BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate Cytotoxic, α-Chymotrypsin and Urease inhibition activities of the plant Heliotropium dasycarpum. MATERIALS & METHODS Dichloromethane and methanol extracts of the plant were evaluated for cytotoxic, α-Chymotrypsin and Urease inhibition by using in vivo Brine Shrimp lethality bioassay and in vitro enzymatic inhibition assays respectively. RE...

Contribution des explorateurs français à l'étude de la flore l'Asie Centrale: les collections d'herbier Guillaume Capus (1857-1931). Les explorations en Asie Centrale entre 1880 et 1887 ont notamment abouti une collection remarquable 3000 spécimens d'herbiers, toujours conservés dans l'Herbier Paris (France). récoltes sa première exploration été rapidement déterminées par un autre botaniste fra...

El trabajo analiza los planteos de Augusto Bunge, intelectual y dirigente partidario del socialismo argentino, en torno al “ideal” socialista como una misión histórica regeneración la humanidad concepción este ideal nueva religión. Aborda qué manera su formación, sus vínculos político-culturales trayectoria partidaria las décadas 1910 1920 permiten ubicarlo un exponente sacralización política m...

The leitmotif of Mario Bunge’s work was that the philosophy science should be informed by a comprehensive scientific philosophy, and vice versa; with both firmly rooted in realism materialism. Now Bunge left such big oeuvre, comprising more than 70 books hundreds articles, it is impossible to review its entirety. In addition biographical remarks, this obituary will therefore restrict itself som...

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, which is also known as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is widely studied for its ability to accumulate the diterpene quinone Tanshinones. In addition to producing a variety of diterpene quinone, S. miltiorrhiza Bunge also accumulates sterol, brassinosteroid and triterpenoids. During their biosynthesis, squalene synthase (SQS, EC 2.5.1.21) converts two molecules...

Six cases are described of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) after medicinal herb ingestion. The herb Heliotropium eichwaldii, taken by three patients, was found to contain the toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid, heliotrine. Two patients presented with fulminant hepatic failure while the other four patients had a clinical picture suggestive of decompensated cirrhosis. The medical use of this herb may poss...