Forty-one methanol extracts of 28 indigenous medicinal plant species were tested for their insecticidal bioactivity against cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), adults and second nymphal instars under controlled conditions. This study is within a bioprospection context, in the form of utilizing local plant species as an alternative in sustainable agriculture dev...

Achiote leaf (Bixa orellana L.):  Acetate, acetone, achiot (Spanish Colombia), achiote (Spanish Peru), achiote seeds, achiotillo, achiotin, arnotta, arnotto (Native American), annatto, annatto extract, annatto tree, annotta, aploppas, apocarotenoids, azo dyes, biche, bija, Bixa acuminata, Bixa acuminata Bojer., Bixa americana, Bixa americana Poiret, Bixa katangensis Delpierre, Bixa odorata, Bi...

Indigofera tinctoria is one of the important plants of various traditional medicinal systems. We assessed the effect of hydromethanolic extract of Indigofera tinctoria on biochemical parameters, glutathionemetabolizing enzymes, lung specific markers and glycoproteins in N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) induced experimental lung toxicity in Swiss albino mice. Experimental subjects bearing lung cancer...

Different extracts of leaf parts of Wrightia tinctoria and fruit powder of Morinda citrifolia have been studied against replication of HIV-1(IIIB) in MT-4 cells and HCV in Huh 5.2 cells. Chloroform extract of Wrightia tinctoria exhibited a maximum protection of 48% against the cytopathic effect of HIV-1(IIIB) in MT-4 cells. Fruit juice of Morinda citrifolia exhibited a displayed marked cytotoxi...

Studies of Indigofera tinctoria Linn has shows that it possesses low toxicity. Phytochemical evaluation of leaf extract of Indigofera tinctoria Linn has been carried out to characterize some constituents present therein. Qualitative analysis of the extracts showed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids. Five compounds have been isolated from petroleum ether extract and me...

The effects of the Coreopsis tinctoria extracts on anti-aging were observed by investigating the cerebral index and viscera indexes, the contents of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the serums, the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in the brain tissues and the ones of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the liver tissues of the aging model mice. The...

Croatian records of the critically endangered Anthemis tomentosa are very scarce. One population was known, from southernmost Istria, within Significant Landscape Lower Kamenjak and Medulin Archipelago. First 19th century were regarded as dubious, but species finally confirmed on Rt Franina (surroundings Premantura) in end 90’ties. During our visits to southern we found four new localities this...