BACKGROUND Six plants from Thailand were evaluated for their cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction in human hepatocarcinoma (HepG2) as compared to normal African green monkey kidney epithelial cell lines. METHODS Ethanol-water crude extracts of the six plants were tested with neutral red assay for their cytotoxicity after 24 hours of exposure to the cells. Apoptotic induction was tested in the...

The extracts, decoctions and infusions of Verbascum, commonly known as “mullein”, have been used in traditional medicines for centuries in almost all parts of the world. In this paper, a screening of two different extracts of Verbascum phlomoides flowers originating from the Southeast region of Romania is presented. The content of total phenolics and flavonoids from extracts were determined. Al...

Verbascumkurdistanicum Fırat (Scrophulariaceae), is described and illustrated as a new species that is located in Hakkâri, Turkey. In this study, diagnostic morphological characters of this and closely related species (Verbascumoreophilum K.Koch and Verbascumpyramidatum M. Bieb) are discussed. Furthermore, distribution maps for the three taxa are provided.

BACKGROUND There is an interest in finding new and safe antioxidants from natural sources such as medicinal plants. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of ten Iranian medicinal plants extracts. MATERIALS AND METHODS For antioxidant activity, the radical scavenging activity, reducing power and phenolic contents of ethanol plant extracts were determined. ...

Here, we report the results of next-generation sequencing on the GS Junior system to identify a large number of microsatellites from the epiphytic moss Orthotrichum speciosum. Using a combination of a total (non-enrichment) genomic library and small-scale 454 pyrosequencing, we determined 5382 contigs whose length ranged from 103 to 5445 bp. In this dataset we identified 92 SSR (simple sequence...

plant regeneration was achieved in verbascum speciosum schard. via organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis by culture of mature embryo explants. two types of calli, embryogenic and non-embryogenic, were induced from mature embryo explants on murashige and skoog (ms) medium supplemented with different concentrations of benzyl adenine (ba) and α-naphthalene acetic acid (naa). in order to further ...