The species Asteraceae Centaurea repens (Asteraceae), known as Acroptilon repens, and Talkhe in persian is used in folk medicine as an emetic, anti-epileptic, and anti-malaria herb in many parts of the world but its toxic effects have not determined yet. This study aimed to evaluate the acute and subchronic toxicity of this extract to find its possible adverse health effects through clinical, h...

Mono-dominance by invasive species provides opportunities to explore determinants of plant distributions and abundance; however, linking mechanistic results from small scale experiments to patterns in nature is difficult. We used experimentally derived competitive effects of an invader in North America, Acroptilon repens, on species with which it co-occurs in its native range of Uzbekistan and ...

Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens) is a rangeland weed pest in the western United States. One candidate fungus for biological control of R. repens is Puccinia acroptili, which causes a rust disease. Understanding the life cycle of candidate rust fungi for weed biological control is an essential component in risk assessments and evaluations, and for P. acroptili such was unknown. For this rea...

The aim of this study is the evaluation effect Afghan talkhak (Acroptilon Repens) root aqueous extract on blood glucose level diabetic rats. Rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (1 Normal, 1 Diabetic and 3 groups). Experimental diabetes was induced by single-dose intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection streptozotocin (55 mg/kg) in extracts groups. 72 hour later, induction approved received Acropti...