in the present study, we have reported the total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of aerial parts of salvia leriifolia extracts and fractions. methanolic, n-hexane, chloroform, and ethyl acetate extracts were screened to analysis their antioxidant activities by four complementary test systems, namely dpph free radical scavenging activity (rsa), t...

A field survey was carried out to record plant species climbed by Ephedra alte in certain parts of Jordan during 2008-2010. Forty species of shrubs, ornamental, fruit, and forest trees belonging to 24 plant families suffered from the climbing habit of E. alte. Growth of host plants was adversely affected by E. alte growth that extended over their vegetation. In addition to its possible competit...

this study documents the flavonoid constituents of seven salvia species in iran namely s.atropatana bunge, s. limbata c. a. mey, s. sclarea l., s. ceratophylla l., s. multicaulis vahl.,s. hydrangea dc. ex benth., and s. eremophila boiss. the studied species were collected fromtheir natural habitats in iran and were analyzed for their flavonoid constituents using twodimensionalthin layer chromat...

Earlier, we described the isolation of a Crepis palaestina cDNA (Cpal2) which encoded a Delta12-epoxygenase that could catalyse the synthesis of 12,13-epoxy-cis-9-octadecenoic acid (18:1E) from linoleic acid (18:2). When the Cpal2 gene was expressed under the control of a seed-specific promoter in Arabidopsis, plants were able to accumulate small amounts 18:1E and 12,13-epoxy-cis-9,15-octadec-2...

Introduction: This review focuses on the efficacy and safety of Iranian medicinal plants found effective in the management of diabetes in humans and animals. Material and methods: EMBASE, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and IranMedex databases were searched up to 8 October 2007. The search terms were “diabetes” and “plant”, “herb”, “traditional”, and “natural” or “herbal medicin...