We investigated the appropriate growth conditions of shoot and root through in vitro propagation of orchid (Dendrobium sonia) using different gelling agents. Protocorm Like Bodies (PLBs) of orchid were initiated earlier in vitro and one month old protocorms were used for this study. Protocorms were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations of starche...

ABSTRACT: The transit of infested plants may favor the introduction herbivores into pest-free regions. In this study, we reported occurrence pest mites in Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. Mites were collected from orchid leaves with lesions. We identified Brevipalpus californicus (Banks, 1904) (sensu latu), yothersi Baker, 1949 and Tenuipalpus orchidofilo Moraes & Freire, 2001 (Tenuipalpidae)...

BACKGROUND Anti-metastasis therapy may become the potential means of improving survival of cancer patients. As the ability of cancer cells to change phenotype from epithelial to mesenchymal has been recognized as an important hallmark of cancer metastasis, this study provides information regarding the effect of a bibenzyl, namely 4,5,4'-trihydroxy-3,3'-dimethoxybibenzyl (TDB), isolated from Den...

Dendrobium officinale Kimura & Migo (D. officinale) is a precious herbal medicine. In this study, we investigated metabolic mechanism underlying the effect of D. officinale water extract (DOWE) on diabetes prevention in mice after streptozotocin (STZ) exposure using NMR-based metabolomics. Interestingly, we found a decrease in blood glucose and an increase in liver glycogen in mice pretreat...

CONTEXT Dendrobium candidum (D. candimum) widely is a functional drug. The curative effect of D. candidum on lupus nephritis has been studied in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHOD The DBA/2 and B6D2F1 mice were used for this in vivo experiment. The 50% effective dose (ED50) was used to check the effective concentration for this study. Then the SCr, BUN, TC, TG, IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α, and IFN-γ levels we...