Foeniculum vulgare Miller, (fennel) (Umbelliferae) is an annual, biennial or perennial aromatic herb, depending on the variety, and has been known since antiquity in Europe and Asia Minor. The leaves, stalks and seeds (fruits) of the plant are edible1. Extracts of the Foeniculum vulgare Miller (fennel) seeds are used in traditional Turkish medicine as an anti-inflammatory agent 2. The anti-infl...

Various studies have already been performed involving the whole aerial parts of Centella asiatica (L.) (Umbelliferae), commonly known as gotukola or jalbrahmi and thus the present investigation has been carried out for the phytochemical study of ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of Centella asiatica. To perform this activity, the drug (1.5kg) was exhaustively extracted in 95% ethanol using ...

The rhizome of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (Umbelliferae) is known as "Danggui" in China, has been used widely in traditional Chinese medicine to treat irregular menstruation, anaemia, headache, hypertension, chronic asthma and rheumatism. From the ethyl acetate extract of its roots four phthalides have been isolated. Their structures were identified by MS and NMR spectroscopic methods to b...

Anisaldehyde characterized in the seeds of Pimpinella anisum L. (Umbelliferae), also known as aniseed, was found to inhibit the oxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) by mushroom tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) with an ID50 of 43 μg/mL (0.32 mM). The inhibition kinetics analyzed by a Lineweaver-Burk plot established anisaldehyde to be a noncompetitive inhibitor for this oxidation. On the ...

Cnidium officinale is a perennial herb belonging to the family Umbelliferae. Its origin China and also distributed in Korea Japan. In 2017, phenomenon of browning wilting leaves was discovered cultivation field National Institute Forest Science, Suwon, Korea. The pathogens isolated from plants were consistent with Fusarium solani as result morphological examination molecular phylogenetic analys...