Dr. B. Christmas (M.O.H.), and Mr. J. D. deVere (audiometrist) for considerable time a...