Background and Aims: In this study, antimicrobial activities of extracts obtained from narrowly dispersed local endemic gypsophytes grown in extreme habitats were investigated for the first time. The aim study was to analyzed effects narrow plants that are Thymus ekimii Yildirimli, Verbascum gypsicola Vural & Aydogdu, Glaucium secmenii Yildirimli Psephellus erzincani Wagenitz Kandemir. Met...

The aim of our study is to determine the hyperaccumulatory properties by examining heavy metal accumulation (Co, Ni, Fe) in endemic Anchusa leptophlla subsp. tomentosa, Alyssum pateri pateri, Glaucium acutidentatum and non Erysimum uncinatifolium species collected from a copper mining area Elazığ Maden district. All are hyperaccumulator according their Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) values Co el...

Forsythia spp. are perennial woody plants which are one of the most extensively used medicinal sources of Chinese medicines and functional diets owing to their lignan contents. Lignans have received widespread attention as leading compounds in the development of antitumor drugs and healthy diets for reducing the risks of lifestyle-related diseases. However, the molecular basis of Forsythia has ...

The genus Microbacterium was proposed by Orla-Jensen in 1919. Four species were described, viz., Microbacterium lacticum, Microbacterium flavum, Microbacterium liquefaciens, and Microbacterium mesentericum. The organisms of this genus presented a physiological gradient with the saccharolytic acid former (M. lacticum) at one extreme and the proteolytic gelatin liquefier (M. liquefaciens) at the ...