Cyanophos is commonly used in Egypt to control various agricultural and horticultural pests. It is not easily hydrolyzed and thus they are highly persistent and accumulate in various aquatic compartments such as rivers and lakes. Such issues may be solved by phytoremediation, which is the use of plants for the cleanup of pollutants. Here, we tested Plantago major L. to clean water polluted with...

In this experimental study we have investigated whether the inclusion of the dietary fiber Plantago ovata husk could be recommended as coadjuvant in treatments with oral hypoglycemic drugs. We evaluated the use of Plantago ovata husk-metformin association in diabetic rabbits by determining its effects on glucose and insulin concentrations. Six groups of 6 rabbits were used. Groups 1 to 3 were f...

BACKGROUND The plant Alisma plantago-aquatica Linnaeus, which is widely distributed in southwest of China, is the main material of traditional Chinese medicine "Zexie". It was used as folk medicine for immune-modulation, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. Previous chemical studies on A. plantago-aquatica reported the identification of triterpenes, diterpenes, sesquiterpenes, stero...

Background: Plantago species contain aucubin and catalpol iridoid glycosides used in traditional medicine for many purposes. Objectives: To accelerate the utilization of species, research should be focused on introducing advanced purification detection methods. In this regard, therapeutic activities compounds are mentioned to confirm their effectiveness medicinal uses. Methods: An extensive lit...

The distribution of 14 iridoid glucosides in 14 Plantago L. species (44 samples corresponding to 18 taxa) was shown. P. tenuiflora and P. gentianoides were studied for iridoids for the first time. The iridoid patterns showed a good correlation with morphological and other chemical features of the representatives of genus Plantago. The studied species are grouped together according to the iridoi...

O presente estudo trata-se de uma revisão sistemática sobre as possíveis interações medicamentosas do uso plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos incluídos na Relação Nacional Medicamentos Essenciais (RENAME). Para isso, foram pesquisadas entre medicamentos alopáticos medicinais: alcachofra, aroeira, babosa, cáscara sagrada, espinheira-santa, garra diabo, guaco, hortelã pimenta, isoflavona soja, pla...

The chemical composition of plant polyphenols Plantago major L. and lanceolata growing in Uzbekistan was studied. More than 20 compounds, including 7 flavonoids, 9 phenolic acids, 8 hydrolysable tannins, the ages which have been determined using physicochemical methods research isolated from plants. From P. L., along with well-known such as gallic acid, rutin, luteolin, isorhamnetin, hyperoside...

Common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica L.), arrowhead (Sagitaria trifolia L.) and Echinochloa spp. (L.) are among the most important damaging weeds of rice paddies. In this research, Curvularia lunata (Waker) Boedijn was isolated from the said weeds. Then, its effect in different growth stages, i.e. seed, 2-3 leaf stage (seedling) and also in greenhouse conditions was examined in Alism...

BACKGROUND Theory predicts that plant species win competition for a shared resource by more quickly preempting the resource in hotspots and by depleting resource levels to lower concentrations than its competitors. Competition in natural grasslands largely occurs belowground, but information regarding root interactions is limited, as molecular methods quantifying species abundance belowground h...