The different fractions of crude methanol extract of stem of Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers (Menispermaceae) was screened for its analgesic and antidiarrhoeal activities. The different fractions of crude extract produced significant writhing inhibition in acetic acid induced writhing in mice at the dose of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight comparable to the standard drug diclofenac sodium at the...

The article presents the results of a comparative evaluation five promising hybrids Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach (2-44-05, 3-27-05, 5-50-03, 1-64-05, 3-17-05), identified according to complex commercially valuable traits (winter hardiness, yield, fruit weight, low thorniness, resistance rot), and Likhtar variety in conditions Belarus. Significant differences have been found ter...

Ampelopsis Michx. (Vitaceae) contains more than 30 species and is discontinuously distributed in Eurasia, North America, Central America. China hosts an abundance of species. Until now, fossil records have been reported only from the Paleocene to Pleistocene Europe, Eocene Pliocene Asia, Miocene Although abundant widespread today, no fossils so far found there, except for seed Upper Yunnan. In ...

BACKGROUND WIN-34B is a novel Oriental medicine, which represents the n-butanol fraction prepared from dried flowers of Lonicera japonica Thunb and dried roots of Anemarrhena asphodeloides BUNGE. The component herb of WIN-34B is used for arthritis treatment in East Asian countries. The aim of this study was to determine the cartilage-protective effects and mechanisms of WIN-34B and its major ph...

Abstract The absorption, distribution, and transport trends of organic inorganic arsenic (As) in honesuckle ( Lonicera japonica ) were studied using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (μ-XRF). root, stem, leaf samples analyzed by μ-XRF, proving that the presence dimethyl arsenate acid, a small amount As accumulated local areas epidermis cortex roots, while most migrated to upper plant ...