All records of aquatic dance flies (37 species in subfamily Clinocerinae and 10 species in subfamily Hemerodromiinae) from the territory of Greece are summarized, including previously unpublished data and data on five newly described species (Chelifera horvati Ivković & Sinclair, sp. n., Wiedemannia iphigeniae Ivković & Sinclair, sp. n., W. ljerkae Ivković & Sinclair, sp. n., W. nebulosa Ivkovi...

Immune system is the major target for development of treatment strategies to improve the management of infections. Many species of Indian medicinal plants have been reported to possess active principles with immunomodulating properties. Euphorbia hirta, a pantropic herb has been reported to be pharmacologically active. This study reports one another not widely reported property of the plant, im...

BACKGROUND Euphorbia plants are traditionally used in folk medicine for infections, inflammation, and cancer. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of the butanolic extracts of Euphorbia micorociadia and Euphorbia osyridea on specific transcription factors and cytokines expression of T cell subsets. METHODS Activated mouse splenocytes were cultured in the presence of non-cytotoxic concentra...

Among the many peculiar plants that characterize the arid region of southern Madagascar, one of the most interesting is Euphorbia intisy? Not only does this plant present several characteristics that make it worthy of considerable study by the theoretical botanist, but its past performance as a rubber-producing plant makes it seem possible that it may prove adaptable to American conditions. Eup...

The cytotoxic chloroform fraction of Euphorbia aellenii afforded two cycloartane type triterpenes-cycloart-25-en-3β,24-diol (1) and 24-methylene-cycloartan-3β-ol (2)-for the first time from this plant. Preparation of cycloartane derivatives, 3β, 24-O-diacetyl-cycloart-25-en as compound 3 and 3β-O-acetyl-24-methylene-cycloartan (4) were conducted by acetylating of 1 and 2, respectively. The stru...

The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a much-maligned plant which is thought by the public and some health professionals to be extremely toxic. Despite pronouncements by public health officials to the contrary, the poinsettia continues to be recognized as a poisonous plant. To determine if there was any validity to the toxicity claims, 849,575 plant exposures reported to the American Associ...

phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of euphorbia erythradenia bioss. (euphorbiaceae), one of iranian endemic euphorbias, with particular attention to triterpene constituents, using methanol solvent extraction was carried out. five known triterpenes, including four cycloartanes and oleanolic acid, were isolated for the first time and identified using nmr and mass techniques. anti hiv...

four known flavonoids: quercetin 3-o-β-d-rutinoside (q3rut), myricetin 3-o-β-d-galactopyranoside (m3gal), quercetin 3-o-β-d-galactopyranoside (q3gal) and quercetin 3-o-β-d-glucopyranoside (q3glc), for the first time were isolated from aerial parts of euphorbia microsciadia. the chemical structure of them was elucidated on the basis of 1 and 2 d-nmr spectra and different spectroscopic techniques...