The current research work involves preparation of fast dissolving tablets of Aceclofenac by direct compression method using different concentrations of Lepidium sativum mucilage as natural superdisintegrant. A two-factor three-level (3(2)) factorial design is being used to optimize the formulation. Nine formulation batches (D1-D9) were prepared accordingly. Two factors as independent variables ...

Extracts from European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) developed in anthroposophic medicine are based on specific pharmaceutical procedures to enhance remedy efficacy. One such anthroposophic pharmaceutical process was evaluated regarding effects on cancer cell toxicity in vitro and on colchicine tumor formation in Lepidium sativum. Anthroposophically processed Viscum album extract (APVAE) was prod...

As a kind of ephemeral plant, Lepidium apetalum Willd. in northern XinJiang shows special responsible characteristics to temperature during the germination: low temperature stratification could improve germination rate and homogeneity of L.apetalum seeds. But it could not germinate and be at stagnation stage under 4°C, while this phenomenon could be removed by the treatment with 25°C for 45 min...

The study examines the transfer factor (TF) for cesium in a soil-plant system and cesium accumulation in cress Lepidium sativum L. plants grown in hydroponic culture and subjected to root and foliar application of 0.3 mM CsCl. The experiments showed a high TF for radiocesium: 2.97 (kBq/kg plant DW)/(kBq/kg soil DW). High accumulation of cesium was observed in leaves after both root and foliar t...

Ceutorhynchus assimilis has been selected as a potential biological control agent of Lepidium draba, which is a Eurasian invasive weed in North America. Preliminary studies indicated specificity of this weevil collected in southern France on L. draba. This result was in discord with the pest status of C. assimilis found in the literature. Host-specificity tests based both on field and laborator...

The gas mixtures from cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiue inhibited growth and sporulation of Aspergillus niger and germination of seeds of Lepidium sativum. In test conditions seven volatile organic metabolites in the culture gases were identified by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) as acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, ethanol, n-propanol, isobutanoi, and a mixture of isopentanols (I part 2-methyl-...

Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for the Ibero-North African, strict gypsophyte Lepidium subulatum to unravel the effects of habitat fragmentation in levels of genetic diversity, genetic structure and gene flow among its populations. Using 454 pyrosequencing 12 microsatellite loci including di- and tri-nucleotide repeats were characterized in L. subulatum. They amplified a tota...