Hydrosol beverages in Persian nutrition culture and ethnomedicine are the side products of essential oil industry that are used as delicious drinks or safe remedies. To investigate indications and chemical composition of hydrosol beverages for hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular conditions, Fars province was selected as the field of study. Ethnomedical data were gathered by questionnaires. The co...

Traditional herbal plants have played a major role in healing and preventive medicine for hundreds of years. Berberis vulgaris L. var. asperma is an indigenous seedless barberry fruit variety in Iran which is commonly utilized as additive in food and has been documented to possess several pharmacological properties of medical importance. This preliminary study investigated the anticancer activi...

Tests in vitro conditions with ethanol extracts from the radix of Berberis vulgaris and flower twig Tamarix tetrandra prepared by method maceration were performed two economically important plant pathogens such as Monilia laxa Phytophthora capsici. The received results show that common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) are able to fully block growth mycelium at 0.5 % (m/v) concentration during entir...

Research on biochemical properties of Berberis vulgaris which has diverse usage areas has increased the popularity of this plant. In this study, antioxidant properties, organic acid contents and phenolic compound contents of Berberis vulgaris fruits naturally grown in Gevaş Region (Van Province/Turkey) were determined. With respect to organic acids, malic acid content was found as 1.862 g/kg, c...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Southern barberry or calafate (Berberis microphylla) is a shrub species endemic to the Patagonian region of South America that is used for human consumption. The fruit is very rich in vitamin C and anthocyanins and has a very high antioxidant capacity. There have been only a few genetic studies of this and other closely related species. • METHODS AND RESULTS...