The evaluation of antioxidant capacity, total phenolics, vitamin C content and identification of several phenolic acids and flavonoids was performed in the following fresh and dried herbs widely used in folk medicine throughout Slovenia and elsewhere: elder berries (Sambucus nigra L.), barberries (Berberis vulgaris L.), rowan tree berries (Sorbus aucuparia L.), coltsfoot flowers (Tussilago farf...

the aim of present study was to investigate the potential antioxidant and lung protective activities of sambucus ebulus (se) against toxicity induced by gamma irradiation. hydro alcoholic extract of se (20, 50 and 100 mg/kg ) was studied for its lung protective activity. . phenol and flavonoid contents of se were determined. male c57 mice were divided into 10 groups with five mice per group. on...

introduction: macrophomina phaseolina is the causal agent of soybean charcoal rot. this disease is one of the most prevalent and destructive of soybean in the north of iran. this pathogen has broad host range and invades more than 500 plant species of 75 families, such as caprifoliaceae. symptoms on stems appear as silver-gray lesions near the base, which eventually decay the stem. plants show ...

Conventional methods for extraction of the active constituents from herbal plants, in addition to their high processing costs, are harmful to the environment owing to their time and energy consumption, uncontrollable parameters, use of toxic and dangerous solvents, loss of the extract, thermal instability, the contamination of the product with organic solvents and the loss of water-soluble comp...

The presence or absence of cyanogenic glycosides was determined for individuals from nine populations of Sambucus canadensis L. (elderberry) of east-central Illinois. In most of the populations tested, all or most of the individuals did not produce these compounds, in one, all were cyanogenic, whereas in another population this trait was highly variable. Addition of the enzyme emulsin to negati...