The phytochemical system of mustard-oil glucosides (glucosinolates) accompanied by the hydrolytic enzyme myrosinase (beta-thioglucosidase), the latter usually compartmented in special myrosin cells, characterizes plants in 16 families of angiosperms. Traditional classifications place these taxa in many separate orders and thus imply multiple convergences in the origin of this chemical defense s...

Ochradenus Delile is a small genus of 6-9 species within family Resedaceae. In Egypt, it is only represented by the gynodioecious Ochradenus baccatus Delile, the most widespread species across the entire range of the genus. Within Egypt, field populations and herbarium specimens of O.baccatus showed vast morphological and gender diversity within and between different populations even in the sam...

Traditional medicines have been an accessible, affordable, and culturally acceptable model of healthcare that is trusted acrossthe globe in terms disease management, symptoms relief patient satisfaction. The natural products derived from plant sources arethe fundamental ingredients traditional folk medicine serve as lead compounds or pharmacophore for most effective drugs inmodern pharmacology ...

BACKGROUND The leaves of Caylusea abyssinica (fresen.) Fisch. & Mey. (Resedaceae), a plant widely distributed in East African countries, have been used for management of diabetes mellitus in Ethiopian folklore medicine. However, its use has not been scientifically validated. The present study was undertaken to investigate antidiabetic effects of the hydroalcoholic leaf extract of C. abyssinica ...

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. Italica Group) is an economically important vegetable crop and its consumption may benefit human health. Glucosinolates, a group of secondary plant metabolites found generally in the cultivated Brassicaceae, may protect against the development of certain malignancies. The objective of this study was to evaluate total and individual glucosinolate content of broccol...