The antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants (Ocimum gratissimum, L., Cybopogum citratus (DC) Stapf., and Salvia officinalis, L.) was assessed on bacterial strains derived from 100 urine samples. Samples were taken from subjects diagnosed with urinary tract infection living in the community. Microorganisms were plated on Müller Hinton agar. Plant extracts were ap...

Documented pollinator declines have encouraged the installation of plantings in residential, commercial and agricultural settings. Pollinator visitation among cultivars coreopsis, salvia asters was compared on 40 dates a 2-year study resulting 6,911 observations across all plant taxa with bees, butterflies syrphids well-represented. Diversity insect visitors represented differently within broad...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to determine the anti-melanogenic and anti-oxidant properties of Gaillardia aristata flower extract (GAE). METHODS Melanogenesis inhibition by GAE was investigated in cultivated cells and in a human skin model. In cultivated cells, the melanogenesis regulatory effect of GAE was evaluated using melanin content, intracellular tyrosinase activity and anti-...

The Pharmacological Properties of Salvia Essential OilsZhiming Fu, Hang Wang, Xiaofei Hu, Zhaolin Sun, Chunchao Han

this study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant effectiveness of different extracts from aerial parts of six salvia species including salvia ceratophylla, salvia chorassanica, salvia leriifolia, salvia macrosiphon, salvia chloroleuca and salvia virgata. the effect of the extracts against 3 gram positive and 3 gram negative bacteria was tested by the micro dilution metho...

Many recent studies have suggested that the majority of animal-pollinated plants have a higher diversity of pollinators than that expected according to their pollination syndrome. This broad generalization, often based on pollination web data, has been challenged by the fact that some floral visitors recorded in pollination webs are ineffective pollinators. To contribute to this debate, and to ...

Salvia columbariae extracts were examined for the presence of salvianolic acids by HPLC-MS and NMR. A new salvianolic acid, β-sitosterol lithospermic acid, was found.