Pimpinella anisum (anise), belonging to Umbelliferae family, is an aromatic plant which has been used In Iranian traditional medicine (especially its fruits) as carminative, aromatic, disinfectant, and galactagogue. Because the wide traditional usage of Pimpinella anisum for treatment of diseases, in this review published scientific reports about the composition and pharmacological properties o...

Medicinal plants used during the plague described in Herbarium of Simon Syrenius (1613) Before effective methods treatment and prevention infections all other infectious diseases were known, attempts made to treat them with natural means. The blight, among others considered following plants: angelica (Angelica archangelica), valerian (Valeriana officinalis), pimpinella, (Pimpinella sp.) common ...

Pimpinella essential oils and isolated compounds were screened for their inhibitory activity against NF-kappaB mediated transcription in SW1353 cells. Twelve oils were effective in inhibiting NF-kappaB mediated transcription. Especially the roots of P. corymbosa, P. tragium and P. rhodanta showed potent activities with IC(50) values of 2, 3 and 6 microg/mL, respectively. Five pure compounds, 7 ...

Miliusa gokhalaei (Annonaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by unequal rounded leaf bases, sessile or shortly pedicellate flowers, thick fleshy petals, glabrous carpel, and included connective of anther. It is closely related to M. indica and M. eriocarpa, with which it shares sub-sessile or shortly petiolate, hairy-nerved leave...

Tissue cultures o f Pimpinella anisum and P. major were used to study the biosynthesis o f pseudoisoeugenols. The putative precursors were labelled with 13C with one exception that was labelled with i4C. The incorporation o f the label was controlled by 13C N M R and liquid scintil­ lation, respectively. The biosynthetic sequence found was L-phenylalanine, /-cinnamic acid, /?-coumaric acid, / 7...

The plant species Pimpinella serbica (Vis.) Drude, endemic to West Balkans, belongs the genus L. (Apiaceae) according newer botanical classification. Initially, was described as Pancicia Vis. and long considered a monotypic genus. Previous phytochemical investigations of this were limited essential oil analysis by GC?MS method. This is first study that includes LC-DAD?MS screening extracts root...