Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (Special), 2011

Contents:

1. DNA barcoding as a means for identifying medicinal plants of Pakistan
M. Schori and A.M. Showalter

2. Efforts on conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants of Pakistan
Zabta Khan Shinwari and M. Qaiser

3. Medicinal plant collection and taxonomic identification
S. I. Ali

4. Water stress mediated changes in growth, physiology and secondary metabolites of Desi Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.)
Nazila Azhar, Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf and Karim Yar Abbasi

5. In vitro plant regeneration in Sinapis alba and evaluation of its radical scavenging activity
Bilal Haider Abbasi, Abdur Rashid, Mubarak Ali Khan, Mohammad Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Nisar Ahmad and Tariq Mahmood

6. Ecological consequences, genetic and chemical variations in fragmented populations of a medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda and implications for its conservation
Syed Abdullah Gilani, Yoshiharu Fujii, Akira Kikuchi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Kazuo N. Watanabe

7. Medicinal flora of the Cholistan desert: a review
Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Quriany, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Younis and Nargis Naz

8. Chemistry of genus Lantana
Hidayat Hussain, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari

9. Physico-chemical, phytochemical evaluation and dpph-scavenging antioxidant potential in medicinal plants used for herbal formulation in Pakistan
Hina Fazal, Nisar Ahmad and Mir Ajab Khan

10. Seasonal variation in some medicinal and biochemical ingredients in Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf, Mumtaz Hussain and Muhammad Yasin Ashraf

11. Traditional drug therapies from various medicinal plants of central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hussain, Asghari Bano and Faizan Ullah

12. Antioxidant, antitumor activities and phytochemical investigation of Hedera nepalensis K.koch, an important medicinal plant from Pakistan
Simab Kanwal, Nazif Ullah, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Imran Afzal And Bushra Mirza

13. Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical profile and trace minerals of black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) fresh juice
Nauman Khalid, Sardar Atiq Fawad and Iftikhar Ahmed

14. Residual value analyses of the medicinal flora of the Western Himalayas: the Naran valley, Pakistan
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page, Habib Ahmad

15. Ethnobotanical survey of plants from Neelum, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Adeel Mahmood, Riffat Naseem Malik, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Aqeel Mahmood

16. Medicinal plants - a potent antibacterial source against bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice
Rukhsana Jabeen

17. Analgesic and antiemetic activity of Cleome viscosa L.
Salman Ahmed, Munnawar Sultana, Muhammad Mohtasheem Ul Hasan and Iqbal Azhar

18. In vitro inhibition potential of four Chenopod halophytes against microbial growth
Samiullah and Asghari Bano

19. Species richness, ethnobotanical species richness and human settlements along a himalayan altitudinal gradient: prioritizing plant conservation in Palas valley, Pakistan
Zafeer Saqib, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari, Zabta Khan Shinwari

20. Ethnobotanical study of Kohat Pass (Pakistan)
Shehla Shinwari, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Elias Baydoun

21. Authentication of herbal medicine neem (Azadirachta indica A.Juss.) by using taxonomic and pharmacognostic techniques
Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Asghari Bano, Muhammad Zafar and Zabta Khan Shinwari

22. Major phenolic acids of local and exotic mint germplasm grown in Islamabad
Riffat Tahira, Muhammad Naeemullah, Fazal Akbar and Muhammad Shahid Masood

23. Antibacterial activity in herbal products used in Pakistan
Cynthia Walter, Zabta K. Shinwari, Imran Afzal and Riffat N. Malik

24. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and gas chromatography analysis of Jasminum sambac essential oil
Adnan Younis, Aqsa Mehdi and Atif Riaz

25. Antimicrobial potentials of Eclipta alba by well diffusion method
Jehan Bakht, Amjad Islam and Mohammad Shafi

26. Phytotherapy: research gaps in Pakistan
Abdul Ghafoor, Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

27. Estimation of antimicrobial potential of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex Fr.) Karst. extracts
Ghazala Nasim And Muhammad Ali

28. NARC-Kalonji: An early maturing and high yielding variety of Nigella sativa released for cultivation in Pakistan
Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Shahid Masood

29. Eefficacy evaluation of Azadirachta indica, calotropis procera, datura stramonium and Tagetes erecta against root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita
Muhammad Arshad Hussain, Tariq Mukhtar and Muhammad Zameer Kayani


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26-30), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26), 2011


Contents:

Review



Sun Yan-Lin, Liu Lin-De and Hong Soon-Kwan

Eleutherococcus senticosus as a crude medicine: Review of biotechnological effects


A. Maroyi and L. J. G. van der Maesen

Gloriosa superba L. (family Colchicaceae): Remedy or poison?


Muhammad Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Treatment of premenstrual syndrome



Research Articles



Mohd Fahami Nur Azlina, Yusof Kamisah, Reeny FA Rahman and Othman Faizah

Piper sarmentosum Roxb protects lungs against oxidative stress induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats


Jegede I. A., Ibrahim, J. A. and Kunle O. F.

Phytochemical and pharmacognostic studies of the leaf and stem-bark of Anthocleista vogelii (Planch)


Muhammad Azam Khan, Shahzad Akbar Khan, Muhammad Akhtar Qureshi, Gulzar Ahmed, Mir Ajab Khan, Mazhar Hussain and Ghulam Mujtaba Ghulam

Ethnobotany of some useful plants of Poonch Valley Azad Kashmir


Jin-Jie MA, Li-Ping KANG, Wen-Bin ZHOU, He-Shui YU, Ping LIU and Bai-Ping MA

Identification and characterization of saponins in extract of Ziziphi spinosae Semen (ZSS) by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole time-of-?ight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MSE)


Milić MATOVIĆ, Biljana BOJOVIĆ and MARINA JUŠKOVIĆ

Composition of essential oils from three classes of juniper fruit from Serbia


Sadia Ata, Faiza Farooq and Shabnam Javed

Elemental profile of 24 common medicinal plants of Pakistan and its direct link with traditional uses


Muhammad Shehzad, Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Ayub, Khuram Mubeen, Naeem Sarwar, Muhammad Ibrahim and Imran Qadir

Effect of weed-crop competition on growth and yield of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.)


Pansa Monkheang, Runglawan Sudmoon, Tawatchai Tanee, Kowit Noikotr, Nat Bletter and Arunrat Chaveerach

Species diversity, usages, molecular markers and barcode of medicinal Senna species (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) in Thailand


Fadlina Chany Saputri and Ibrahim Jantan

Effects of selected medicinal plants on human low-density lipoprotein oxidation, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals and human platelet aggregation


Tsu-Shing Wang, Chong-Kuei Lii, Yuan-Ching Huang, Jen-Yun Chang and Fang-Yue Yang

Anticlastogenic effect of aqueous extract from water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)


Chih-Chien Lin, Chao-Hsun Yang, Pey-Shiuan Wu, Chang-Chin Kwan and Yi-Shyan Chen

Antimicrobial, anti-tyrosinase and antioxidant activities of aqueous aromatic extracts from forty-eight selected herbs


Ahmad Yari Khosoushahi, Hossein Naderi-Manesh and Yadollah Omidi

Effects of Camellia sinensis L. extract and cysteine on browning, growth and paclitaxel production of subcultured Taxus brevifolia L. calli


Yashwant S. Rawat and Colin S. Everson

Inula racemosa Hook. f: A potential medicinal crop in the cold desert agro-ecosystem of North Western Himalaya, India


Riffat Ayesha, Noreen Fatima, Misbah Ruqayya, Hina Faheem, Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Usman Ali and Atif Kamal

Influence of different growth media on the fruit quality and reproductive growth parameters of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)


Mohammed Adefa Seid and Berhanu Abraha Tsegay

Ethnobotanical survey of traditional medicinal plants in Tehuledere district, South Wollo, Ethiopia


Uzma Bashir, Arshad Javaid and Rukhsana Bajwa

Comparative tolerance of different rice varieties to sunflower phytotoxicity


Akhtar Rasul, Naveed Akhtar, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shahiq uz Zaman, Atif Ali, Haji M. Shoaib Khan and Rashida Parveen

Evaluation for antierythmic and depigmenting effects of a newly formulated emulsion containing basil extract


Riaz Ullah

Immunomodulatory activities of different crude fractions of Nepeta juncea


H. M. Asif, M. Akram, Shahab Uddin, Zahoor Ul Hasan, Abdul Sami, Asif Iqbal, Umar Tauseef and Abdul Bari

Myrtus communis Linn. (Pharmacological activity)




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (27), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Sergio Mota-Fernández, José David Álvarez-Solis, Miguel Abud-Archila, Luc Dendooven and Federico A. Gutiérrez-Miceli

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus concentration on plant growth and phenols in micropropagated Aloe vera L. plantlets


Soo-Hyun Park, Yun-Beom Sim, Seon-Mi Kim, Yu-Jung Kang, Jin-Koo Lee, Soon-Sung Lim, Jin-Kyu Kim and Hong-Won Suh

Antinociceptive profiles and mechanisms of orally administered Aster Koraiensis extract in the mouse


KADJA Amani Brice, MAMYRBÉKOVA-BÉKRO Janat Akhanovna, BENIE Anoubilé, BOUA Boua Benson, N’GAMAN Kohué Christelle and BEKRO Yves-Alain

Erythrophleum africanum Afzel. (Caesalpiniaceae), an African toothpick: Phytochemical screening, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity


Baolin Bian, Agnieszka Lower-Nedza, Jianfang Song, Hongjie Wang and Adelheid Brantner

Validation of a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the quality control of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulation, Traditional Chinese formula Huanglianjiedutang (HLJDT)


Jinwei Xia, Xiuzhen Zhang, Xiyun Ye, Jiang Liu, Lishan Wang and Yuan Zhong

Intervention study of Ginkgo biloba extract in rat model of lipid-induced insulin resistance


Daniel Zin Hua Wong and Habsah Abdul Kadir

Antioxidative and neuroprotective effects of Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr (Loranthaceae) against oxidative stress in NG108-15 cells


S. Habib Naqvi, M. Umar Dahot, M. Rafiq, M. Yakoub Khan, Imran Ibrahim, Khalid H. Lashari, Asghar Ali and A. L. Korai

Anti-microbial efficacy and biochemical analysis from different parts of Acacia nilotica L. and Ricinus communis L. extracts


Jegede, A., Oladosu, P., Ameh, S., Kolo, I., Izebe, K., Builders, P., Yahaya T., Okhale, S., Mustapha, B., Busu, S., Shittu, H. and Gamaniel, K.

Status of management of diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Nigeria


El-Adawi H., El-Azhary D., Abd El-Wahab A. and El-Shafeey M. and Abdel-Mohsen M.

Protective effect of milk thistle and grape seed extracts on fumonisin B1 induced hepato- and nephro-toxicity in rats


Heng Zhao, Yang Zhang, Bo Liu, Ke Meng and Chunyan Wang

Effects of salidroside on the protection of diabetic encephalopathy and improvement of abilities of learning and memory in rat


Kuipo Yan, Yong Guo, Zhihua Xing, Xing Wei, Shengping Dai, Xinhua Sun and Min Duan

Dan-Shen-Yin has integrated protective effects in diabetic atherosclerosis rat models


Mozhgan Farzami Sepehr, Seyed Behnameddin Jameie and Bahareh Hajijafari

The Cuscuta kotschyana effects on breast cancer cells line MCF7


Suzana Augustino, John B. Hall, Fortunatus B. S. Makonda and Romanus C. Ishengoma

Medicinal Resources of the Miombo woodlands of Urumwa, Tanzania: Plants and its uses


Samaneh Ghasemi Fard, Rosalina Tan Roslan Tan, Ajwad Awad Mohammed, Goh Yong Meng, Sharifah Kharidah Syed Muhamad, Karim Alwan AL-Jashamy and Suhaila Mohamed

Wound healing properties of Eucheuma cottonii extracts in Sprague-Dawley rats


M. Shaban, M. F. Ali and Mohamed H. Gaber

Photochemical targeted drug delivery of liposomal membrane embedded photoreceptor hypericin




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (28), 2011


Contents:

Review



Saeed Ahmad, Huma Rao, Muhammad Akhtar, Irshad Ahmad, Muhammad Munawar Hayat, Zafar Iqbal and Nisar-ur-Rahman

Phytochemical composition and pharmacological prospectus of Ficus bengalensis Linn. (Moraceae)- A review


Research Articles



Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


Hongfang Zhao, Linzhang Huang, Luping Qin and Baokang Huang

Antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties of Chushizi oil from Fructus Broussonetiae


Yu Jiang, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Ruiwu Yang, Yonghong Zhou and Li Tang

Identification of the genus Epimedium with DNA barcodes


Raihana R., Faridah Q. Z., Julia A. A., Abdelmageed A. H. A. and Mihdzar Abdul Kadir

In vitro culture of Curcuma mangga from rhizome bud


Tehmina Asmat, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Zafar, Fouzia Manzoor, Mamoona Munir, Kulsoom Akhtar, Shazia Bashir, Tehmeena Mukhtar, Madiha Ambreen and Sidra Nisar Abbasi

Pollen morphology of selected species of Scrophulariaceae of District Dir Upper, Pakistan


Baoli Xu, Xiankuan Li, Yongrui Bao, Huijie Guan, Liang Xu and Bing Wang

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) determination of the trace element of Physalis alkekengi L. and its influence on the succession cropping obstacle


Ajibade A. J., Fakunle P. B., Ashamu E. A. and Owolabi S. O.

Some morphological changes on the kidney of adult Wistar rats following administration of crude extract of Ocimum gratissimum


Faiza Khan, Zubaida Yousaf, Sumaria Rani and Farah Khan

Taxonomic treatment of medicinally important arboreal flora of tropical and subtropical region based on leaf epidermal anatomical markers


Seyyed Najmedin Mortazavi, Mahmoud Mohebbi and Yavar Sharafi

Effects of nanosilver and sucrose on vase life of cut Rose flower (Rosa hybrid cv. ‘Royal’)


Firoz Anwar, Salem S. Alghamdi, Megahed H. Ammar and K. H. M. Siddique

An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol for faba bean (Vicia faba L.)


Farah Khan, Amina Younas, Shabnum shaheeen, Zubaida Yousaf, Khadija Gilani, Maleeha Munawar, Zaryab Khalid Sial, Mushtaq Ahma2 and Muhammad Zafar

Scavenging evaluation of copper and cadmium during in vivo and in vitro growth of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. by atomic absorption spectroscopy


Umar K. J., Rabah A. B., Na’ala M., Bello M., Ibrahim M. L. and Garba M.

Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of Celosia leptostachya Benth leaves on some selected clinical isolates





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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (29), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Jin-Taek Hwang, Chang Won Ahn, Hyun Jin Kim, Kyung Ae Lee, Ock Jin Park and Dae Young Kwon

Black soybean peptide mixture purified from Rhynchosia volubilis exerts antioxidant activity against H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and improves thrombosis



Buket Kunduhoglu, Mine Kurkcuoglu, Mehmet Emin Duru and Kemal Husnu Can Baser

Antimicrobial and anticholinesterase activities of the essential oils isolated from Salvia dicroantha Stapf., Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn and Bornm.) Bornm. and Salvia wiedemannii Boiss.


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani

Average stem biomass of Prangos cheilanthifolia as a medicinal plant in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


Wenqian Chen, Yanqing Zhang, Junbo Xie, Tianyan Zhou and Wei Lu

Antagonism activity against acute myocardial ischemia of Paeoniflorin and its pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling in rats



Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ines Ben Chobba, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical constituents and antioxidant properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil cultivated from the South-Western of Tunisia


Javid Hussain, Najeeb ur Rehman, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Liaqat Ali, Riaz Ullah, Fazal Mabood, Hidayat Hussain and Mohammad Ismail

Nutritional prospects and mineral compositions of selected vegetables from Dhoda sharif – Kohat


Fatemeh Ashtiania and Fatemeh Sefidkonb

Tropane alkaloids of Atropa belladonna L. and Atropa acuminata Royle ex Miers plants


Qiu-Mei Quan, Zeng-Li Fang, Wei Wu and Yun-xiang Li

Comparative analysis of morphological characteristics and effective composition content of wild and cultivated Epimedium pubescens and Epimedium wushanense (Berberidaceae)


Kai Zhao, Zhugang Li, Nan Ge, Xiuliang Li, Xin Wang and Dongpo Zhou

Investigation of fermentation conditions and optimization of medium for taxol production from taxol-producing fungi


Sumana Das, Kuntal Das and Veenapani Dubey

Inhibitory activity and phytochemical assessment of ethno-medicinal plants against some human pathogenic bacteria


Marcel Pârvu, Alina Elena Pârvu, Laurian Vlase, Oana Roşca-Casian, Ovidiu Pârvu and Mihai Puşcaş

Allicin and alliin content and antifungal activity of Allium senescens L. ssp. montanum (F. W. Schmidt) Holub ethanol extract


Chunhui Yin, Peiqin Li, Hongjun Li, Lijian Xu, Jianglin Zhao, Tijiang Shan and Ligang Zhou

Enhancement of diosgenin production in Dioscorea zingiberensis seedling and cell cultures by beauvericin from the endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens Dzf2


Hai-jin Shen, Qiao-sheng Guo and Hai-ling Fang

Impact of different colored shade polyethylene and maturation on development of flavonoids and phenolic acids in flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum L.


Xian-zhong Peng, Shao-shui Chen, Fang-ling Ning, Mian-li Li

Evaluation of in vitro antioxidant and antitumour activities of Astragalus membranaceus aqueous extract


Erkan Kalipci

Investigation of decontamination effect of Phragmites australis for Konya domestic wastewater treatment


E. Mohiuudin, M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Medicinal potentials of Alpinia galanga


L. L. Zhai, T. Liu, H. Q. Xie, Y. H. Xie and Q. Mu

Inhibition effects on HBV replication by hydrophobic extracts from Ferula ferulaeoides (Steud.) Korov



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (30), 2011


Contents:

Review



Yazdani, D., Tan, Y. H., Zainal Abidin, M. A. and Jaganath, I. B

A review on bioactive compounds isolated from plants against plant pathogenic fungi



Research Articles



Olivera Politeo, Irena Botica, Tea Bilusic, Mila Jukic, Ivana Carev, Franko Burcul and Mladen Milos

Chemical composition and evaluation of acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from Dalmatian endemic species Pinus nigra Arnold ssp. dalmatica (Vis.) Franco


Tauheeda Riaz, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Tayyaba Shahzadi, Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui, Hira Khalid and Muhammad Ajaib

In vitro assessment of fortification from oxidative stress by various fractions of Rhynchosia pseudo-cajan


Qizhi Wang, Aoxue Luo, Yijun Fan, Aoshuang Luo and Jianfu Liu

In vitro antioxidant activity of Polysaccharide from Sedum aizoon L. extracts


Mehdi Ghanavati, Sadollah Houshmand, Hossein Zainali and Farid Ejlali

Salinity effects on germination and growth of chamomile genotypes


F. Akwatulira, S. Gwali, P. Ssegawa, J. B. L. Okullo, S. B. Tumwebaze, J. R. Mbwambo and A. Muchugi

Vegetative propagation of Warburgia ugandensis Sprague: An important medicinal tree species in eastern Africa


Oyebanji, Olanike Bukola and Saba, Adebowale Bernard

Phytochemistry and in vitro anti-oxidant activities of Stellaria media, Cajanus cajan and Tetracera potatoria methanolic extracts


Baoyang Wei, Liang Cao, Shunxiang Li, Dan Huang, Guangxian Cai and Lu Xiangyang

Population structure of Euodia rutaecarpa in China revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP)


Francis M. Awah, Chika M. Kamen, Ifeobu C. Ezenwa, Ken Francis Ogbudumukpa and Magdalene P. Umoh

In vivo antioxidant potentials of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract on acute butylated hydroxytoluene-induced oxidative stress in Wistar rats


Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


L. Maness, N. Sneed, B. Hardy, J. Yu, M. Ahmedna and I. Goktepe

Anti-proliferative effect of Pleurotus tuberregium against colon and cervical cancer cells


B. M. Agaie and P. A. Onyeyili

In vitro anthelmintic activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Anogeissus leiocarpus and its phytochemical, proximate and elemental contents


Jameel Bzour, Sawsan Oran, Mohammad Khaleel, Sundus Mashallah and Yasser Bustanji

Inhibitory effects of methanolic extract of Salvia fruticosa Mill. on pro-inflammatory cytokines production in RAW 264.7 in vitro cellular model and in Balb/c mice in vivo animal model


Min Zhang, Navam S Hettiarachchy, Ronny Horax, Arvind Kannan, Apputhury Praisoody M. D., Arumugam Muhundan and Chandrasekhara Reddy Mallangi

Phytochemicals, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Hibiscus sabdariffa, Centella asiatica, Moringa oleifera and Murraya koenigii leaves


Fatima N. and Anis M.

Thidiazuron induced high frequency axillary shoot multiplication in Withania somnifera L. Dunal


Smail Aazza, Badiâ Lyoussi and Maria G. Miguel

Antioxidant activity of some Morrocan hydrosols




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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (2), 2011

Contents:


1. Obituary - Dr. Mohammed Nizamuddin
Mustafa Shameel

2.Pollen morphology of some Onosma species (Boraginaceae) from Turkey
Riza Binzet

3. Micromorphological studies on nutlets of some Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) species from Turkey
Oznur Ergen Akcin and Riza Binzet

4. A numerical taxonomy of the genus Sedum L., from Pakistan and Kashmir
Ghulam Rasool Sarwar and Muhammad Qaiser

5. Studies on its sequences and systematic classification of Osmanthus
Longdou Lu, Hongying Duan, Zhiyuan Lu, Xinwei Li, Zhiqiang Duan and Xiao Sun

6. Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants of Chagharzai valley, district Buner, Pakistan
Naveed Alam, Z.K. Shinwari, Muhammad Ilyas and Zahid Ullah

7. Ethnobotanical studies of selected plant species of Ratwal village, district Attock, Pakistan
Mehwish Jamil Noor and Ume Kalsoom

8. Ethnobotanical study of some elite plants belonging to Dir, Kohistan valley, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Ali Hazrat, Mohammad Nisar, Jehandar Shah and Shujaat Ahmad

9. Important medicinal plants of Chitral Golnational Park (CGNP) Pakistan
Nasrullah Khan, Moinuddin Ahmed, Ajaz Ahmed, S.S. Shaukat, Muhammad Wahab, Muhammad Ajaib, Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui and Muhammad Nasir

10. Anatomical and micromorphological peculiarities of Adonis vernalis L. (Ranunculaceae)
Irina Neta Gostin

11. Taxonomic significance of cypsela morphology for the tribe mutisieae (s.l.) (Asteraceae) from Pakistan
Rubina Abid and Jan Alam

12. Pollen germination capacity and viability in Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley (Cucurbitaceae)
Shaukat Ali Khan and Anjum Perveen

13. Influence of pollen source and pollination frequency on fruit drop, yield and quality of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki
Muhammad Shafique, Ahmad S. Khan, Aman U. Malik, Muhamamd Shahid, Ishtiaq A. Rajwana, Basharat A. Saleem, Muhammad Amin and Iftikhar Ahmad

14. Determination of pollen grain viability and germination levels for pistachio and terebinth in Aydin /Turkey Ecology
Gonca Günver-Dalkiliç and Özden Dayi-Dogru

15. First report on the biodiversity of Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan
Rahmatullah Qureshi, Waseem Ahmad Khan, G.R. Bhatti, Babar Khan, Shahid Iqbal, Mohammad Shafiq Ahmad, Mohammad Abid and Atif Yaqub

16. Vegetation classification along Hanna lake, Baluchistan using ordination techniques
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad and Tahira Yasmin

17. Ecological significance of diversity in leaf tissue architecture of some species/cultivars of the genus Rosa L.
Tahira Nawaz, Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Qurainy, M. Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Younis and Muslim Hayat

18. Tagetes erectus L. - A potential resolution for management of Parthenium hysterophorus L.
Shazia Shafique, Rukhsana Bajwa and Sobiya Shafique

19. Proximate composition and functional properties of rhizomes of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) from Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam Shad, Haq Nawaz, Mazhar Hussain and Beena Yousuf

20. Improving wheat productivity through source and timing of nitrogen fertilization
Mohammad Tariq Jan, Mohammad Jamal Khan, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Arif, Farhatullah, Dawood Jan, Muhammad Saeed and Mohammad Zahir Afridi

21. Effect of cropping system and residue management on maize
Muhammad Arif, Mohammad Tariq Jan, Mohammad Jamal Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Iqbal Munir, Ziauddin, Habib Akbar, Shahenshah and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

22. Maize as fodder under cereals based rotation with legume as catch crop and mineral N
Ghulam Habib, M.F. Hassan, M. Akmal, S. Ahmad and Ghufranullah

23. Agronomic trials on sugarcane crop under Faisalabad conditions, Pakistan
Lall Khan Babar, Tehreema Iftikhar, Hammad Naqi Khan and Arif Hamid Makhdum

24. Dual purpose wheat for forage and grain yield in response to cutting, seed rate and nitrogen
Shad K. Khalil, Faridoon Khan, A. Rehman, Fida Muhammad, Amanullah, A.Z. Khan, S. Wahab, S. Akhtar, M. Zubair, I.H. Khalil, M. Kalan Shah and Humayun Khan

25. Crop rotation impact on soil quality
I. Aziz, M. Ashraf, T. Mahmood and K.R. Islam

26. Effect of seed rate on growth, yield components and yield of mash bean grown under irrigated conditions of arid uplands of Balochistan, Pakistan
Abdul Kabir Khan Achakzai and Syed Allahdad Taran

27. Assessment of variability in fruit quality parameters of Pyrus germplasm collected from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan)
Maqsood Ahmed, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Muhammad Siddique Awan and M. Ashiq Rabbani

28. Bimonthly nutrient application programme on calcareous soil improves flowering and fruit set in mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Raheel Anwar, Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Yaseen, Waqar Ahmad and Muhammad Nafees

29. Physiochemical traits, productivity and net return of wheat as affected by phosphorus and zinc requirements under arid climates
Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Riaz Ahmad, Muhammad Arif Ali, Niaz Ahmed and Shafqat Saeed

30. Performance of various snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) cultivars as cut flower in Punjab, Pakistan
Anum Shafique, Muhammad Maqbool, Muhammad Azher Nawaz and Waqar Ahmed

31. Effect of temperature stress on polyphenol oxidase activity in grains of some wheat cultivars
Waqas Khan Kayani, Syed Abdul Majid, Tariq Mahmood, S.M.S Naqvi and Abdul Waheed

32. Response of two rice varieties viz., Khushboo-95 and Mehak to different levels of boron
Javaid Ahmed Shah, Muhmmad Yousuf Memon, Muhmmad Aslam, Nizamuddin Depar, Niaz Ali Sial and Parvez Khan

33. The effect of using waste water for tomato
Mohammad Jamal Khan, Mohammad Tariq Jan, Farhatullah, Naqib Ullah Khan, Mohammad Arif, Sajida Perveen, Shah Alam and Abbas Ullah Jan

34. Extracellular enzyme production by indigenous thermophilic bacteria: Partial purification and characterization of ? –amylase by Bacillus sp. WA21.
Wajeeha Asad, Maria Asif and Sheikh Ajaz Rasool

35. Alginate production by a mutant strain of Azotobacter vinelandii using shake flask fermentation
Zahid Ali Butt, Ikram-ul-Haq and Muhammad Abdul Qadeer

36. Tissue culture of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) in Pakistan
Altaf Hussain, Shamma Naz, Hummera Nazir and Zabta Khan Shinwari

37. Microcosm studies for the biodegradation of carbaryl in soil
Tatheer Alam Naqvi, Nisar Ahmed Kanhar, Abdul Hussain Shar, Masroor Hussain and Safia Ahmed

38. Characterization of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars grown in turkey by SDS-page of seed proteins
Ismet Berber and Fikret Yaşar

39. Comparative effects of NaCl and sea salt on seed germination of Arthrocnemum indicum
Saira Saeed, Bilquees Gul and M. Ajmal Khan

40. Inter- and intra-specific variation in SDS-page of seed proteins of three Poa L. (Poaceae) species
Ahmet Tamkoc and Emine Arslan

41. Role of abscisic acid and proline in salinity tolerance of wheat genotypes
Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Javed Khan, Mohammad Aman Khan and Raziuddin

42. Tolerance and toxicity levels of boron in mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) cultivars at early growth stages
Ammarah Hasnain, Seema Mahmood, Saeed Akhtar, Saeed A. Malik and Nahidah Bashir

43. Influence of elevated level of CO2 on biochemical parameters of Glycine max (L.) Merr., inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Neelofer Hamid, Afshan Rehman and Faiza Jawaid

44. Determination of pesticide residues in fruits of Nawabshah district, Sindh, Pakistan
Tahir Anwar, Imtiaz Ahmad and Seema Tahir

45. Gene action in some yield attributes of bread wheat under two water regimes
Ghulam Rabbani, Abid Mahmood, Ghulam Shabbir, Kausar Nawaz Shah and Naeem-ud-Din

46. Identification of two Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) variants from naturally infected sugarcane crop in Pakistan
M. Saleem Haider, Shahid Afghan, Haroon Riaz, M. Arshad Javed, Naeem Rashid And Javed Iqbal

47. An improved method for total RNA isolation from recalcitrant loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) buds
Huwei Song, Yuexue Liu, Guibing Hu, Yonghua Qin and Shunquan Lin

48. Genetic analysis of Rhododendron mutants using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)
Cimen Atak, Ozge Celik and Leyla Acik

49. Agronomic and molecular evaluation of induced mutant rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines in Egypt
Tariq Shehzad, Abd Allah, Abd El Naby Abd Allah, Megahed Helmy Ammar and Amr Farouk Abdelkhalik

50. Genetic diversity analysis for agro-morphological and seed quality traits in rapeseed (Brassica campestris L.)
Muhammad Yousuf, Saif Ullah Ajmal, Muhammad Munir and Abdul Ghafoor

51. Additive main effect and multiplicative anaylysis of synthetic-derived bread wheat under varying moisture regimes
Fida Mohammad, O.S. Abdalla, S. Rajaram, Ala’a Yaljarouka, Naqib Ullah Khan, Amir Zaman Khan, Shad Khan Khalil, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Ijaz Ahmad and Sultan Akbar Jadoon

52. Radio sensitivity of rice genotypes to gamma radiations based on seedling traits and physiological indices
Aqsa Tabasum, Akbar Ali Cheema, Amjad Hameed, Muhammad Rashid and Muhammad Ashraf

53. Investigation of genetic diversity in black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]
Saima Shafique, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nisar and Shafiqure-ur-Rehman

54. Evaluation of genetic diversity in different Pakistani wheat land races
Tariq Mahmood, Ayesha Siddiqua, Awais Rasheed and Nazia Nazar

55. Combining ability for yield related traits in Brassica juncea
Naushad Ali Turi, Raziuddin, Farhatullah, Naqib Ullah Khan, Ghulam Hassan, Jehan Bakht, Sajid Khan and Mohammad Shafi

56. Investigation and comparison of some morphological traits of the soybean populations using cluster analysis
M. Faisal Anwar Malik, Muhammad Ashraf, Afsari S. Qureshi And Muhammad Rashid Khan

57. Microsatellite diversity among Tunisian date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) subpopulations
Hamza Hammadi, Giovanni Giuseppi Vendramin and Ferchichi Ali

58. Identification of susceptible and tolerant gram (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes against gram pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) (Hubner)
Muhammad Sarwar, Nazir Ahmad and Muhammad Toufiq

59. Effect of foliar-applied boron and manganese on growth and biochemical activities in sunflower under saline conditions
Nusrat Jabeen and Rafiq Ahmad

60.Somatic embryogenesis and shoot regeneration induced in cucumber leaves
Muhammad Usman, Zahoor Hussain and B. Fatima

61. Heritability analysis for seed yield and yield related components in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) based on genetic difference
Syeda Nasreen, Zarrin Fatima, Mehwish Ishaque, Akbar Shah Mohmand, Mukhtar Khan, Rashid Khan and M. Fayyaz Chaudhary

62. Antibacterial potential in Parthenium hysterophorus, Stevia rebaudiana and Ginkgo biloba
Hina Fazal, Nisar Ahmad, Ikram Ullah, Humaira Inayat, Lajber Khan and Bilal Haider Abbasi

63. Antioxidant attributes of four Lamiaceae essential oils
Abdullah Ijaz Hussain, Farooq Anwar, Tahira Iqbal and Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti

64. Biochemical characterization of anti-microbial activity of glycolipids produced by Rhodococcus erythropolis
A. Abdel-Megeed, A.N. Al-Rahma, A.A. Mostafa and K. Husnu Can Baser

65. Purification and bioassays of bioactive fraction from Curcuma longa against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae causing BLB disease in rice
Rukhsana Jabeen, Muhammad Ashraf, Iftikhar Ahmad and Tehreema Iftikhar

66.Ecological screening of lipolytic cultures and process optimization for extracellular lipase production from fungal hyperproducer
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Mamona Anwer, Syed Qaiser Abbas, Muhammad Saleem and Rukhsana Jabeen

67. Phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity of Eruca sativa seed
Muhammad Gulfraz, Alia Sadiq, Hira Tariq, Muhammad Imran, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Asyia Zeenat

68. Optimization of culture conditions for the production of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase from newly isolated Aspergillus fumigatus from soil
Adil Farooq Lodhi, Fariha Hasan, Ziaullah Shah, Abdul Hameed, Shah Faisal and Aamer Ali Shah

69. Some additions to the uredinales of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ & K), Pakistan
N.S. Afshan, S.H. Iqbal, A.N. Khalid and A.R. Niazi

70. Induced systemic resistance in chickpea against Ascochyta blight by safe chemicals
Nighat Sarwar, M. Hayat Zahid, Shafaq Ashfaq and Farhat F. Jamil

71. Inheritance assessment of chocolate spot and rust disease tolerance in mature faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plants
Ijaz Rasool Noorka and M.A.S. El-Bramawy

72. Lead, cadmium and chromium contents of canola irrigated with sewage water
Kafeel Ahmad, Abid Ejaz, Mehwish Azam, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Qurainy, Asia Fardous, Sumaira Gondal, Ali Reza Bayat and Ehsan Elahi Valeem

73. Formulation of Avicennia marina pellets and its application in controlling root diseases in leguminous and non leguminous plants
Marium Tariq and Shahnaz Dawar

74. Steroids and triterpenoids from grey mangrove Avicennia marina
S.A. Mahera, V.U. Ahmad, S.M. Saifullah, F.V. Mohammad and K. Ambreen

75.Corrigendum
Cem Tolga Gurkanli and Ibrahim Ozkoc


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