India is one of the richest floristic regions of the world and has been a source of plants and their products since antiquity and man uses them in different ways according to his needs, particularly as food or as medicine. Tecoma undulata is a popular medicinal plant has long been used in ayurvedic system of medicine. The plant has been found to exhibit diverse pharmacological activities. The p...

In this paper, three new species (S. bimaculatasp. n., S. viridissp. n., and S. hispidasp. n.) and five known species, S. formosana (Matsumura, 1913), S. nigra (Shiraki, 1908), S. shanensis (Princis, 1950), S. bivitta (Bey-Bienko, 1969), and S. undulata (Bey-Bienko, 1958), are described and illustrated. Sorineuchora undulata was previously synonymized with S. nigra, and is now reinstated as a v...

francoeuria undulata (l.) lack is often synonymous with two species of the genus pulicaria,i.e. pulicaria undulata (l.) c.a. mey and pulicaria crispa (forssk.) olive, which are oftenincluded under the genus francoeuria. the essential oil yield and compositions in the fivenatural populations of francoeuria undulata from fars province in southern iran weredetermined by gc and gc/ms analysis. the ...

AIM OF THE STUDY Investigate the hypoglycaemic activity of the four isolated compounds from a crude acetone extract of the root bark of Euclea undulata var. myrtina, which is used by traditional healers in the Venda area, Limpopo Province in the treatment of diabetes. MATERIAL AND METHODS The hypoglycaemic activity of the four compounds isolated from Euclea undulata was determined by in vitro...

background & aim:vaginal disease has always been a great concern of women. medicinal plants as natural resources with fewer side effects can effectively treat these infections given the diversity of these infections, resistance to antibiotics and side effects of existing drugs. the present study aimed to compare antimicrobial effects of methanol extract of francoeuria undulata on growth of seve...

Pulicaria species, such as Pulicaria undulata, are rich in sesquiterpene lactones. The methylene chloride/ methanol (1:1) extract of P. undulata resulted in the isolation of new sesquiterpenes (1–4), as well as previously reported metabolites (5–14). Structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses. Using a mouse peritoneal macrophage bioassay, lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide inhibi...