As a devastating holoparasitic weed, Orobanche aegyptiaca Persoon. (Egyptian broomrape) causes serious damage to agricultural production and threatens economic development, which has raised widespread concern. The present study was conducted to determine whether lilies have the potential to be used as 'trap crops' for controlling O. aegyptiaca Persoon. In the experiments, the ability of three p...

Taverniera aegyptiaca Boiss is a wild plant is grown at the Red Sea coast, Egypt. Traditional uses of this species drive us to evaluate the phytochemical and pharmaco-toxicological aspects of the hydro ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of T. aegyptiaca. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of various bioactive secondary metabolites as flavonoids, terpenes, glycosides, saponins and ...

It is not clear why herbicides targeting aromatic and branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis successfully control broomrapes-obligate parasitic plants that obtain all of their nutritional requirements, including amino acids, from the host. Our objective was to reveal the mode of action of imazapic and glyphosate in controlling the broomrape Phelipanche aegyptiaca and clarify if this obligatory ...

Article history: Received on: 28/01/2014 Revised on: 23/07/2014 Accepted on: 02/08/2014 Available online: 30/10/2014 Diabetes mellitus is one of the disease for which a satisfactory treatment is not available in modern allopathic system of medicine. Therefore, there is a need to develop newer treatment strategies of plant origin as they are known to have fewer side effects. The present study in...

Balanites aegyptiaca is a naturally grown desert plant at some radioactive places in Wadi El-Gemal area, Southeastern Desert. The aim of the present study was to highlight on the B. aegyptiaca species grown naturally at radioactive places in Wadi El-Gemal area (fruit part) on the ability of using the fruit in some biomedical application (glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL...

This study tested whether soil-applied biochar can impact the seed germination and attachment of root parasitic weeds. Three hypotheses were evaluated: (i) biochar adsorbs host-exuded signaling molecules; (ii) biochar activates plants' innate system-wide defenses against invasion by the parasite; and (iii) biochar has a systemic influence on the amount of seed germination stimulant produced or ...

Background: Despite the medicinal importance of Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del, Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) Bertoni, Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merrill and Cassia sophera (Linn.), the antimicrobial potential of these plants has not been explored extensively, especially those of Cassia sophera. Methods: Both aqueous and alcoholic extracts of various parts of respective plants, and their in vitro ra...

BACKGROUND There were no studies on the anti-inflammatory activity of Euphorbia aegyptiaca, though it is commonly used by Sudanese herbalists in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVES To determine phytochemical constituents of Euphorbia aegyptiacaTo investigate the anti-inflammatory activity of Euphorbia aegyptiaca in rats. METHODOLOGY Plant material was extracted by ethanol and ...