The aquatic plant Ipomoea aquatica is a widely consumed vegetable in Southeast Asia. It often grows in waters serving as recipients for domestic and other types of wastewater. These waters contain not only nutrients, but also a wide variety of pollutants, including heavy metals, posing a risk to the population. In addition, fertilizers are generally used in the commercial cultivation of I. aqua...

The aim of this research was to determine chemical composition and insecticidal activity of the essential oil of Illicium pachyphyllum fruits against two grain storage insects, Sitophilus zeamais and Tribolium castaneum, and to isolate any insecticidal constituents from the essential oil. The essential oil of I. pachyphyllum fruits was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. A tota...

Introduction: Mentha piperita L, a lesser-known and partly proved drug in homoeopathy, is used extensively as herbal medicine.

Streszczenie W pracy przedstawiono nowe stanowiska 18 rzadkich (lub regionalnie rzadkich) roślin naczyniowych w Polsce (rodzimych i obcych), tj. Allium victorialis , Asclepias syriaca Carex brizoides Cephalanthera rubra Cypripedium calceolus Eragrostis albensis Erysimum pieninicum Gentiana cruciata Lepidium coronopus L. latifolium Limosella aquatica Lycopodiella inundata Orobanche centaurina O....

Changes in essential oil composition of peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) affected by yeast extract and salicylic acid foliar application

Traditional health care is utilized by a large majority of the population in southern Africa. This is particularly true of treatment for mental health problems. A large part of the treatment regimes used by traditional healers involve numerous herbal preparations. Twenty plants used traditionally were screened for MAO inhibition and specific MAO-B inhibition activity. MAO-B inhibitors are curre...

Essential oils obtained from plants have recently gained a great scientific interest as a potent source of antimicrobials of natural origin. The present study highlights the antifungal activity of essential oils against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger. During screening of essential oils of six selected Angiospermic plants at 2000 ppm (mg/l) against the test fungus, Mentha arvensis and ...

Article history: Received on: 25/12/2013 Revised on: 08/02/2014 Accepted on: 23/05/2014 Available online: 28/06/2014 The effect of tissue cultured and tissue culture derived Mentha species viz. Mentha piperita(PPR611), Mentha arvensis (SH) and Mentha spicata (SPR 8) on antioxidant potential using lipid peroxidation model was studied. The extracts prepared were analyzed for total phenols and fla...