This study was conducted to investigate the effects of some plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) formation [Brassica oleracea (cauliflower), Spinacia (spinach) ,and Urtica urens (stinging nettle)] belonging Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Urticaceae families, which are known have a negative influence symbiotic life with AMF. Two PGPR isolates that c...

The left-right symmetry of most living things has been of general interest not only to biologists but also to researchers in other fields. In contrast to animals that have developed bodies with left-right symmetry, which is believed to be tightly linked to the capacity for mobility, plants are basically immovable and their overall body shapes exhibit conic symmetry (Gardner, 1990). It is, nonet...

BACKGROUND Very few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. Therefore the aim of this study was to document and analyse the traditional knowledge and use of homemade herbal remedies for livestock by farmers in four Swiss cantons. METHO...

Abstract: Aim: Due to the urgent need for anticancer agents, investigation of endophytes medicinal plants growing in special environments is considered a promising approach search bioactive natural products. Materials and Methods: The ethyl acetate extracts cultures twelve endophytic fungi were isolated from Calotropis procera fam Apocynaceae, Solanum nigrum Solanaceae Forsskaolea tenacissima U...

Nettle, Stinging Nettle (Common names) Urticadioca; Urticaurens (Scientific is considered by many to be a bothersome pest, but the nettle has been used since ancient times as source of food, fiber, and medicinal preparations. They also called in commonly nettle, weedy perennial plant family (Urticaceae). It known for its stinging leaves classified eukaryote. Because they contain true nucleus me...

Cecropia glaziovii is a tree with used in Brazilian popular medicine. Methods allowing the clonal propagation of this species are of great interest for superior genotype multiplication and perpetuation. For this reason, we examined the effect of different culture media and different types of explants on adventitious shoot regeneration from callus and buds of C. glaziovii. Leaves, petioles and s...

A majority of Africans rely on traditional medicine as the primary form of health care. Yet most traditional medicine products have a short shelf life, especially for water-based formulations such as macerations, infusions and decoctions. Indeed, many of these water extracts become unfit for human consumption after five to seven days of conservation either because of the degradation or toxicity...