Shami (Prosopis Cinerarea (L) Druce) of family Mimosaceae is an indigenous plant which has been mentioned in Ayurveda with several clinical properties((1)). The plant finds use in one form of the other in various ayurvedic preparations and this has been made in necessary to review the various studies carried out in its chemistry as well as pharmacology.

In this paper we present the results of studying the effects of the essential oil of Calamintha glandulosa Silic (EOCG) on the isolated rat ileum. C. glandulosa Silic has been used in folk medicine as an antispasmodic. EOCG (0.003-1 mg/ml) inhibited spontaneous contraction of the ileum (EC50 of 210.48 +/- 9.12 microg/ml). The calcium channel blocking activity was confirmed by inhibition of K(+)...

Alchornea glandulosa has traditionally been used in Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of immune-inflammatory diseases and as an antiulcer agent to heal gastric ulcer and gastritis. Angiogenesis is a complex multistep process that consists of proliferation, migration, and anastomosis of endothelial cells and has a major role in the development of pathologic conditions, such as inflammato...

Background Mesquite is a genus of leguminous spiny trees and shrubs abundant in the tropical and subtropical deserts. Mesquite pollen is a potent allergen capable of inducing allergy in susceptible individuals living remote from the plant source. This study was conducted on 200 PAR patients in the Suez Canal region of Egypt to determine the prevalence of mesquite allergy and to assess the effic...

Five new species, Hylaeus (Hylaeus) wuae sp. nov., H. (Hylaeus) napacus sp. nov., H. (Hylaeus) neatifrons sp. nov., H. (Hylaeus) bimaculatus sp. nov. and Hylaeus (Prosopis) ikudomei sp. nov. are described and illustrated from Yunnan, China. The diagnosis of each species is provided. In addition, Hylaeus cardioscapus Cockerell, 1924 is recorded from China for the first time.

A comprehensive study on essential oils extracted from different Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi subsp. glandulosa (Req.) Ball samples from Tarquinia (Italy) is reported. In this study, the 24-h steam distillation procedure for essential oil preparation, in terms of different harvesting and extraction times, was applied. The Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis showed that C. nepet...

The synthesis that is described in this study is for the preparation of silver nanoparticles of sizes ranging from 10 nm to 30 nm with a defined shape (globular), confirmed by UV-vis, SEM, STEM and DLS analysis. This simple and favorable one-step modified Tollens reaction does not require any special equipment or other stabilizing or reducing agent except for a solution of purified mesquite gum...

Archaeological and palaeoecological studies throughout the Americas have documented widespread landscape and environmental transformation during the pre-Columbian era. The highly dynamic Formative (or Neolithic) period in northern Chile (ca. 3700-1550 yr BP) brought about the local establishment of agriculture, introduction of new crops (maize, quinoa, manioc, beans, etc.) along with a major po...