Muntingia calabura (Tiliaceae) is commercially used in healthcare for the improvement of hypertension, myocardial infarction, spasm, and inflammatory conditions. Its fruits can be processed into jam and the leaves can be used for making tea. In the work reported herein a new biflavan, (M),(2S),(2''S)-,(P),(2S),(2''S)-7,8,3',4',5',7'',8'',3''',4''',5'''-decamethoxy-5,5'' biflavan (1), a new flav...

A wild species of jute, Corchorus aestuans (family: Tiliaceae), was found to be infected root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola. The pathogenicity M. graminicola on C. (local cultivar) under pot conditions showed that could infect, reproduce, and incite profuse root galling in aestuans. initial inoculum 10-second stage juveniles per 1000 cm3 soil displayed the highest reproduction factor (...

The aqueous extract of Triumfetta semitriloba is part of the Costa Rican folk pharmacopoeia. It shows no in-vitro inhibitory action on the hydrolytic activity of porcine pancreatic amylase, lipase or proteases, thus diminishing the concern of intestinal malabsorption in human beings.

background and objectives: plants belonging to the genus tilia l. (tiliaceae) are often tall beautiful trees which are considered for various medicinal potentials of their flowers and leaves. the present study was an attempt to investigate the phytochemical constituents of tilia rubra subsp. caucasica leaves from the hyrcanian forests of north of iran. methods: chromatography on silica gel (nor...