Information about ethnobiological methods of more than 25 medicinal herbs spread in Azerbaijan flora used by people at cardiovascular deseases for centuries have been provided in the articcle. Also instructions on their use in presentday phytotherapy have been qiven here. Ethnobotanical characteristics of the herbs and the recipes were shown originated from ethnic sense that have come to the pr...

Effects of L-ornithine (150 mg/l) on the germination, seedling growth, mitotic index, chromosome aberrations and micronucleus frequency Allium cepa L. bulbs germinated at 0.125 M salinity were studied. The radicle number group III in medium with ornithine alone as compared to ones I (control) which distilled water medium. But, their germination percentage, length fresh weight statistically same...

Inflammation is a commonly observed immune reaction, and rheumatoid arthritis is a particularly severe inflammatory disease. In this study, we used an air pouch mouse model to evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential of Allium hookeri, which has both been used as a culinary material and a traditional medicine in south-eastern Asia for many years. Allium hookeri suppressed typical symptoms of in...

Hibiscus rosasinensis is a medicinal plant species which grows in moist soil favorable for the growth of Aspergillus niger (fungus) too. But extract of Hibiscus rosasinensis does n’t shows inhibition zone against Aspergillus niger in PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar) media in microbiological evaluation. In other hand, the Allium fistulosum root extract having antifungal activity shows moderate zone of...

Pesticides constitute a heterogeneous category of chemicals specifically designed for the control of pests, weeds or plant diseases. Pesticides have been considered potential chemical mutagens. In the present study, the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of the commercial herbicide Topik (containing 80g/L clodinafop-propargyl and 20 g/l cloquintocet-mexyl) was determined using Allium cepa root t...

The exotic syrphid Eumerus strigatus (Fallén) is reported for the first time in Argentina. Individuals of this species were captured two sites distant more than 1,000 km (Villalonga, province Buenos Aires, and Pocito, San Juan) associated with onion crops (Allium cepa L.). We propose monitoring phytophagous hover fly because its potential risk important horticultural crop

Sensitivity of common onion (Allium cepa L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to cadmium (Cd) stress was investigated using genotoxicity endpoints. Simultaneously, the antioxidative stress enzymes (guaiacol peroxidise and catalase) and lipid peroxidation [malonaldehyde (MDA) content] were investigated in the plants exposed to Cd in solution. The endpoints screened for genotoxicity included chromos...

BACKGROUND Allium sativum L. (A.S.) "garlic", one of the most interesting medicinal plants, has been suggested to contain compounds that could be beneficial in numerous pathological situations including cancer. In this work, we aimed to assess the immunomodulatory effect of A.S. preparation on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy individuals. METHODS Nontoxic doses of A.S. we...

Forty one plants of alien monosomic addition lines of Allium fistulosum L. with extra chromosomes from A. cepa L. Aggregatum group (FF + nA) were produced through the second backcross of amphidiploids between these two species to A. fistulosum. Identification of the extra chromosomes in the 16 plants by elaborate karyotype analyses indicate that a complete series (eight different types) of the ...

Glycidol is used as a stabilizer in the manufacture of vinyl polymers and natural oils and as an intermediate in the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers, and amines. It is also used as an alkylating agent, demulsifier, and dye-leveling agent and for sterilizing milk of magnesia. Glycidol is an alkylating agent which reacts readily with glutathione; it causes a decrease in glutathione content...