Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) Nicholson (Family: Amaranthaceae) is an erect herb and an ornamental pot plant, claimed to be useful in purifying and nourishing blood, in addition to the acclaimed soft laxative, galactagogue, antipyretic and wound healing characteristics. The tender leaves and shoots are commonly consumed like vegetable or spinach and in soups, either cooked alone or mixed w...

The objective of this work was the biological and molecular characterization of a begomovirus detected in São Joaquim de Bicas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, named TGV-[Bi2], by determining its host range, complete nucleotide sequence and phylogenetic relationships with other begomoviruses. Biological characterization consisted of a host range study using either sap inoculation or particle bombardment ...

The methanol extract of Alternanthera brasiliana Kuntze (Family: Amaranthaceae) leaf was investigated for its wound healing effect by excision wound model (in vivo) in aged Sprague Dawley rats. In excision wound model, compared to the control group, percent contraction of wound was significantly (P < 0.01) higher in A. brasiliana-treated group (5% w/w ointment). The collagen, elastin, and hydro...

Achyranthes aspera Linn (Amaranthaceae), commonly known as Apamarga in Ayurveda and is found as a weed that has been traditionally used for a number of ailments. The plant is indigenously used as diuretic, spermicidal, anti-allergic, cardiovascular, nephroprotective, antiparasitic, hypoglyceamic, analgesic and antipyretic. In the present study the methanolic extract of whole plant of Achyranthe...

Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) O. Kuntze, Amaranthaceae is a Brazilian perennial herb employed as analgesic and antiinflammatory in the traditional medicine. This work has analysed the morpho-anatomy of the leaf and stem, in order to supply knowledge to the medicinal plant identification. The botanical material was fixed, freehand sectioned and stained according to usual microtechniques. The lea...

The association of ferulic acid, an alkali-extractable phenolic acid in amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus L., Amaranthaceae) insoluble fiber (trans-ferulic acid: 620 microg.g-1, cis-ferulic acid: 203 microg.g-1), and non-starch polysaccharides was investigated. Enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble amaranth fiber released several feruloylated oligosaccharides that were separated using Sephadex LH-20-ch...

Many plants possess antioxidant ingredients that provided efficacy by additive or synergistic activities. Gomphrena celosioides (Amaranthaceae) was used for treatment of icterus, and malaria in Africa. In this study, we evaluated the in vivo, in vitro antioxidant activity and acute toxicity effects of Gomphrena celosioides(Gc). Acute toxicity study was undertaken on 48 rats using 100 to 4000 mg...

The eco-evolutionary mechanisms of biological invasions are still not thoroughly understood. Alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides (Martius) Gisebach (Amaranthaceae), is a plant native to South America and a weed in Australia and other countries. To better understand its success as an invader, we assessed the morphological and cytogenetic variability of 12 Argentine populations and the cy...

Our work was based on the study of aqueous and hydroethanol extracts from leaves Amaranthus hybridus L. (Amaranthaceae), Corchorus olitorius (Tiliaceae) Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae), decoction. This presents for first time phytochemical screening antioxidant activity these three plants coming Côte d’Ivoire. Phytochemical analysis revealed presence polyphenols alkaloids in leaves. The total p...

In this study, pollen grains were sampled by using a Lanzoni trap (Lanzoni VPPS 2000) in atmosphere of Bursa in 1999 and 2000. During two years. a total of 13,991 pollen grains/m3 which belonged to 59 taxa and unidentified pollen grains were recorded. A total of 7.768 pollen grains were identified in 1999 and a total of 6.223 in 2000. From these taxa, 36 belong to arboreal and 23 taxa to non-ar...