This study was conducted to determine the phenolic compounds that may be utilized as chemotaxonomic identify some concentration are useful for pharmaceutical purposes from 5 taxa belongs Brassicaceae family which are; Cardaria draba (L.) Desv., Lepidum aucheri Boiss., Sisymbrium irio L., officinale Scop., and septulatum DC. Leaves powder of these were collected analyzed by High-performance liqu...

Artemisinin (quinghaosu) is a natural compound, isolated from Artemisia annua L. (Compositae), of current interest in treatment of drug-resistant malaria. Aim of the current study was to hit upon novel artemisinin sources as alternative to A. annua. Therefore, ten species of the genus Artemisia (A. santonicum L., A. taurica Willd., A. spicigera K. Koch, A. herba-alba Asso, A. haussknechtii Bois...

In this study, maximum entropy models were developed in four seasons to evaluate habitat suitability and factors affecting Asian Houbara in Iran. Environmental variables used in modeling consisted of 42 environmental and climate variables for Nayband wildlife refuge and 36 environmental and climate variables for Petregan protected area. Also, seasonal overlap area were obtained using the ENM TO...

Essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Artemisia persica and Artemisia turcomanica were analyzed by GC/MS. While 28 components representing 91.01 % of A. persica were identified, the identity of 50 components, constituting 81.93 % of the total oil, was confirmed in A. turcomanica. β-thujone was the main compound (75.23%) in A. persica while the major identified phytochemicals in A. turcom...

in this study, two aphid species i.e. macrosiphoniella vallesiacae jörg & lample, 1988 on artemisia aucheri and a. sieberi and uroleucon pilosellae (börner, 1933) (hem.: aphididae) on scorzonera sp. were collected which are reported here for the first time from iran. the biometric data of the iranian populations of these two aphid species are given. an identification key to the apterous vivipar...