Background: Woodfordia fruiticosa Kurz. of Lythraceae is a shrub whose blooms are called Dhataki Kusuma. The fresh flower W. fruticosa controls bleeding in emergency cuts, whereas the dried powder heals wounds faster. Indian tribes utilise it to cure wounds. No scientific evidence supported using treat wounds, hence present study assessed plant's wound healing ability. Aim: To find out efficacy...

As the traditional Chinese medicine, the fresh fruits of Amorpha fruticosa L. were applied for the treatment of carbuncle, eczema and burn (Das et al., 2007). However, little is known about the functional roles of the fruits of Amorpha fruticosa L. during wound healing progress. In the present study, we evaluated both antimicrobial potential against a wide range of microorganisms and wound heal...

In ayurveda, fermentation processes have been used for ages to modify the potency of drugs and to extract and to preserve active constituents from medicinal plants. Therapeutic application of these fermented drugs are based on the properties of ingredients and the method of preparation. In general, these fermented ayurvedic preparations posses a moderate potency and administered in the convales...

glasswort (Salicornia fruticosa) is the most widely distributed species of the perennial genus of glasswort in Egypt and it shows great biotechnological potential as a salt-water irrigated crop. Oil analysis of Salicornia fruticosa seeds was carried out in the current study. Chloroform and methanol mixture (2:1 v:v) extraction yielded maximum oil content from seeds (28.59%). The physical and ch...

The present study was performed to assess the quality of Potentilla fruticosa L. sampled from distinct regions of China using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprinting coupled with a suite of chemometric methods. For this quantitative analysis, the main active phytochemical compositions and the antioxidant activity in P. fruticosa were also investigated. Considering the high ...

In 1978 when Straley adopted the name Oenothera fruticosa L. subsp. glauca (Michx.) Straley for one of the two recognized subspecies of O. fruticosa it was the correct name for this taxon; however, since that time the botanical code has changed so that now an autonym is treated as having priority over the name or names of the same date and rank that established it. This change means that since ...