The Asteraceae is the largest family of plants in North America and widely used as medicine by Indigenous peoples. This study investigated medicinal ethnobotany American to identify taxa that appear preferentially selected or avoided for general specific uses. Asteraceae-specific ethnobotanical reports recorded Native Ethnobotany database were compiled and, using residual binomial analyses, 14 ...

Полынь однолетняя (Artemisia annua L.) семейства (Asteraceae) — травянистое однолетнее растение, которое используется народной медицине уже более двух тысяч лет. Artemisia L. имеет антиоксидантные, противовоспалительные, противоболевые, седативные, антибактериальные, противовирусные, гиполипидемические, противоопухолевые свойства. Во многих странах полынь в качестве официального противомалярийн...

The activity of plant extracts on parasites may indicate groups of substances that are potentially useful for controlling Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. The aim of the present study was to investigate the in vitro action of Artemisia annua extracts on this tick. The concentrations of the sesquiterpene lactones artemisinin and deoxyartemisinin present in plant extracts were quantified via ...

Plant roots interact with a wide variety of rhizospheric microorganisms, including bacteria and the symbiontic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The mycorrhizal symbiosis represents a series of complex feedbacks between plant and fungus regulated by their physiology and nutrition. Despite the widespread distribution and ecological significance of AM symbiosis, little is known about the potenti...

The aerial parts of Artemisia vulgaris were subjected for successive extraction in solvents methanol, hexane and chloroform, respectively, compounds present extract analysed by GC-MS analysis 12 different found chloroform which Germacrene was most abundantly (33.84%). Chloroform showed strong antibacterial activity, examined against 6 bacteria using the disc diffusion method. IC50 value accounted...

Excessive platelet activity is one of the most important factors responsible for the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and, also, play important role in coagulation cascade. In this study, the comparative effects of methanol extracts of three herbs on adhesion of the activated platelets to fibrinogen coated plates and clotting factors were investigated. Artemisia dracunculus, Punica granatum...