BACKGROUND Arnica montana L. and Artemisia absinthium L. (Asteraceae) are medicinal plants native to temperate regions of Europe, including Romania, traditionally used for treatment of skin wounds, bruises and contusions. In the present study, A. montana and A. absinthium ethanolic extracts were evaluated for their chemical composition, antioxidant activity and protective effect against H2O2-in...

The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays an important role in plant development and environmental stress response. In this study, we cloned an ABA receptor orthologue, AaPYL9, from Artemisia annua L. AaPYL9 is expressed highly in leaf and flower. AaPYL9 protein can be localized in both nucleus and cytoplasm. Yeast two-hybrid assay shows AaPYL9 can specifically interact with AtABI1 but not wit...


 In the last decade, special attention has been paid to Artemisia (L.) genus plants, possibilities of using their medicinal raw material for therapeutic purposes. The aim research was determine variability phenolic compounds in four introduced L. species and evaluate antioxidant activity extracts vitro. highest total amount (297.37±9.18 mg RE/g DW) flavonoids (77.73±7.40 evaluated via spe...

Artemisia argyi leaf is a widely used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this work, for the first time, the separation and identification of volatile constituents in Artemisia argyi flowers is performed. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is developed for the fast analysis of volatile constituents in the flowers. Several headspace SPME param...

Artemisia capillaris, which belongs to the Asteraceae family and the genus Artemisia, has been reported to exert inhibitory effects on diabetes, cancer and inflammation. In this study, in order to enhance the bioactivity potential of the leaves of Artemisia by Ganoderma lucidum mycelium, we prepared aqueous samples of Artemisia capillaris (Ac) leaves, Ganoderma lucidum (Gl) and aqueous fraction...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com could be evidenced for these drugs. Willcox is right in stating that no large scale, randomized, double blind clinical trials confirming the efficiency of Artemisia plants against malaria are available. Indeed, they are forbidden by WHO. Only clinical trials with ACTs have been run in high numbers. OXFAM and others even claim that Africans are guine...