The effect of methyl jasmonate on morpho-physiological and biochemical parameters mineral contents in Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad under salinity stress

Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) describes a kind of dementia with similar signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It explains the pathology of dementia with cold intemperament of the brain, which means that the brain is colder than its healthy form. ITM strategy for treatment of dementia is to heat the brain up by medical "hot" herbs. Nepeta menthoides (NM) is one of these "hot" herb...

Medicinal plants play an important role in the treatment of a wide range of diseases, even if their chemical constituents are not always completely recognized. Observations on their use and efficacy significantly contribute to the disclosure of their therapeutic properties. Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi is an aromatic herb with a mint-oregano flavor, used in the Mediterranean areas as a tradition...

The stick insect, Anisomorpha buprestoides, and the catmint, Nepeta cataria, produce closely related cyclopentanoid terpenes, anisomorphal and nepetalactone. Tracer experiments with isotopes indicate that anisomorphal is synthesized by the walking stick from normal terpene precursors (acetate or mevalonate). In the catmint plant, isolated leaf disks synthesized nepetalactone, utilizing the same...

according to previous studies, the genus rheum in iran includes four species: r. turkestanicum janisch., r. persicum losinsk., r. ribes l. and r. khorasanicum baradaran & jafari. during the long-term study, based on field and many herbaria specimens, three new species including r. iranshahrii taheri & assadi sp. nov., r. kordestanicum taheri & assadi sp. nov. and r. austro-iranicum taheri & ass...