PURPOSE we aim to explore the protective effects of Salvia miltiorrhizae injection on multiple organs of obstructive jaundice (OJ) rats through observing the impact of this injection on the pathological alterations in these organs and the contents of endotoxin, PLA(2), and TNF-alpha in the blood. METHODS A total of 90 mice were randomly divided into sham-operated group, model-control group, a...

essential oils are volatile, natural, complex compounds formed by aromatic plants as secondary metabolites. in nature, essential oils play an important role in protecting plants in form of antibacterials, antivirals, antifungals, insecticides properties and also against herbivores. they also may attract some insects to use them in dispersion of pollens and seeds, or repel undesirable others. pr...

Enhanced Expression of Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis Pathway Tanshinones Tetraploid Plants Salvia Officinalis L.

In petals of Salvia high concentrations of ether cause an increase in oxygen consumption and in the production of CO(2), while at the same time a decrease occurs in the acidity of the cell contents.

Determination of in vitro antioxidant activities and phenolic compounds different extracts Salvia verticillata ssp. spp. Amasiaca from Turkey's floraOnder YUMRUTAS, Atalay SOKMEN, Nilgun OZTURK

Salvia alata is reported as new record for Ecuador. This species belongs to S. sect. Macrostachyae, thus an updated identification key of this section provided. The descriptions and the most morphologically similar it (Salvia speciosa) are complemented with information photographs taken in field. distributed Ecuador Peru can be distinguished from speciosa by its pilose vegetative organs, flower...

Experiments were conducted during January 2009 at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, (HP) India to study the effect of light and temperature on seed germination of important medicinal and aromatic plants viz., Stevia rebaudiana, Salvia sclarea and Tagetes minuta in sand and filter paper. The treatments comprised of two factors viz., light and temperature regimes under...

Epidemiological studies have shown that nutrition is a key factor in modulating sporadic colorectal carcinoma (CRC) risk. Aromatic plants of the genus Salvia (sage) have been attributed many medicinal properties, which include anticancer activity. In the present study, the antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects of water extracts of Salvia fruticosa (SF) and Salvia officinalis (SO) and of th...