Two new tetracyclic cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides were isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of Citrullus colocynthis leaves together with four known cucurbitacins. Their structures were established on the basis of their spectroscopic data (mainly NMR and mass spectrometry). Evaluation of the in vitro cytotoxic activity of the isolated compounds against two human colon cancer cell lin...

Watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris Schard) is a horticultural commodity rich in nutrients that are beneficial to human health. One of the efforts increase watermelon productivity by applying organic mulch and pruning branch. This research was held July-October 2022 at Garden Faculty Agriculture, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta, Wedomartani. Field experiments using method compi...

Creating transgenic plants is invaluable for the genetic analysis of sugar beet and will be increasingly important as sugar beet genomic technologies progress. A protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugar beet is described in this chapter. Our protocol is optimized for a sugar beet genotype that performs exceptionally well in tissue culture, including the steps of dedifferentia...

Information about ethnobiological methods of more than 25 medicinal herbs spread in Azerbaijan flora used by people at cardiovascular deseases for centuries have been provided in the articcle. Also instructions on their use in presentday phytotherapy have been qiven here. Ethnobotanical characteristics of the herbs and the recipes were shown originated from ethnic sense that have come to the pr...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of microalgae spirulina platensis and chlorella vulgaris to remove nitrate and phosphate in aqueous solutions. spirulina platensis and chlorella vulgar is microalgae was collected in 1000 ml of municipal water and kno3, k2hpo4 was added as sources of nitrate and phosphate in three different concentrations (0.25, 0.35 and 0.45g/l). during the gro...

In view of the importance of this study comprehensive detailed data was collected from Holy Quran, Ahadith`s books and books written on the Islamic medicines. Present findings confined to 10 fruit plant species belonging to 10 genera of 9 families. The plant species are: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai, Cucumis sativus L., Cydonia oblonga Mill. Ficus carica L., Olea europea L., Phoenix...