PURPOSE Scrophularia variegata M. Beib. (Scrophulariaceae) is an Iranian medicinal plant which is used for various inflammatory disorders in traditional medicine. In this study we evaluated the anti-cancer and cytotoxic effects of the Scrophularia variegata (S. variegata) ethanolic extract on the human breast cancer cell line. METHODS The cytotoxicity effect of the extract on MCF-7 cells was ...

background & aim: the present study was aimed to evaluate and compare the antibacterial activity of schrophularia striata boiss. andstachys schtschegleevii sosn. extracts against seven clinical isolates. the test isolates were streptococcus agalactiae, enterococcus faecalis, staphylococcus saprophyticus, e. coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus mirabilis and enterobacter dissolvens. e. coli (atc...

Negative or positive feedback between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and host plants can contribute to plant species interactions, but how this feedback affects plant invasion or resistance to invasion is not well known. Here we tested how alterations in AMF community induced by an invasive plant species generate feedback to the invasive plant itself and affect subsequent interactions betwe...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect different feeding on survival rate and growth snakehead fish (Channa striata) larvae. This research conducted using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 3 treatments replications. treatment consisted A artificial PF 0, B Daphnia C silk worms. results showed that provision types feed had significant survival, absolute weight growth, dail...

KEY LEARNING POINTS MS is defined as a single or multiple black/brown pigmentation bands arranged lengthwise along the nail unit. Physiological MS is more commonly seen in darker phototype individuals and is quite unusual in fair-skinned ethnic groups. MS is the result of increased melanin production by nail matrix melanocytes, which produces a visible pigmentation band in the nail plate. Disti...

The current study was assigned to evaluate the total phenol, total flavonoid content (TPC, TFC) and antioxidant properties of extracts from the aerial parts of Scrophularia frigida (S. frigida). Extracts were also tested by preliminary phytochemical screening as well as cytotoxic activity against Artemia salina, MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma) and SW-480 (colon carcinoma) and L-929 (normal) cell...

In China, Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl (Scrophulariaceae) has been cultivated for many years; however, the effects of drought on the content of secondary metabolites in Radix Scrophulariaceae are still unknown. The study investigated the medicinal components of S. ningpoensis including harpagoside, aucubin, catalpol, harpagide, and cinnamic acid in relation to drought stress. Three ecotypes o...

Procedures for asymbiotic germination and seedling development under in vitro ex conditions were investigated Bletilla striata. Five different media (½ P6668 ¬Phytamax Orchid Maintenance Media, ½ Media with coconut water, P723 PhytoTechnology Seed Sowing MS media) culture sphagnum moss examined their effectiveness 8 weeks on seed of B. Germination occurred all media, however, the best rate was ...