The aqueous extract of Verbascum mucronatum Lam. along with its fractions and secondary metabolites were assessed for their antioxidant, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory activities. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by three methods: as 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, ferrous ion-chelating effect, and ferric-reducing...

Behavioral and electroantennogram responses of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), adults were tested for several methanolic plant extracts and organically approved insecticides. Plant extracts were evaluated for their potential as antifeedants or oviposition deterrents. These extract responses were also compared to those elicited by the non-neurotoxic, o...

Genel olarak "sıracaotu" bilinen Scrophulariaceae familyası, otsu bitkilerden ve bir cinsi ise çalıdan oluşur. Familyanın yaklaşık 62 1830 tanınmış türü vardır. Türkiye’de “sığırkuyruğu” tanınan Verbascum L. (Scrophulariaceae, Lamiales) cinsi, Avrupa, Afrika Asya'daki ılıman bölgelerde geniş dağılım gösteren 360 türden Bu cinsin gen merkezi, 256 tür, 131 hibrit 13 kısmen yapay gruba bölünmüş 6 ...

BACKGROUND African Trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with a large impact on the livelihood of the rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The available drugs for managing this disease are old, expensive and are facing the problem of drug resistance. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate in vivo antitrypanosomal efficacy of aqueous and absolute methanol leaf extracts of Verbascum s...

the effect of environmental factors on plant vegetation is different. therefore, it is necessary to evaluate role of these factors in medicinal plants growth, development and essential oil. this study was performed to investigate the effect of factors on qualitative and quantitative variations of the essential oil of verbascum songaricum in its habitats in central zagros mountains, iran in 2012...