− Bitki kökenli dumanın, Akdeniz tipi ekosistemlerde yetişen birçok Lamiaceae türünün çimlenmesini tetiklediği gösterilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, türlerinin karrikinolid (KAR1) ve siyanohidrin gibi duman bileşik-lere olan çimlenme tepkileri hakkında çok az şey bilinmektedir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada, bileşiklerin yedi türünde (Ballota acetabulosa, Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas, Origanum oni...

Since time immemorial humankind benefits from plants as nutritient, medicine, cosmetic or to make tools and shelters for itself. Through history, traditional knowledge was gathered by trial-and-error method, practices were developed sustained. It has been passed on generation reach our day. This study aims gather information medicinal used traditionally against cardiovascular diseases in Turkey...

Essential oils (EOs) have recently attracted more interest due to their insecticidal activities, low harmfulness, and rapid degradation in the environment. Therefore, Lavandula steochas (L. steochas) essential oil was assessed for its chemical constituents, vitro cytotoxicity, scolicidal, acaricidal, activities. Using spectrometry gas chromatography, components of L. EOs were detected. Addition...

The inhibitory effects of ethanol (80%) and aqueous extracts Helichrysum stoechas (L.) Moench H. subsp. barrelieri (Ten) Nyman on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), two sister enzymes associated with pathogenesis Alzheimer's disease (AD), as well elastase collagenase, linked to inflammation skin aging, were investigated. Simultaneously, antioxidant activity the was assess...

Health benefits including antioxidant potential of black tea (Camellia sinensis), lemon (Citrus limon) and honey bees (Apis mellifera) have been extensively reported. Nevertheless, nothing is reported about the effects of their concomitant use. Herein, those effects were evaluated in infusions of lemon-flavoured black tea with three different kinds of honey (light amber, amber and dark amber) f...

A pollen analysis of Algerian honey was conducted on a total of 10 honey samples. The samples were prepared using the methodology described by Louveaux et al., that was then further adapted by Ohe et al. The samples were subsequently observed using light microscopy. A total of 36 pollen taxa were discovered and could be identified in the analyzed honey samples. Seventy percent of the studied sa...