objectives: herbal medicine is known as a valid alternative treatment. salvia reuterana, which has been used in the iranian traditional medicine, is mostly distributed in the central highlands of iran. salvia reuterana is a medicinal herb with various therapeutic usages. the aim of the present review is to take account of pharmacological properties of salvia reuterana. materials and methods: th...

This study was aimed to increasing egg production by supplementing medicinal plants Salvia officinalis L and Lavandula angustifolia powders as antistressors in hen layer diet under high stocking density during different conditions. 240 two hundred forty 31 weeks old hens were randomly divided into seven treatments with three replicates each, reared for 16 folowings; T0 negative control normal 2...

In this study, antibacterial, antifungal, antimycobacterial, cytotoxic, antitumor, cardiovascular, antifeedant, insecticidal, antileishmanial and some other single activities of diterpenoids and norditerpenoids isolated from Turkish Lamiaceae plants, are reviewed. The diterpenoids were isolated from species of Salvia, Sideritis, and Ballota species growing in Anatolia. Fifty abietanes, ten kaur...

The antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants (Ocimum gratissimum, L., Cybopogum citratus (DC) Stapf., and Salvia officinalis, L.) was assessed on bacterial strains derived from 100 urine samples. Samples were taken from subjects diagnosed with urinary tract infection living in the community. Microorganisms were plated on Müller Hinton agar. Plant extracts were ap...

Documented pollinator declines have encouraged the installation of plantings in residential, commercial and agricultural settings. Pollinator visitation among cultivars coreopsis, salvia asters was compared on 40 dates a 2-year study resulting 6,911 observations across all plant taxa with bees, butterflies syrphids well-represented. Diversity insect visitors represented differently within broad...

This study compared the shelf life and quality of potted hydrangea (‘Speedy Red’) treated with different abscisic acid (ABA) spray concentrations investigated associated physiological changes. Plants were 0 (control), 1,000, 2,000, or 2,500 mg·L-1 ABA, which was applied by spraying. Treatment 2,000 ABA extended 2 days to control, treatment attenuated change in sepal color wilting other treatmen...

To determine the optimal conditions for mutagenesis of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. and Hydrangea paniculata Siebold, cold-treated and untreated seed from representative cultivars were exposed to 0.5%, 2.5%, and 5.0% ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS). Most untreated H. macrophylla seed exposed to 2.5% and 5.0% EMS had substantially lower germination percentages. H. paniculata seed germinatio...