Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 6 (1-2), 2012

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 6 (1), 2012


Contents:

Review



Barkat Ali Khan, Naveed Akhtar, Akhtar Rasul, Haroon Khan, Ghulam Murtaza, Atif Ali, Kamran Ahmad Khan, Shahiq-uz-Zaman, Adnan Jameel, Khalid Waseem and Tariq Mahmood

Human skin, aging and antioxidants


Lixia Zeng, Min Chen, Xiaozhong Lan and Zhihua Liao

Metabolic regulation of the artemisinin biosynthetic pathway in Artemisia annua L.



Research Articles



Balendra Pratap Singh and Ravi Upadhyay

Ethno-botanical importance of Pteridophytes used by the tribe of Pachmarhi, Central India


Irshad Ahmad, Arif-Ullah Khan, Bashir Ahmad Chaudhary, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Muhammad Uzair, Muhammad Akhtar and Anwarul-Hassan Gilani

Antifungal and antispasmodic activities of the extracts of Euphorbia granulata


Xiaoli Zhou, Qing Wang, Yanli Yang, Yiming Zhou, Wen Tang and Zongjie Li

Anti-infection effects of buckwheat flavonoid extracts (BWFEs) from germinated sprouts


Attiya Jabeen, Bin Guo, Bilal Haider Abbasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Tariq Mahmood

Phylogenetics of selected Mentha species on the basis of rps8, rps11 and rps14 chloroplast genes


Jaafar Abdollahi, Mohsen Ebrahimi, Hossein Ali Ramshini, Ali Ashraf Jaafari, Mostafa Eftekhari, Yaser Siah Mansouri and Mohammad Ali Sheikh Beig Goharrizi

Seed germination as the major conservation issue of endemic Iranian salvia species


Jong-Kil Jeong and Jeong-Sang Kim

The effect of Flos lonicerae on caerulein-induced pancreatitis in rats


Edewor T. I and Usman L. A

Cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity of the leaf methanolic extract of Verbena hastata


Dušica Ilić, Vesna Nikolić, Ana Ćirić, Marina Soković, Tatjana Stanojković, Tatjana Kundaković, Mihajlo Stanković and Ljubiša Nikolić

Cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity of allicin and its transformation products


Abdelfattah Badr, Wafaa Morsy, Sahar Abdelfattah, Sahar Shams and Amal Shehab

Genetic diversity in Artemisia monosperma and Artemisia judaica populations in Egypt based on morphological, karyological and molecular variations


Fahime Shokrani, Alireza Pirzad, Mohammad Reza Zardoshti and Reza Darvishzadeh

Effect of irrigation disruption and biological nitrogen on some physiological and morphological characters of leaf in Calendula officinalis L.


Cecilia Promise Maliwichi-Nyirenda, Lucy Lynn Maliwichi and Miguel Franco

Germination response of threatened African medicinal barberry (Berberis holstii) under light, stratification and temperature treatments


Kavyani A, Zare Shahne A, PorReza J, Jalali Haji-abadi S. M. A and Landy N

Evaluation of dried powder of mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, carcass traits and humoral immune responses in broiler chickens


Haitian Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Cuilin Cheng, Lei Yao, Lu Wang, Weihong Lu, Xin Yang and Fengming Ma

In-vitro free radical scavenging activities of anthocyanins from three berries



Shahid Akbar Khalil, Muhammad Ayub, Roshan Zamir, Muhammad Sajid, Ali Muhammad, Fazali-i-Wahid and Muhammad Faiq

Influence of postharvest hot water dip treatment on quality of peach fruit (Prunus persica L.)


Shili Sun, Shunshun Pan, Caijin Ling, Aiqing Miao, Shi Pang, Zhaoxiang Lai, Dong Chen and Chaoyi Zhao

Free radical scavenging abilities in vitro and antioxidant activities in vivo of black tea and its main polyphenols


Li Liu, Zaibiao Zhu, Qiaosheng Guo, Lixia Zhang, Qi He and Zhao Liu

Variation in contents of major bioactive compounds in Glechoma longituba related to harvesting time and geographic distribution


Suzana Makpol, Tengku Ahbrizal Farizal Tengku Ahmad, Zakiah Jubri, Norfadilah Rejab, Norimah Yusof and Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof

Gelam honey acting as a radioprotectant agent in gamma-irradiated human diploid fibroblasts


Supaporn Pamok, Supap Saenphet Usanee Vinitketkumnuen and Kanokporn Saenphet

Antiproliferative effect of Moringa oleifera Lam. and Pseuderanthemum palatiferum (Nees) Radlk extracts on the colon cancer cells


Ji Ae Hwang, Md Elias Hossain, Dong Ha Yun, Seung Tae Moon, Gwi Man Kim and Chul Ju Yang

Effect of shiitake [Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler] mushroom on laying performance, egg quality, fatty acid composition and cholesterol concentration of eggs in layer chickens


Margaret O. Sofidiya, Florence O. Jimoh, Adamu A. Aliero, Anthony J. Afolayan, Olukemi A. Odukoya and Oluwole B. Familoni

Evaluation of antioxidant and antibacterial properties of six Sapindaceae members


Bushra Sultana, Farooq Anwar, Muhammad Ashraf and Nazamid Saari

Effect of drying techniques on the total phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of selected fruits


Jie-wen Guo, Jian-mei Chen, Li-jing Lin and Feng Xu

Five chemical constituents of the ethyl acetate fraction from ethanol extract of semen litchi


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 6 (2), 2012


Contents:

Review



LI He, ZHOU Guo-ying, XU Jian-ping, LIU Jun-ang, ZHANG Huai-yun and TAN Yimin

Research progress on polysaccharides from Ginkgo biloba



Research Articles



M. N. Somchit, J. H. Mak, A. Ahmad Bustamam, A. Zuraini, A. K. Arifah, Y. Adam and Z. A. Zakaria

Zerumbone isolated from Zingiber zerumbet inhibits inflammation and pain in rats


Benguo Liu, Jiguo Yang, Xiaoai Zhu and Guibao Lv

Improvement of the antioxidant activity of apigenin in linoleic acid system by o-prenylation


Sunisa Sirimongkolvorakul, Tawewan Tansatit, Narin Preyavichyapugdee, Piya Kosai, Kanitta Jiraungkoorskul and Wannee Jiraungkoorskul

Efficiency of Moringa oleifera dietary supplement reducing lead toxicity in Puntius altus


Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim

Antioxidant activities of Punica granatum (pomegranate) peel extract on brain of rats


Tanawan Kummalue M. D., Monthira Suntiparpluacha M. S. and Weena Jiratchariyakul

Antiproliferative activity of combination of Thai herbal remedy and chemotherapeutic agents on human cancer cell lines


Pérez-Juárez Angélica, Pacheco-Rosado Jorge, Paniagua-Castro Norma, Alva-Sánchez Claudia and Chamorro-Cevallos Germán

Neuroprotective effect of Spirulina (Arthrospira) maxima against kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity


Mohammad Taghi Darzi, Mohammadreza Haj Seyedhadi and Farhad Rejali

Effects of the application of vermicompost and phosphate solubilizing bacterium on the morphological traits and seed yield of anise (Pimpinella anisum L.)


Chunguang Wang, Tie Zhang, Xiuhui Zhong and Zhujun Zhao

Effects of modified pulsatilla decoction on avian colibacillosis and concentrations of nitrogen oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?) in serum


Armin Oskoueian, Reza Sadrabadi Haghighi, Mahmmod Ebrahimi and Ehsan Oskoueian

Bioactive compounds, antioxidant, tyrosinase inhibition, xanthine oxidase inhibition, anticholinesterase and anti inflammatory activities of Prunus mahaleb L. seed


Ankit Shah, Sivappa Rasapalli, Charlene Mello, Bal Ram Singh and Shuowei Cai

Antibacterial activities of commonly used traditional Chinese medicines as cold and flu remedies


Yuchi He, Jinming Zhang, Hongxia Ma, Yi Tu, Jianjun Chen, Fazhi Chen, Hongliang Xu, Zhaojian Song, Detian Cai and Xiaoqiao Xue

Aerenchyma formation and increased accumulation of free proline in roots of xerophytic Aloe vera L. cultured in nutrient solutions


Aysegul Peksel, Nilay Altas-Kiymaz and Sema Imamoglu

Evaluation of antioxidant and antifungal potential of Asphodelus aestivus Brot. growing in Turkey


Ting Liu, Ke Yuan and Yanbing Zhang

Active components, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of extracts from Melicope patulinervia


Hassan Javed Chaudhary, Warda Shahid, Asghari Bano, Farman Ullah, Farooq Munis, Shah Fahad and Izhar Ahmad

In vitro analysis of Cupressus sempervirens L. plant extracts antibaterial activity


Naderidarbaghshahi Mohammadreza, Monemian Seyyed Mohammad, Zeynali Houseyn and Babak Bahari

Effects of different levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers on some agromorphological and biochemical traits of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.)


Dragana Josic, Snezana Pavlovic, Radmila Pivic, Slobodan Kuzmanovic, Sasa Stojanovic, Tatjana Popovic and Mira Starovic

Cultivated and wild plantain (Plantago major) as a host of Stolbur phytoplasma in Serbia


Li Dahui, Wang Zaigui, Liu Xueshi and Yuan Yi

Identification of the medicinal plant Dipsacus asperoides from three other species in genus Dipsacus (Dipsaceae) by internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA ITS)


Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bokhari and Dina A. W. Soliman

Antibacterial activity of Phoenix dactylifera L. leaf and pit extracts against selected Gram negative and Gram positive pathogenic bacteria


Shun-Cheng Ren, Ze-Long Liu and Peng Wang

Proximate composition and flavonoids content and in vitro antioxidant activity of 10 varieties of legume seeds grown in China


Ahmad Rashidi, Bita Mousavi, Mohammad Reza Rahmani, Mohammad Ali Rezaee, Werya Hosaini, Yousef Motaharinia, Behrouz Davari, Ghasem Zamini

Evaluation of antifungal effect of Lavandula officinalis, Salvia officinalis L., Sumac, Glycyrrhiza glabra, and Althaea officinalis extracts on Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Aspergillus flavus species


Cheng-Hong Yang, Fang-Rong Chang, Hsueh-Wei Chang, Shao-Ming Wang, Ming-Che Hsieh and Li-Yeh Chuang

Investigation of the antioxidant activity of Illicium verum extracts


Guishan Liu, Zesheng Zhang, Bo Yang and Wei He

A pilot study for evaluation of antioxidant activity of resveratrol from Polygonum cuspidatum in senescence-accelerated mice


Pramila D. M., Xavier R., Marimuthu K., Kathiresan S., Khoo M. L., Senthilkumar M., Sathya K. and Sreeramanan S.

Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial potential of methanolic leaf extract of peppermint (Mentha piperita: Lamiaceae)


Mojdeh Hakemi Vala, Jinous Asgarpanah, Mona Akbari, Fatemeh Bagheri Bejestani and Hossein Jamalifar

Preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation of the antibacterial and mutagenic activity of Rhynchocorys elephas (L.) Griseb


Mohamed E. Hamid

Effect of Nigella sativa L. (black seed) extract on some clinically significant aerobic actinomycetes


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