OBJECTIVE Ziziphus Jujube (Jujube) plant has exhibited numerous medicinal and pharmacological properties including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. This study was carried out to investigate its anti-cancer and pro-apoptotic abilities in human cervical and breast cancer cells in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cervical OV2008 and breast MCF-7 cancer cells were incubated with differe...

Purpose. To analyse the taxonomic composition of subtropical plants Khorol Botanical Garden collection. Results. Taxonomic collection, consisting 25 species: Actinidia chinensis Planch., Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, Camellia sinensis Kuntze, Chaenomeles ×californica Clarke ex Weber, Citrus trifoliata L., Cormus domestica Crataegus azarolus opaca Hooker & Arn., Cydonia oblonga Mill., Diospyro...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of Zizyphus spina christi leaf hydroalcoholic extract (ZLHE) on the isolated rat aorta. METHODS The rings of the endothelium intact and denuded thoracic aorta of Male and female Sprague Dawley rats were placed in Krebs-Henseleit solution to measure isometric contractile force. To study the involvement of voltage dependent L type calcium channels, concentrat...

In this study, three phenolic compounds were isolated from the seeds of Zizyphus spina-christi for the first time. The compounds were identified by means of 1 H-NMR-, UV and GC-MS as p-hydroxybenzoic acid, kaempferol, quercetin-3-O--L-rhamnosyl--D-glucopyranoside (rutin).

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is an economically important fruit tree with outstanding adaptability to marginal lands and a broad range of climate conditions. There are over 800 cultivars, mostly landraces from China. However, high rate mislabeling in germplasm restricts the sharing information materials among researchers hampers use breeding. In present study, we developed large panel...

Mineral profile of tree leaves from eight local species (Acacia modesta, Albezia lebbeck, Capparis aphyla, Prosopes Juliflora, Tecoma undulata, Olea cuspidate, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus jujuba) was evaluated for feeding to sheep and goats. Leave samples were collected from three different locations (Surgul, Shakardara and Gumbat) in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan province...

This study was carried out to determine effects of different durations (20, 40, 60 days and control) of cold stratification treatments on seed germination and to overcome dormancy in seeds of twelve different drought tolerant plants. The species used in this study were Arbutus andrachne L., Cistus creticus L., Colutea armena Bois. Huet., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Cotoneaster numullaria Fisch. an...

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) has long been widely used for human consumption and medicinal purposes in China. It has been reported to possess several vital biological activities. However, the systematic study on the chemical constituents absorbed into plasma and their metabolites is still insufficient. A high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector-electrospray ion...