Investigating Genetic Diversity and Relationships in some Henbane (Hyoscyamus spp.) Populations Based on Polymorphisms Resulting from Retrotransposon Insertion

the genus hyoscyamus belongs to the tribe hyoscyameae miers of solanaceae family. variation in protein bands elaborates the relationship among the collections from various geographical regions. in this study the seed storage protein diversity of 19 accessions of hyoscyamus (h. niger, h. reticulatus and  h. pusillus) from west azerbaijan (iran) was investigated according to the sodium dodecyl su...

Background & Aims of the Study: Malaria is an infectious disease by fever, chills and anemia; and splenomegaly genus Plasmodium parasite is the agent of it. One of the easiest and least expensive methods for preventionof this disease is removing the vector that usually has been done by insecticides and chemical pesticides, but now days due to the harmful effects of toxic chemic...

Background and Objective: Recent studies have shown that anticholinergic alkaloids compounds have strong analgesic effects. Due to presence of anticholinergic alkaloids in Hyoscyamus niger and its mentioned effects in Iranian traditional medicine, its analgesic effects were assessed. At first, acute and chronic pain thresholds in male NMRI rats with formalin test was evaluated, then oral and in...

Nematodes are very diverse and could be free-living or plant parasite species. Amongst the existing categories, most aggressive ones root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus spp.), root-knot (Meloidogyne cyst (Globodera spp.). These categories affect over 2000 susceptible crop species causing varying yield losses, reaching 100% under heavy infestations in potatoes. The common hosts include tomato (So...

The routine quality control of a herbal drug preparation requires the identification and determination of the contents of the active ingredients in the product. Measurement alone is not sufficient; it is also necessary to know how objectively to evaluate the experimental results . There are 6 Hyoscyamus (Solanaceae) species growing in Turkey, none of which are endemic. Hyoscyamus (Solanaceae) s...

Aim: Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae) has been used for treatment of mental disorders, epileptic mania, chronic dementia with insomnia. However, it is not yet studied in condition like depression. The present study was planned with an objective to evaluate its antidepressant like property in animal models of depression and to find out the possible mechanism underlying this action in mouse model of...

Thirty-four alkaloids were identified in the organs of Hyoscyamus albus L. by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GLC-MS). Eight new compounds for the roots, eleven for the stems, twelve for the leaves, nineteen for the flowers, and seven for the seeds were detected. The alkaloids 5-(2-oxopropyl)-hygrine (8) and phygrine (20) are new for this species and 3-(hydroxyacetoxy)tropane (9), ...