Periplaneta americana (Blattodea:Blattidae) toxicity of 17 different plant-based essential oil against, adults were investigated. Used oils Lavendula angustifola (Lamiaceae), Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae), Citrus bergamia (Rutaceae), Juniperus virginiana (Cupressaceae), Piper nigrum (Piperaceae), Curcuna longa Betula lenta (Betulaceae), Myristica fragranaceae (Myristica fragranaceae), com...

* Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, D-6900 Heidelberg. Bundesrepublik Deutschland ** Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-6900 Heidelberg. Bundesrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 328-336 (1988); received January 20, 1988 Pimpinella anisum, Umbelliferae, Pseudoisoeugenols, Tissue Cult...

Background: The Apiaceae family is defined with the diversity of essential oil. Some of composition could be used to control of storage pests. Objective: This study was conducted to estimate and identification of the seed essential oil composition of four Apiaceae species. Methods: The essential oil composition of the seeds of the four Apiaceae’s species including (Pimpinella anisum L., Foe...

Cancer incidence is much lower in India than in western countries. The reason is not fully understood, but the high spice consumption could be one of the contributing factors. Anise is one of the plants grows in India and people from our region believe that anise seeds are helpful in cancer prevention and treatment. In this study, anticancer activity of ethanol extract of anise (Pimpinella anis...

an aqueous extract of pimpinella anisum was used for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by bio reduction of an aqueous solution of silver nitrate. silver nanoparticles were characterized by uv–vis spectrometry, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), x-ray diffraction (xrd) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (sem) and energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (edax). the increase in abs...