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poniedziałek, 7 maja 2012

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (3-5), 2012



African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (3), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles



Samali A, Florence D. T., Odeniran O. A. and Cordelia O.N.

        Evaluation of chemical constituents of Phyllanthus Niruri

      
Ahmed Faisal Mutee, Salizawati Muhamad Salhimi, Farid Che Ghazali, Faisal Muti Al-Hassan, Chung Pin Lim, Kamarruddin Ibrahim and Mohd Zaini Asmawi

        Apoptosis induced in human breast cancer cell line by Acanthaster planci starfish extract compared to tamoxifen

      
Mohammad Goodarzi, Ashok Kumar Malik and Nasser Goudarzi

        Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of nitroanilines using genetic-algorithm-based wavelength selection in principal component - artificial neural network

      
Farhat Ali Khan, Asfandyar Khan, Muneeb Ur Rehman Khattak, Naseem ullah, Muhammad Zahoor and Syed Muhammad Mukaram Shah

        Evaluation of inorganic profile and anti-nutritional values of Cocculus hirsutus


Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Suhaimi, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid, Srijit Das, Shahrum Abdullah and Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman

        Biomechanical evaluation of fracture healing following administration of Piper sarmentosum in ovariectomised rats

       
Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Naseer Ali Shah , Amir Muhammad Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid, Bushra Ahmad, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Shumaila Jan and Tayyaba Afsar

        Protective effects of various fractions of Launaea procumbens on molecular markers in rat kidney

       
Blanca Ramírez-Mendiola, Liliana Rivera-Espinosa, Juan Luis Chávez-Pacheco, Radamés Alemón-Medina, Jesús Bobadilla-Chávez, Héctor Osnaya-Martínez, Carmen Flores- Pérez, Hugo Juárez-Olguín, Janett Flores-Pérez and Raquel García-Alvarez

        Stability, content uniformity and therapeutic efficacy of sildenafil extemporaneous capsules
       

Ulku Ozbey, Ayse Seyran, Mine Erisir, Fulya Benzer and Yuksel Savucu

        Changes in nitric oxide levels and erythrocyte arginase activities in patient with Down syndrome  

      
Jianheng Zhou, Jiumao Lin, Xu Wei, Xiaoyong Zhong, Yuqing Zheng, Zhenfeng Hong and Jun Peng

        Qianliening capsule treats benign prostatic hyperplasia through regulating  the expression of sex hormones, estrogen receptor and androgen receptor         [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 173 - 180

     
Cheang Cheng Ye, Endang Kumolosasi and Chua Eng Wee n-Acetylcysteine for prevention of iodinated contrast-induced nephropathy in computed tomography angiography procedures in patients with chronic kidney disease  

        
Babak Khalili Hadad, Hadis Soltani, Sara Nouroozi and Fatemeh Navaie Cyclo[(-D-Gly3-L-Asp3)] in combination with C and D polypeptide chains of NS3; suggestion a novel nanoparticle to stimulate immune system against hepatitis C  

        
Elizabeth Naomi Anderson-Foster, Amusa Sarafadeen Adebayo and Nilza Justiz-Smith

        Physico-chemical properties of Blighia sapida (ackee) oil extract and its potential application as emulsion base  

       
Mehdi Abdoly, Alireza Farnam, Fatemeh Fathiazad, Arash Khaki, Amir Afshin Khaki, Arezoo Ibrahimi, Fatemeh Afshari and Hossien Rastgar

        Antidepressant-like activities of Ocimum basilicum (sweet Basil) in the forced swimming test of rats exposed to electromagnetic field (EMF)  

        
Nazmi SARITAŞ

        Effect of endurance exercise training on blood lipids in young men  

       
G. MURTAZA, S. AZHAR, S. NOREEN, S. A. KHAN, A. KHAN, B. NASIR, A. MUMTAZ, M. ZAMAN and M. S. U. REHMAN

        An evaluation of Pakistani pharmacy students’ knowledge of herbal medicines in Pakistan  


Barkat Ali Khan, Naveed Akhtar, Khalid Waseem, Tariq Mahmood, Akhtar Rasul, Muhammad Iqbal and Shahiq-uz-Zaman

        Visio Scan® VC98, Corneometer MPA 5 and Tewameter MPA 5  

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (4), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Ana Cristina S. Braga, Maria Luisa Gomes, Josefina da Silva Santos, Joelma Fonseca de Oliveira, Eric Frederico Machado, Márcia Pereira Oliveira, Sebastiao David Santos-Filho and Mario Bernardo- Filho

        Alteration of the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m and the morphology of red blood cells by Baccharis trimera extract

      
Ismaila Muhammad Sani and Kenneth Idowu Onifade

        Medetomidine elicit variable effects on sedative indices, hematological and physiological parameters in domestic pigeons (Columba livia)

      
Alenka Golicnik, Matej Podbregar, Mitja Lainscak, Stefan D. Anker, Zoran Grubic and Tomaz Mars

        Atorvastatin modulates constitutive and lipopolysaccharide induced IL-6 secretion in precursors of human skeletal muscle

      
Arash Khaki, S. A. M. Imani and Farhad S. Golzar

        Effects of rosmarinic acid on male sex hormones (testosterone-FSH-LH) and testis tissue apoptosis after exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) in rats


Talaat Dabbaghi Ghaleh, Fatemeh Lalooha, Rashin Normohammadi and Omid Mashrabi

        Evaluation of maternal and neonatal results after immediate labor induction by vaginal misoprostol and expectational treatment

      
Ghulam Murtaza, Saira Azhar, Ayisha Khalid, Bushra Nasir, Muhammad Ubaid, Muhammad Khurran Shahzad, Fatima Saqib, Iftikhar Afzal, Sobia Noreen, Muhammad Tariq, Tahir Ali Chohan and Abdul Malik

        Development of in vitro-in vivo correlation for pharmacokinetic simulation

       
Wenjing Deng, Hong Lu, Xinwei Ren and Junfang Teng

        Effect of salidroside on learning and memory ability of vascular dementia rats
      

Jie Lu, Jing Wang, Zhen Li and Sohrab Rohani

        Characterization and pseudopolymorphism of L-phenylalanine anhydrous and monohydrate forms  

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (5), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Ranju Pal, Kundlik Girhepunje, Ashutosh Upadhayay and Thirumoorthy N.

        Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extract of the root of Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

    
Svetlana Medjedovic, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Dusica Djordjevic, Danijela Randjelovic, Zoran Koprivica, Natasa Petronijevic, Nebojsa Tasic, Miroslav Pavlovic, Zarko Vucinic, Zvonko Sundric and Dragan M. Djuric

        Prognostic value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

    
Aşkin Ender TOPAL and Mehmet Nesimi EREN

        Comparison of effects of iloprost and pentoxiphylline on walking capacity and skin oxygenation in diabetic patients with peripheral artery disease

      
M. R. Sarookhani, A. Safari, M. Zahedpanah, M. Asiabanha Rezaei and V. Zaroushani

        Effects of 950 MHz mobile phone electromagnetic fields on the peripheral blood cells of male rabbits

  
Mortaza Dehghan and Abolghasem Sharifi Faradonbeh

        The effect of mummy on the healing of bone fractures

       
Kifayatullah Shah, Muhammad Farid Khan, Amir Badshah, Haroon Khan and Asim Urrehman

        Potassium antimony tartrate affects the chemical and metabolic status of  glutathione in human blood: Ex vivo studies

      
Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Naseer Ali Shah , Amir Muhammad Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid, Bushra Ahmad, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Shumaila Jan and Tayyaba Afsar

        Protective effect of Launaea procumbens against KBrO3 induced nephrotoxicity in rats
       

Mansoor Ahmad, MehJabeen and Noor Jahan

        Exploration of signal transduction mechanism of therapeutic action of Solanum nigrum  

      

Fang Gong, Zhen-hua Yin, Qitai Xu and Wen-yi Kang

        Hepatoprotective effect of Mitragyna rotundifolia Kuntze on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice  

      
Fahrettin Akyuz, Neslihan Tekin, Ozlem Aydin, Halide Edip Temel and Burhanettin Isikli

        The effect of metformin and exercise on serum lipids, nitric oxide synthase and liver nitric oxide levels in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats  

      
Yu Wenyuan, Zhao Yu, Xing Yanli, Bai Xin, Fang Yuee, Zhang Lin, Ding Hao and Wang Banghe

        A preliminary study on the evaluation of a novel gene delivery vector-TACS in vitro and in vivo via co-expressing hVEGF and hBMP genes to repair critical-size rabbit bone defects  

      
Ding Li and WanChun Wang

        Can hydrogen retard the progression of osteoarthritis?  


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piątek, 23 marca 2012

Acta Botanica Croatica - 70 (2), 2011



Contents:

Physiology and biochemistry of leaf bleaching in prematurely aging maple (Acer saccharinum L.) trees: I. Hydrogen peroxide level, antioxidative responses and photosynthetic pigments
Zvonimir Užarević, Ivna Štolfa, Nada Parađiković, Vera Cesar, Hrvoje Lepeduš

Physiology and biochemistry of leaf bleaching in prematurely aging maple (Acer saccharinum L.) trees. II. Functional and molecular adjustment of PSII.
Hrvoje Lepeduš, Lidija Begović, Selma Mlinarić, Domagoj Šimić, Ivna Štolfa, Nada Parađiković, Zvonimir Užarević, Vlatka Jurković, Vera Cesar

Ecological conditions, flora and vegetation of a large doline in the Mecsek Mountains (South Hungary)
Zoltan Boltar, Robert Galle, Laszlo Erdos, Laszlo Kormoczi

Epilithic diatoms (Bacillariophycae) from streams in Ramsar, Iran
Ali Soltanpour-Gargari, Martin Lodenius, Friedel Hinz

Cyanobacteria of the thermal spring at Pancharevo, Sofia, Bulgaria
Jaromir Lukavsky, Sevdalina Furnadzhieva, Plamen Pilarski

Diversity and distribution of the dinoflagellates Brachidinium, Asterodinium and Microceratium (Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean Sea
Fernando Gomez

Ecological assessment of wetland ecosystems of northern Kazakhstan on the basis of hydrochemistry and algal biodiversity
Sophia S. Barinova, Eibi Nevo, Tatiana M. Bragina

Impact of riparian trees shade on aquatic plant abundance in conservation islands
Magdi M. Ali, Samar A. Hassan, Abdel-Samei M. Shaheen

Shift of the western boundary of the distribution area of Micromeria cristata (Hampe) Griseb. and Steptorhamphus tuberosus (Jacq.) Grossh.
Danka Petrovic, Danijela Stašević

Phytoplankton composition and abundance assessment in the Nador lagoon (Mediterranean coast of Morocco)
Faid El Madani, Abderrahim Chiaar, Abdelhafid Chafi

New localities of the subendemic species Berberis croatica, Teucrium arduini and Micromeria croatica in the Dinaric Alps
Kremer Dario, Marko Randić, Ivan Kosalec, Ana Brkljačić, Gordon Lukač, Irena Krušić, Dalibor Ballian, Faruk Bogunić, Ksenija Karlović

Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. (Apiaceae), a new taxon in Croatian flora
Mirko Ruščić, Toni Nikolić

Professor Zvonimir Devidé, on the occasion of his 90th birthday on August 6th 2011
Marijana Krsnik-Rasol

First national week of Croatian botanical gardens and arboreta (May 30 – June 4, 2011)
Sanja Kovačić, Vanja Stamenković

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środa, 29 lutego 2012

Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (1-4), 2011




Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (1), 2011


Contents:

MiR398 and plant stress responses (pages 1–9)

Cheng Zhu, Yanfei Ding and Haili Liu


The impact of long-term water stress on relative growth rate and morphology of needles and shoots of Metasequoia glyptostroboides seedlings: research toward identifying mechanistic models (pages 10–20)

Yanxiang Zhang, Maria Alejandra Equiza, Quanshui Zheng and Melvin T. Tyree


Genome-wide transcriptional changes and defence-related chemical profiling of rice in response to infestation by the rice striped stem borer Chilo suppressalis (pages 21–40)

Guoxin Zhou, Xia Wang, Feng Yan, Xia Wang, Ran Li, Jiaan Cheng and Yonggen Lou


The hypoxia responsive transcription factor genes ERF71/HRE2 and ERF73/HRE1 of Arabidopsis are differentially regulated by ethylene (pages 41–49)

Natalia Hess, Mathias Klode, Marco Anders and Margret Sauter


Net cadmium flux and accumulation reveal tissue-specific oxidative stress and detoxification in Populus × canescens (pages 50–63)

Jiali He, Jingjing Qin, Lingyun Long, Yonglu Ma, Hong Li, Ke Li, Xiangning Jiang, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Zongsuo Liang and Zhi-Bin Luo


Deep sequencing of grapevine flower and berry short RNA library for discovery of novel microRNAs and validation of precise sequences of grapevine microRNAs deposited in miRBase (pages 64–81)

Chen Wang, Xicheng Wang, Nicholas K. Kibet, Changnian Song, Changqing Zhang, Xiaoying Li, Jian Han and Jinggui Fang


Promotion of flowering in azaleas by manipulating photoperiod and temperature induces epigenetic alterations during floral transition (pages 82–92)

Mónica Meijón, Isabel Feito, Luis Valledor, Roberto Rodríguez and María Jesús Canal


Cloning and characterization of barley caryopsis FCA (pages 93–106)

Santosh Kumar, Shiling Jiang, Sravan K. Jami and Robert D. Hill


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (2), 2011


Contents:


Alterations in the metabolic fingerprint of Cladonia portentosa in response to atmospheric nitrogen deposition (pages 107–114)

Sabine Freitag, Erika J. Hogan, Peter D. Crittenden, Gordon G. Allison and Simon C. Thain


Evidence against sink limitation by the sucrose-to-starch route in potato plants expressing fructosyltransferases (pages 115–125)

Ellen Zuther, Imke I. Hoermiller and Arnd G. Heyer


Proteome analysis of maize seeds: the effect of artificial ageing (pages 126–138)

Xia Xin, Xin-Hai Lin, Yuan-Chang Zhou, Xiao-Ling Chen, Xu Liu and Xin-Xiong Lu


A high-resolution portrait of the annual dynamics of photochemical and non-photochemical quenching in needles of Pinus sylvestris (pages 139–153)

Albert Porcar-Castell


Stomatal factors and vulnerability of stem xylem to cavitation in poplars (pages 154–165)

Adriana Arango-Velez, Janusz J. Zwiazek, Barb R. Thomas and Melvin T. Tyree


Slowly developing drought stress increases photosynthetic acclimation of Catharanthus roseus (pages 166–177)

Jongyun Kim and Marc W. van Iersel


Variations of DNA methylation in Eucalyptus urophylla×Eucalyptus grandis shoot tips and apical meristems of different physiological ages (pages 178–187)

François Mankessi, Aubin R. Saya, Bénédicte Favreau, Sylvie Doulbeau, Genevieve Conéjéro, Marc Lartaud, Jean-Luc Verdeil and Olivier Monteuuis


Transcriptional responses to cantharidin, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, in Arabidopsis thaliana reveal the involvement of multiple signal transduction pathways (pages 188–205)

Joanna Bajsa, Zhiqiang Pan and Stephen O. Duke


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (3), 2011


Contents:


Functional genomics of a living fossil tree, Ginkgo, based on next-generation sequencing technology (pages 207–218)

Xiaohan Lin, Jin Zhang, Ying Li, Hongmei Luo, Qiong Wu, Chao Sun, Jingyuan Song, Xiwen Li, Jianhe Wei, Aiping Lu, Zhongzhi Qian, Ikhlas A. Khan and Shilin Chen


The purine-rich DNA-binding protein OsPur? participates in the regulation of the rice sucrose synthase 1 gene expression (pages 219–234)

Jui-Che Chang, Yi-Chun Liao, Chien-Chih Yang and Ai-Yu Wang


Comparative iTRAQ proteome and transcriptome analyses of sweet orange infected by “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (pages 235–245)

Jing Fan, Chunxian Chen, Qibin Yu, Ronald H. Brlansky, Zheng-Guo Li and Frederick G. Gmitter Jr


The significance of glutathione for photoprotection at contrasting temperatures in the alpine plant species Soldanella alpina and Ranunculus glacialis (pages 246–260)

Constance Laureau, Richard Bligny and Peter Streb


Temporal variation in epidermal flavonoids due to altered solar UV radiation is moderated by the leaf position in Betula pendula (pages 261–270)

Luis O. Morales, Riitta Tegelberg, Mikael Brosché, Anders Lindfors, Sari Siipola and Pedro J. Aphalo


Investigation of a His-rich arabinogalactan-protein for micronutrient biofortification of cereal grain (pages 271–286)

Wan M. Aizat, James M. Preuss, Alexander A.T. Johnson, Mark A. Tester and Carolyn J. Schultz


ABA treatment of germinating maize seeds induces VP1 gene expression and selective promoter-associated histone acetylation (pages 287–296)

Lu Zhang, Zhengming Qiu, Yong Hu, Fei Yang, Shihan Yan, Lin Zhao, Bo Li, Shibin He, Min Huang, Jun Li and Lijia Li


The family of maize D-type cyclins: genomic organization, phylogeny and expression patterns (pages 297–308)

Manuel Buendía-Monreal, Ilenia Rentería-Canett, Octavio Guerrero-Andrade, Carlos E. Bravo-Alberto, León P. Martínez-Castilla, Elpidio García and Jorge M. Vázquez-Ramos


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Physiologia Plantarum - 143 (4), 2011


Contents:


Enhancing the scopolamine production in transgenic plants of Atropa belladonna by overexpressing pmt and h6h genes (pages 309–315)

Xirong Wang, Min Chen, Chunxian Yang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Lei Zhang, Xiaozhong Lan, Kexuan Tang and Zhihua Liao


?-Tocopherol methyltransferase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: functional characterization and expression analysis (pages 316–328)

Gregorio Gálvez-Valdivieso, Rosa Cardenosa, José Manuel Vera, Manuel Pineda and Miguel Aguilar


Exophiala sp. LHL08 reprograms Cucumis sativus to higher growth under abiotic stresses (pages 329–343)

Abdul L. Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Nadeem Ahmad, Muhammad Waqas, Sang-Mo Kang, Yoon-Ha Kim and In-Jung Lee


Characterization of upregulated genes associated with high phosphorus accumulation in cucumber (pages 344–354)

Priya Padmanabhan, Perumal Venkatachalam and Shivendra V Sahi


Overexpression of SsCHLAPXs confers protection against oxidative stress induced by high light in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 355–366)

Cai-Hong Pang, Ke Li and Baoshan Wang


Factors controlling plasticity of leaf morphology in Robinia pseudoacacia: III. biophysical constraints on leaf expansion under long-term water stress (pages 367–374)

Yanxiang Zhang, Maria Alejandra Equiza, Quanshui Zheng and Melvin T. Tyree


Involvement of the abscisic acid catabolic gene CYP707A2 in the glucose-induced delay in seed germination and post-germination growth of Arabidopsis (pages 375–384)

Guohui Zhu, Yinggao Liu, Nenghui Ye, Rui Liu and Jianhua Zhang


PPIase activities and interaction partners of FK506-binding proteins in the wheat thylakoid (pages 385–395)

Peter J Gollan, Mark Ziemann and Mrinal Bhave


Mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway protects plants against photoinhibition by alleviating inhibition of the repair of photodamaged PSII through preventing formation of reactive oxygen species in Rumex K-1 leaves (pages 396–407)

Li-Tao Zhang, Zi-Shan Zhang, Hui-Yuan Gao, Zhong-Cai Xue, Cheng Yang, Xiang-Long Meng and Qing-Wei Meng



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poniedziałek, 30 stycznia 2012

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (16-20), 2011

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (16), 2011


Contents:

Review



Abdallah Atia, Zouhaier Barhoumi, Rabhi Mokded, Chedly Abdelly and Abderrazak Smaoui

Environmental eco-physiology and economical potential of the halophyte Crithmum maritimum L. (Apiaceae)


S. Ghuman and R. M. Coopoosamy

Crude sample preparation, extraction and in vitro screening for antimicrobial activity of selected wound healing medicinal plants in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A review


Maryam Khoubnasabjafari and Abolghasem Jouyban

A review of phytochemistry and bioactivity of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.)


Weiping He and Baokang Huang

A review of chemistry and bioactivities of a medicinal spice: Foeniculum vulgare


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, Naveed Akhtar, Pervaiz A. Shah, M. Uzair, Ghazala Shaheen, Tahira Shamim, S. M. Ali Shah and Khalil Ahmad

Tribulus terrestris Linn.: A review article


Research Articles



Rand Riadh Hafidh, Abdulamir A. S., Law Se Vern, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Faridah Abas, Fatemeh Jahanshiri and Zamberi Sekawi

Novel in-vitro antimicrobial activity of Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek against highly resistant bacterial and fungal pathogens


Dibyendu Talukdar

Isolation and characterization of NaCl-tolerant mutations in two important legumes, Clitoria ternatea L. and Lathyrus sativus L.: Induced mutagenesis and selection by salt stress


Yan LI, Hao-bin HU, Xu-dong ZHENG, Ji-hua ZHU and Li-ping LIU

Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the aerial part of Artemisia annua


Ali Mohammadzadeh K. H., Yarahmadi S. H., Tabibi S. J. and Ebrazeh A.

Statistical evaluation and comparison of operational indices and analyzing cost-benefit of different regions of Iranian program of screening for congenital hypothyroidism


Sadananda T. S., Nirupama R., Chaithra K., Govindappa M., Chandrappa C. P. and Vinay Raghavendra B.

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of endophytes from Tabebuia argentea and identification of anticancer agent (lapachol)


Yang He, Pei Hou, Gang Fan, Zhen Song, Huai Liu, Yufeng Li and Yi Zhang

Internal transcribed spacers (ITS) identification of Angelica anomala Lallem Chuanbaizhi (in Chinese) cultivars collected in Sichuan and their molecular phylogenetic analysis with other Angelica L. species


N. Al-Henhena, A. A. Mahmood, A. Al-magrami, A. B. Nor Syuhada, A. A. Zahra, M. D. Summaya, M. S. Suzi and I. Salmah

Histological study of wound healing potential by ethanol leaf extract of Strobilanthes crispus in rats


Dehpour A. A., Babakhani B., Khazaei S. and Asadi M.

Chemical composition of essential oil and antibacterial activity of extracts from flower of Allium atroviolaceum


Shan Gong, Qian Liang, Chiyi Kwok, Zhenlun Gu, Jin Tao and Xinghong Jiang

‘Naobitong’ reduces hyperalgesia, decreases interleukin-6 level and ameliorates inflamed joint in arthritic rats


Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Khalid Usman, Abdul Aziz Khakwani, Said Ghulam, Naveed Anwar, Muhammad Sadiq and Shah Jehan Khan

Medico-ethnobotanical studies of edible wild fruit plants species from the flora of north western Pakistan (D. I. Khan district)


Tie-shan Wang, Li-jing Chen, Sheng-tan Zhang, Jing-ming Lin and Zhao-yu Wang

Purified alkaloid extract of Scutellaria barbata inhibits proliferation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-1 cells by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at S phase


Shabnam Javed, Amna Javaid, Zaid Mahmood, Arshad Javaid and Fouzia Nasim

Biocidal activity of citrus peel essential oils against some food spoilage bacteria


Aoxue Luo and Yijun Fan

Antioxidant activities of berberine hydrochloride


Samiullah, Asghari Bano, Rabia Naz and Humaira Yasmin

In vitro inhibition potential of Lespedeza bicolor Turcz against selected bacterial and fungal strains


Susi Endrini

Antioxidant activity and anticarcinogenic properties of “rumput mutiara” {Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lam.} and “pohpohan” {Pilea trinervia (Roxb.) Wight}


Elham Rastegari, Zalinah Ahmad, David F. Spencer and Maznah Ismai

Two-dimensional profiling of proteins from Curculigo latifolia fruit by three different extraction protocols


Shahram Khademvatan, Jasem Saki, Mohammad Javad Gharavi and Fakher Rahim

Allium sativum extract induces apoptosis in Leishmania major (MRHO/IR/75/ER) promastigotes


Liang Zhen Hong

Radix linderae essential oil improving the immunity activities and preventing the occurrence of decubitus in aged people


Fan Siew Loh, Rita Muhamad Awang, Dzolkhifli Omar and Mawardi Rahmani

Insecticidal properties of Citrus hystrix DC leaves essential oil against Spodoptera litura fabricius


M. Saiful Islam, Sekendar Ali, Masudur Rahman, Rabiul Islam, Ashraf Ali, A. K. Azad and Md. Rafikul Islam

Antidiabetic, cytotoxic activities and phytochemical screening of Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K. Heyne root


Seint San Aye and Masaru Matsumoto

Effect of some plant extracts on Rhizoctonia spp. and Sclerotium hydrophilum


Ali Shafaghat

Antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and fatty acid components of leaf and seed of Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem.


Nobakht A., Norani J. and Safamehr A.

The effects of different amounts of Mentha pulegium L. (pennyroyal) on performance, carcass traits, hematological and blood biochemical parameters of broilers


Peng Ai-mei, Cao Jia and Cui Shi-tao

Revealing candidate genes of lung adenocarcinoma by bioinformatics analysis


Tan Eng Chong, Foo Gen Teck, Wong Sher Ming, Noorsaadah Abd Rahman, Norzulaani Khalid, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Shatrah Othman and Rohana Yusof

Optimization of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis protocols for Boesenbergia rotunda in vitro suspension culture


Igor A. Rodrigues, Daniela S Alviano, Marta T. Gomes, Davi O. Silva, Rosemar Antoniassi, Antonio Jorge R. Silva, Humberto R. Bizzo, Celuta S. Alviano, Alane B. Vermelho and Maria do Socorro S. Rosa

In vitro anti-Leishmania amazonensis activity of the polymeric procyanidin-rich aqueous extract from Syagrus coronata


O. O. Olajuyigbe and A. J. Afolayan

In vitro antibacterial activities of the methanol extract of Ziziphus mucronata Willd. subsp. mucronata Willd.


Shabnum Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farah Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Khan Leghari, Muhammad Jamil and Hina Fatima

Morpho-playnological and foliar epidermal anatomy of genus Cenchrus L.


Reza Ebrahimi Hariry

Anticonvulsant effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Melissa officinalis on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model of convulsion in mice


Shiguang Sun, Xiaodi Sun, Qinggui Zhou, Hui Yan, Xiumin Li, Jie Cui, Jianfang Liu, Shujie Wang, Lihua Li and Shoucheng Liu

Establishment and standards for “high risk medicines” management system


Dongjie Shang, Lili Zhang, Shuying Han and Guiyun Wang

Adjuvant effect of a novel water-soluble polysaccharide isolated from the stem of Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti (Mast.) Makino


Song Yi Koo, Kwang Hyun Cha, Dae-Geun Song, Donghwa Chung, Dong-Un Lee and Cheol-Ho Pan

Amplification of allyl isothiocyanate in red cabbage using high hydrostatic pressure treatment


H. M. Asif, Khan Usmanghani, Naveed Akhtar, M. Uzair, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, M. Akram and Zahoor-ul-Hasan

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in gastroenterological disorders in Shifa Ul Mulk Memorial Hospital Karachi, Pakistan


Sirvan Atashak, Maghsoud Peeri, Afshar Jafari and Mohammad Ali Azarbayjani

Effects of ginger supplementation and resistance training on lipid profiles and body composition in obese men


O. A. Sodipo, F. I. Abdulrahman, U. K. Sandabe and J. A. Akinniyi

Total lipid profile and faecal cholesterol with aqueous fruit extract of Solanum macrocarpum in triton-induced hyperlipidaemic albino rats


S. M. Jodi, T. Adamu, U. Abubakar, M. G. Abubakar, U. M. Chafe, V. E. Ukatu, D. M. Sani and S. Adamu

Effects of treatment with ethanol extract of Gardenia sokotensis on haematological and biochemical changes in Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rabbits


A. Shojaii, A. Goushegir, F.Hashem Dabaghian, M. Abdollahi Fard, H. Fallah Huseini

Herbs and herbal preparations for glycemic control in diabetes mellitus (a systematic review)


Maher Obeidat

Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants against multidrug resistant skin pathogens


Sudawadee Yotarlai, Vipavadee Chaisuksunt, Kanokporn Saenphet and Paiwan Sudwan

Effects of Boesenbergia rotunda juice on sperm qualities in male rats


Xiao-Ying Cao, Chang-Gen Li, Qian Miao, Zhu-Jun Zheng and Ji-Hong Jiang

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a leaf-specific expressing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase gene from Michelia chapensis Dandy


Ala Issa, Mohammad Mohammad, Mohammad Hudaib, Khalid Tawah, Talal Abu Rjai, Sawsan Oran and Yasser Bustanji

A potential role of Lavandula angustifolia in the management of diabetic dyslipidemia


Y. Wen Xu, Qian Rong Cai, Dan Zhao and Wei Wu

Monoterpene composition of flower and bract from Houttuynia cordata


Sobia Chohan, Rashida Atiq, Mirza Abid Mehmood, Safina Naz and Saleem Haider

Efficacy of few plant extracts against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli, the cause of corm rot of gladiolus


Muhammad Ismail, Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Naveed Muhammad, Nadeem Mohani, Muhammad Asif Khan2, Barkatullah and Javid Hussain

Pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of the stem bark of Pistacia integerrima Stew ex Brandis


Xihai Li, Jun Peng, Yanfang Xu, Mingxia Wu, Hongzhi Ye, Chunsong Zheng, Guangwen Wu, Huifeng Xu, Xuzheng Chen and Xianxiang Liu

Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) promotes chondrocyte proliferation via pushing the progression of cell cycle


Annabelle A. Herrera, Rich Ericson C. King and Lerrie Ann D. G. Ipulan

Effects of oral administration of crude leaf extracts of Aglaia loheri Blanco and Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers on mouse embryo morphology and maternal reproductive performance


C. M. Ashraf, Shahid Iqbal and Dildar Ahmed

Nutritional and physicochemical studies on fruit pulp, seed and shell of indigenous Prunus persica


Hongbo Zhao, Huiqin Zheng, Xianglong Li, Rongyan Zhou and Lanhui Li

Characterization, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification and variation of goat c-Kit gene in different populations


N. D. Kannan and G. Kulandaivelu

Drought induced changes in physiological, biochemical and phytochemical properties of Withania somnifera Dun.


Jyoti Ashok Chavan, Santosh Jalindar Patil and Ganesh Parashram Bhawane

Screening of aqueous plant extracts against Beauveria Bassiana infection to 5th instar larvae of Bombyx mori L.


Madeeha Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Farnaz Malik, Tipu Sultan, Hussain Ali, Abdul Hameed, Naila Abbasi and Khan Usmanghani

The effect of supplemental dietary chromium on blood glucose, body weight and liver enzymes of rabbits


Shaker A. Seddiek, Mohamed M. Ali, Hanem F. Khater and Mohamed M. El-Shorbagy

Anthelmintic activity of the white wormwood, Artemisia herba-alba against Heterakis gallinarum infecting turkey poults


Muhammad Rashid Awan, Zafar Iqbal, Syed Muqarab Shah, Zafar Jamal, Gul Jan, Muhammad Afzal, Abdul Majid and Alia Gul

Studies on traditional knowledge of economically important plants of Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Pakistan


Ying Zhang, Qing Li, Wen-tao Liu, Xiao-hui Chen, Ying Zhang, Xian-min You, Gui-xin Zou, Ting-guo Kang and Kai-shun Bi

Simultaneous quantification of schisandrin and gomisin A in rat plasma by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS): Application to a pharmacokinetic study


Gerard L. Penecilla and Celia P. Magno

Antibacterial activity of extracts of twelve common medicinal Plants from the Philippines


A. Namuli , N. Abdullah, C. C. Sieo, S. W. Zuhainis and E. Oskoueian

Phytochemical compounds and antibacterial activity of Jatropha curcas Linn. extracts


Hossein Afshari, Mostafa Eftekhari, Miad Faraji, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi and Abbas Ghanbarimalidareh

Studying the effect of 1000 grain weight on the sprouting of different species of Salvia L. grown in Iran




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (17), 2011


Contents:

Mini Review


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

Butea monosperma Lam.: A review


Review


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, M. Uzair, Naveed Akhtar, Asadullah Madni, S. M. Ali Shah, Zahoorul Hasan and Asmat Ullah

Amino acids: A review article


Du Jing, Wan Deguang, Huang Linfang, Chen Shilin and Qin Minjian

Application of chemometrics in quality evaluation of medicinal plants


Olawole O. Obembe, Tanveer Khan and Jacob O. Popoola

Use of somatic embryogenesis as a vehicle for cotton transformation


Research Articles


Momoh, M. A. and Muhammed, U.

Toxicological and hypoglycemic studies on the oil extracted from seeds of Khaya senegalensisis on blood glucose levels of alloxan-induced diabetic albino rats


S. Haripriya and Usha Chandrasekhar

Immunocompetence potential of Tinospora cordifolia on selected postmenopausal women


Gao Chen, Biao Liu, Miao Jiang, Yong Tan and Ai-ping Lu

Functional networks for Salvia miltiorrhiza and Panax notoginseng in combination explored with text mining and bioinformatical approach


Sun Cunhua, SHI Jian-jie, WANG Dan, LI Bai-wei and SUN Dong

Effects on physiological and biochemical characteristics of medicinal plant pigweed by drought stresses


Eman M. El-Sayed, Amal, S. Abd El-azeem Abeer, A. Afify, Manal H. Shabana and Hanaa H. Ahmed

Cardioprotective effects of Curcuma longa L. extracts against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats


Ling-Yun Cai, Feng-Xiang Shi and Xia Gao

Preliminary phytochemical analysis of canthopanan trifoliatus (L.) Merr


Aglaia Liopa-Tsakalidi, Georgios Zakynthinos, Theodoros Varzakas and Ioannis Nickolaos Xynias

Effect of NaCl and GA3 on seed germination and seedling growth of eleven medicinal and aromatic crops


Olgica Stefanovic, Milan S. Stankovic and Ljiljana Comic

In vitro antibacterial efficacy of Clinopodium vulgare L. extracts and their synergistic interaction with antibiotics


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

Olea ferrugenia: A potential natural source of protection from oxidative stress


Dyamavvanahalli Lakshmanachar Shrisha, Koteshwara Anandrao Raveesha and Nagabhushan

Bioprospecting of selected medicinal plants for antibacterial activity against some pathogenic bacteria


Riaz Ur Rehman, Khan Usmanghani, Halima Nazar, Shahab uddin, M. Akram, H. M. Asif, Zahoor U. l. Hasan

Clinical study on the management of obesity with certain natural medicine


Dawood Khan, Khan Usmanghani, Shahab Uddin, E. Mohiuddin, Halima Nazar, M.Akram, H.M. Asif, Sultan Ayaz, Ibrahim Khan

Clinical evaluation of herbal medicine for treatment of bacillary dysentery


Chandan Kumar Pati and Aloke Bhattacharjee

Alleviation of seed deterioration and enhancement of plant potential of a pea species using selected medicinal plant extracts


MIdadul Haq, Wirakarnain Sani, A. B. M. S. Hossain, Rosna Mat Taha and K. M. Monneruzzaman

Total phenolic contents, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, G. H. Rahnama, F. Malekpoor and H. Roohi Broujeni

Variation in antibacterial activity and phenolic content of Hypericum scabrum L. populations


Quanjun Yang, Mingsong Fan, Bin Wu, Zhaolin Sun, Xiaolan Cui, Xiaowei Du and Chenggang Huang

Quality assessment for fructus Gardeniae by multi-component quantification, chromatographic fingerprint and related chemometric analysis


Emira Noumi, Mejdi Snoussi, Najla Trabelsi, Hafedh Hajlaoui, Riadh Ksouri, Eulogio Valentin and Amina Bakhrouf

Antibacterial, anticandidal and antioxidant activities of Salvadora persica and Juglans regia L. extracts


Emira Noumi, Mejdi Snoussi, Hafedh Hajlaoui, Najla Trabelsi, Riadh Ksouri, Eulogio Valentin and Amina Bakhrouf

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antifungal potential of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils against oral Candida species


Keivan Saeb, Ali Askar Kiaee, Mahmoud Asadi, PourShamsian Khalil, Jafari Hajati Razieh and Eslami Alireza

Investigation of the effect of light intensity on five essential oils of Hypericum perforatum L: A case study of Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini, Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid and Mohamad Roji Sarmidi

Antioxidant properties of cashew leaves' extracts before and after treatment with activated carbon used in cosmetics


Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Optimization of flavonoids extraction process from mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves


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

Colebrookia oppositifolia: A valuable source for natural antioxidants


Shyam Kumar R., Naif Abdullah Al-Harbi and Thajuddin N.

Macromolecular and fatty acid profile studies on symbiotic cyanobacterial isolates of cyanolichens


Kun Silprasit, Supaporn Seetaha, Parinya Pongsanarakul, Supa Hannongbua and Kiattawee Choowongkomon

Anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activities of hexane extracts from some Asian medicinal plants


J. J. Kiplimo, C. A. Everia and N. A. Koorbanally

Novel polyene from Vernonia urticifolia (Asteraceae)


Ibegbulem, C. O., Eyong, E. U. and Essien, E. U.

Polymerization inhibition activity of Raphia hookeri palm sap and its effect on osmotic fragility of sickle cell red blood cells


Wu Xiong-Zhi, Zhang Shuang-Xia, Zhu Cong and Chen Dan

Effects of sulfated polysaccharide extracted from Prunella vulgaris on endothelial cells


Najihah Mohd. Hashim, Mawardi Rahmani, Shireen Shaharina Shamaun, Gwendoline Cheng Lian Ee, Mohd Aspollah Sukari, A. Manaf Ali, and Rusea Go

Dipeptide and xanthones from Artocarpus kemando Miq.


Mostafa A. A., Al-Rahmah A. N. and Abdel-Megeed A.

Evaluation of some plant extracts for their antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic activities


Usama Waheed Hawas, Eman Fadl Ahmed, Amal Fadl Abdelkader and Hanan Ahmed Anwar Aly Taie

Biological activity of flavonol glycosides from Rumex dentatus plant, an Egyptian Xerophyte


Mohammad Hossein Aarabi, Mohammad Esmaeil Shahaboddin, Karim Parastouei, Mitra Motallebi, Akbar Jafarnejad, Mehdi Mirhashemi and Gholam A. Hamidi

Evaluation of 11-hydroxy-?8-THC-dimethylheptyl effects on cytokines profile and locomotor tests in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis


Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Katayoun Javidnia, Mohammad Hossein Farjam, Fateme Aboee-Mehrizi and Elham Ezzatzadeh

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the Ephedra sarcocarpa growing in Iran


O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

Ethnobotanical information on plants used for the management of cardiovascular diseases in Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa


Ying Chen, Qing-Wen Zhang, Song-Lin Li, Yan Yi, Jing Zhao, Ying Wang, and Wen-Cai Ye

PSidium guajava, a potential resource rich in corosolic acid revealed by high performance liquid chromatography


Danyang Dou, Wanjun Tao, Lingling Li, Tingjian Jia, Yiding Dou, Wings T. Y. Loo, Mary N. B. Cheung and Ziyuan Luo

The effect of polysaccharide peptide and taxol on human solid tumor tissue in vitro


Liangbin Zhou, Yan Liang, Wenqiong Wang, Haibo Tan, Menghua Xiao, Chen Fan and Rongmin Yu

Biotransformation of 4-phenylcoumarin by transgenic hairy roots of Polygonum multiflorum


Shabnum Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Farah Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Asghari Bano, Shazia Sultana, Muhammad Jamil, Gul Jan and Muhammad Khan Leghari

Micormorphological diversity in leaf epidermal anatomy of Brachiaria species using elemental dispersive spectrophotometer analysis


Musa S. Musa, Fathelrhman E. Abdelrasool, Elsheikh A. Elsheikh, Lubna A. M. N. Ahmed, Abdel Latif E. Mahmoud and Sakina M. Yagi

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Blue Nile State, South-eastern Sudan


Huaxi Xiao, Qinlu Lin, Gao-Qiang Liu, Yue Wu, Wei Tian, Wei Wu and Xiangjin Fu

Effect of green tea polyphenols on the gelatinization and retrogradation of rice starches with different amylose contents


Pengfei Liu, Wanyu Shi, Yantao Zhao and Xiuhui Zhong

Effects of Chinese herbal formula Maxing Shigan powder on IgA secreting cells in chicken bronchus


Heidar Meftahizade

Evaluation of antibacterial activity and wound healing of Pistacia atlantica and Pistacia khinjukn


Lamia Yacoubi, Lotfi Rabaoui, Mohamed Hédi Hamdaoui, Sami Fattouch, Raja Serairi, Nadia Kourda and Saloua Ben Khamsa

Anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum Linnaeus, 1753 (Fenugreek) seed extract in experimental pulmonary fibrosis


Kefei Hu, Yonghua Li, Yukai Du, Benwei Su and Dong Lu

Analysis of 1-deoxynojirimycin component correlation between medicinal parasitic loranthus from loranthaceae and their mulberry host trees


Talibi I., Amkraz N., Askarne L., Msanda F., Saadi B., Boudyach E. H., Boubaker H., Bouizgarne B. and Ait Ben Aoumar A.

Antibacterial activity of moroccan plants extracts against Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, the causal agent of tomatoes’ bacterial canker


Ezzeddine Saadaoui, Arbi Guetat, Nizar Tlili, Mohamed El Gazzah and Abdelhamid Khaldi

Subspecific variability of Tunisian wild populations of Capparis spinosa L.


Gian Gabriele Franchi, Cristina Nencini and Elga Collavoli and Paola Massarelli

Composition and antioxidant activity in vitro of different St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) extracts


Nobakht Ali

Effects of different levels of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), zizaphora (Zizaphora tenuior L.), nettle (Urtica dioica L.) and savoury (Satureja hortensis L.) medicinal plants on carcass characteristics of male broilers


Halil Ozkol, Ismail Koyuncu and Yasin Tuluce

Some medicinal plants counteract alterations of neuroendocrine stress response system, oxidative and nitrosative stress caused by repeated restraint in rats


Mammedova Z. A. and Ibadullayeva S. J.

Antimicrobe characteristics of essence oils of some species of the Nepeta L. Genus


Le Ying, Ping Xu, Shuangru Huang and Yuefei Wang

Antioxidant activity of bioactive compounds extracted from Ampelopsis grossedentata leaves by optimized supercritical carbon dioxide


Tariq Mahmood, Faiza Meer, Faiza Munir, Nazia Nazar and Ishrat Naveed

Genetic diversity of selected Apocynaceae species based on chloroplast gene rps11


Gölge Sarikamiş and Ruhsar Yanmaz

Effects of cultivar and developmental stage on glucosinolates in garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.)


Mostafa, Farajpour. Mohsen, Ebrahimi. Reza, Amiri, Seyed Ahmad Sadat Nori and Rasoul Golzari

Investigation of variations of the essential oil content and morphological values in yarrow (Achillea santolina) from Iran




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (18), 2011


Contents:

Review



Yongsi Zhang, Changmin Liao, Jun Li and Xiaohong Liu

A review on resource status, bioactive ingredients, clinical applications and biological progress in Bergenia



Research Articles



Francisco E. B. Junior, Edinardo F. F. Matias, Dayanne R. Oliveira, Andreza G. B. Ramos, Cícera N. Fernandes, Heloisa H. F. Souza, Luiz J. Lacerda Neto, Anita O. B. Pereira, Mariana K. A. Araruna, Francisco A. V. Santos, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Jose G. M. Costa, Marta R. Kerntopf and Irwin R. A. Menezes

Modulatory antibiotic activity and chemical composition of hydroalcoholic extract of Croton campestris


Yasser Bustanji, Ala Issa, Ahlam Moulay, Mohammad Hudaib, Khaled Tawaha, Mohammad Mohammad, Saja Hamed, Ihab Masri and Feras Q. Alali

Hormone sensitive lipase inhibition by selected medicinal plants


Md. Sazedul Karim Sarker and Chul Ju Yang

Eosungcho (Houttuynia cordata) with multi strain probiotics as alternative to antibiotic for broiler production


Fu-kang Gao, Ying-hui Yong, Chuan-chao Dai

Effects of endophytic fungal elicitor on two kinds of terpenoids production and physiological indexes in Euphorbia pekinensis suspension cells



Mohammad Shafie B. Shafie, Sayed M. Zain Hasan, Abdullah M. Zain and Ramisah M. Shah

RAPD and ISSR markers for comparative analysis of genetic diversity in wormwood capillary (Artemisia capillaris) from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia


Mehdi Monfared, Abolfazl Kamkar, Sahar Ghaffari Khaligh, Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Farzad Asadi and Afshin Akhundzadeh Basti

Antioxidative effects of Iranian Urtica dioica L. extracts on the oxidation of sunflower oil


Alireza Azizzadeh Delshad, Mohsen Naseri, Maedeh Parvizi, Noor Fattah and Maryam Sharayeli

The Iranian traditional herbal medicine ostokhodus can prevent axotomy-induced apoptosis in spinal motoneurons in neonate rats[Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 4446 - 4451



Meifang Peng, Zhihua Liao, Yue Zheng, Chunxian Yang, Lingjiang Zeng, Min Chen, Xingjia Ming and Xiaozhong Lan

Establishment of a high frequency plant regeneration system of Rauvolfia verticillata via somatic embryogenesis


Chia-Yuan Liu, Yuen-Liang Lai, Chin-Ping Lin, Yu-Tse Wu, Tung-Hu Tsai and Yu-Jen Chen

Anti-tumor effect of Archidendron lucidum (benth) against esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer and hepatoma


A. H. A. Abdelmageed, Q. Z. Faridah, F. M. A. Norhana, A. A. Julia and Midhzar Abdul Kadir

Micropropagation of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae) by using axillary bud explants


Xiaozhong Lan, Suxia Ren, Yijian Yang, Min Chen, Hong Quan and Zhihua Liao

Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene encoding pinoresinol synthase from Tibet Dysosma


José R. Santin, Alessandro Silveira, Elisa Muller, Vanessa D. Claudino, Alexandre B. Cruz, Cristiani Bürger, Rilton A. de Freitas and Angela Malheiros

Evaluation of the acute toxicity, genotoxicity and mutagenicity of ethanol extract of Piper aduncum


Masoud Kazemi, Mohammad Dakhili, Abolfazl Dadkhah, Zahra Yasrebifar and Kambiz Larijani

Composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Artemisia kermanensis Podl., an endemic species from Iran [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 4481 - 4486


C. H. Ahn, Y. S. Kim, S. Lim, J. S. Yi and Y. E. Choi

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis and RAPD-derived sequence characterized amplified regions (SCAR) marker development to identify Chinese and Korean ginseng


Adeel Mahmood, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Aqeel Mahmood, Yasmin Sangi, Hamayun Shaheen, Ijaz Ahmad and Zerqa Nawaz

Ethnobotanical survey of common medicinal plants used by people of district Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan


M. Akram, M. Uzair, Nadia Shamshad Malik, Arshad Mahmood, Naila Sarwer, Asadullah Madni and H. M. Asif

Mentha arvensis Linn.: A review article


Arifa Tahir and Rabia Moeen

Comparison of antibacterial activity of water and ethanol extracts of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze against dental caries and detection of antibacterial components


Cibele Bonacorsi, Luiz Marcoks da Fonseca, Maria Stella G. Raddi, Rodrigo R. Kitagawa, Miriam Sannomiya and Wagner Vilegas

Relative antioxidant activity of Brazilian medicinal plants for gastrointestinal diseases


Nizar Tlili, Ahlem Bargougui, Walid Elfalleh, Saida Triki and Nizar Nasri

Phenolic compounds, protein, lipid content and fatty acids compositions of cactus seeds


Ishfaq Hameed and Farrukh Hussain

Stomatal studies of some selected medicinal plants of family solanaceae


Hossein Ahmadi Chenarbon, Saeid Minaei and Akbar Arabhosseini

Effective parameters on drying of Hypericum perforatum L. leaves


Fatemeh Nejatzadeh Barandozi, Sattar Tahmasebi Enferadi, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Mohammad Esmaiel Hassani, Younes Mostofi and Amir Mousavi

Effects of fertilizer on morphological traits in Aloe vera


An Na Yang, Lin Lu, Chen Xi Wu and Ming Mei Xia

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Huangshan Magnolia (Magnolia cylindrica)


Lianhua Wu, Yougen Wu, Qiaosheng Guo, Shaopeng Li, Kaibing Zhou and Junfeng Zhang

Comparison of genetic diversity in Pogostemon cablin from China revealed by RAPD, morphological and chemical analyses


Jing Li Yang, Chen Guang Zhou, Bo Zhao, Chun Lian Jin, Teng Zhang and Cheng Hao Li

Rapid direct adventitious shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration from mature seed explants of Phellodendron amurense Rupr.


Mustafa Türk, Bulent Kaya, Yusuf Menemen and Serpil Oguztüzün

Apoptotic and necrotic effects of plant extracts belonging to the genus Alchemilla L. species on HeLa cells in vitro



Hong Zhang, Zhen Wu, Youming Li, Jing Xu, Ling Shen, Zhigang Wu and Lei Geng

Parthenolide augments the anticancer effects of 5-fluorouracil on cell apoptosis and decreased NF-kB activity in a gastric cancer cell line


Carolina Lopes Bastos, Camila Souza da Mata, Vitor Hugo Maia, Rafael Augusto Xavier Borges, Luciana Ozório Franco, Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira and Neusa Tamaio

Anatomical and molecular identification of “guaco” Mikania glomerata and Mikania laevigata (Asteraceae), two important medicinal species from Brazil


Naser Montazeri, Elham Baher, Fateme Mirzajani, Zahra Barami and Soghra Yousefian

Phytochemical contents and biological activities of Rosa canina fruit from Iran


Nisar Ahmad, Bin Guo, Hina Fazal, Bilal Haider Abbasi, Chun-Zhao Liu, Tariq Mahmood and Zabta Khan Shinwari

Feasible plant regeneration in black pepper from petiole explants


A. H. Beiki, F. Keify and J. Mozafari

Rapid genomic DNA isolation from corm of Crocus species for genetic diversity analysis


Arash Khaki, Fatemeh Fathi Azad, Mohamad Nouri and Amir Afshin Khaki

Effects of basil, Ocimum basilicum on spermatogenesis in rats


Mahdi Shirdel, Alireza Motallebi-Azar, Sirous Masiha, Najmedin Mortazavi, Mansour Matloobi and Yavar Sharafi

Effects of inorganic nitrogen source and NH4+: NO3- ratio on proliferation of dog rose (Rosa canina)


Eun-Ju Jung, Myung-Suk Bae, Eun-Kyung Jo, Young-Hong Jo and Seung-Cheol Lee

Antioxidant activity of different parts of eggplant


Zakaria El-Khayat, Jihan Hussein, Tahany Ramzy and Magdy Ashour

Antidiabetic antioxidant effect of Panax ginseng


Sha Sha Chu, Shao Liang Liu, Qi Zhi Liu, Zhi Long Liu and Shu Shan Du

Composition and toxicity of Chinese Dracocephalum moldavica (Labiatae) essential oil against two grain storage insects


Dalel Brahmi, Yousra Ayed, Chayma Bouaziz, Lazhar Zourgui, Wafa Hassen and Hassen Bacha

Hepatoprotective effect of cactus extract against carcinogenicity of benzo(a)pyrene on liver of Balb/C mice


Dossou Sika Salomé Kpoviessi, Fernand A. Gbaguidi, Cosme Kossouoh, Pierre Agbani, Eléonore Yayi-Ladekan, Brice Sinsin, Mansourou Moudachirou, Georges C. Accrombessi and Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq

Chemical composition and seasonal variation of essential oil of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst subsp birrea leaves from Benin


Zengjun Guo, Ying Xu, Ling Han, Xiaoqian Bo, Chen Huang and Lei Ni

Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the acetone extracts of root of Euphorbia hylonoma and its ellagic acid derivatives


Saeed Tajbakhsh, Mahsa Ilkhani, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Kambiz Larijani, Kohzad Sartavi, Rahim Tahmasebi and Golandam Asayesh

Antibacterial effect of the brown alga Cystoseira trinodis


E. J. Ndebia, E. Umapathy, B. N. Nkeh-Chungag and J. E. Iputo

Anti-inflammatory properties of Albuca setosa and its possible mechanism of action


Amir Muhammad Khan, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Syed Aneel Gillani and Faizan Ullah

Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan


Amir Muhammad Khan, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Syed Aneel Gillani and Faizan Ullah

Antimicrobial activity of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan


Haider Ali, Junaid Sannai, Hassan Sher and Abdul Rashid

Ethnobotanical profile of some plant resources in Malam Jabba valley of Swat, Pakistan


Hossein Afshari, Mostafa Eftekhari, Miad Faraji, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi and Hossein Abbaspour

Effect of different levels of gibberellic acid on seed sprouting of some species of Salvia genus grown in Iran



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (19), 2011


Contents:

Review



Uttara Singh, Anita Kochhar and Sadhana Singh

Blood glucose lowering potential of some herbal plants


Juan A. Ascacio-Valdés, José J. Buenrostro-Figueroa, Antonio Aguilera-Carbo, Arely Prado-Barragán, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera and Cristóbal N. Aguilar

Ellagitannins: Biosynthesis, biodegradation and biological properties


Riaz Ur Rehman, Naveed Akhtar, M. Akram, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Qaiser Jabeen, H. M. Asif and S. M. Ali Shah

Bacillary dysentery: A review



Research Articles



A. Poongodi, S. Thilagavathi, V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran

Observations on some ethnomedicinal plants in Sathyamangalam forests of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India


Sumathi S., Malathy N., Dharani B., Sivaprabha J., Hamsa D., Radha P. and Padma P. R.

Cytotoxic studies of latex of Euphorbia antiquorum in in vitro models


D. M. Kadam, R. K. Goyal and M. K. Gupta

Mathematical modeling of convective thin layer drying of basil leaves


Raginee Verma, G. P. Satsangi, and J. N. Shrivastava

Susceptibility of a weed Calotropis procera (Ait.) against clinical isolates of dermatophytes


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini and Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid

Antimicrobial activity of cashew leaves’ extracts used in cosmetics before and after treatment with activated carbon


N. K. Srivastava and A. K. Srivastava

Allocation of different 14C substrates into primary metabolites in relation to total alkaloid accumulation into Catharanthus roseus plants


P. Thirunavukkarasu, T. Ramanathan, L. Ramkumar, R. Shanmugapriya and G. Renugadevi

The antioxidant and free radical scavenging effect of Avicennia officinalis


F. Abrahimpour, G. R. Bakhshi Khaniki, M. Ghanavati and Kh Eidi Zade

Investigation of genetic variation on different populations of Silybum marianum L. (Fabaceae) by using cytogenetic parameters


Madhu Chandel, Satwinderjeet Kaur and Subodh Kumar

Studies on the genoprotective/antioxidant potential of methanol extract of Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq



Ju-Sung Kim, Yeo-Jin Sa, Tae Kyung Hyun and Myong-Jo Kim

Comparison of biological activities of Ribes fasciculatum according to regional differences


Sanmuga Priya Ekambaram, Senthamil Selvan Perumal and Venkataraman Subramanian

Assessment of the in-vivo and in-vitro antioxidant potential of Strychnos potatorum Linn. seeds in Freund’s adjuvant induced arthritic rats


Shalinder Kaur, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy Rani Batish and Ravinder Kumar Kohli

Chemical characterization, antioxidant and antifungal activity of essential oil from Eucalyptus tereticornis


Jie Cui, Xin Yang, Ai-jun Dong, Da-you Cheng, Jing Wang, Hai-tian Zhao, Ren-bo Xu, Pu Wang and Wen-jing LI

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Euphorbia fischeriana essential oil from China


Mondal Sunanda and Paul Ranjan

Medicinal plants grown in and around Guskara used by local poor people for treating some common ailments


Punna Ramulu, Nappan Veettil Giridharan and Paruchuri Udayasekhararao

Hypolipidemic effect of soluble dietary fiber (galactomannan) isolated from fenugreek seeds in WNIN (GR-Ob) obese rats


Sakineh Abbaszadeh, Tayebeh Radjabian, Massoud Taghizadeh, Faezeh Fazeli and Yasaman Salmaki

Characterization of fatty acids in different organs of some Iranian Echium plants


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani

Average stem biomass of Althaea ficifolia in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


Hossein Jahangirian, Jelas Haron, Sidik Silong, Nor Azah Yusof, Kamyar Shameli, Samira Eissazadeh, Roshanak Rafiee Moghaddam, Behnam Mahdavi and Mahtab Jafarzade

Antibacterial effect of phenyl fatty hydroxamic acids synthesized from canola oil


Y. Wen Xu, Dan Zhao, Shuai Shuai Lv, Wen Ting Yang, Jun Wen Chen and Wei Wu

Salicylic acid-induced physiological responses and monoterpene accumulation in Houttuynia cordata Thunb


Venkata Sai Prakash Chaturvedula and Indra Prakash

Diterpene glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana


Aijing Leng, Qiuyang Xu, Ming Xie, Wenjie Zhang, Yongrui Bao, Yang Du, Zhongzhe Cheng, Haibo Wang, Xixiang Ying and Tingguo Kang

ICP-MS determination of trace elements of different growth time in the leaves of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var. major


Roshila Moodley, Hafizah Chenia, Sreekanth B. Jonnalagadda and Neil Koorbanally

Antibacterial and anti-adhesion activity of the pentacyclic triterpenoids isolated from the leaves and edible fruits of Carissa macrocarpa


K. K. Naidoo, R. M. Coopoosamy and G. Naidoo

Screening of Chromolaeana odorata (L.) King and Robinson for antibacterial and antifungal properties


Bochra Gargouri, Riadh ben Mansour, Malek Mseddi Jmal, Rihab Nasr Boujelben, Noureddine Allouch, Saloua Lassoued and Khaled hamden

Hydroxytyrosol supplementation inhibits oxidative DNA damage, suppresses protein-lipid oxidation and modulates antioxidant enzymes in human peripheral blood lymphocytes


Vahabi S, Najafi E and Alizadeh S

In vitro antimicrobial effects of some herbal essences against oral pathogens


Naveed Ahmad, Farooq Anwar, Sohail Hameed and Mary C. Boyce

Antioxidant and antimicrobial attributes of different solvent extracts from leaves and flowers of akk [Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. F.)]


Soma Saeed, Faiza Munir, Ishrat Naveed, Ghazala Kaukab Raja and Tariq Mahmood

Phylogenetics of selected Plantago species on the basis of rps14 chloroplast gene


Mohammad Sadat Hosseini Grouh, Heidar Meftahizade, Naser Lotfi, Vahid Rahimi and Behdad Baniasadi

Doubling the chromosome number of Salvia hains using colchicine: Evaluation of morphological traits of recovered plants


Kun Silprasit, Supaporn Seetaha, Parinya Pongsanarakul, Supa Hannongbua and Kiattawee Choowongkomon

Anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activities of hexane extracts from some Asian medicinal plants


Ömer Beyhan, Mehmet Aktaş, Necmettin Yilmaz, Nurten Şimşek and Resul Gerçekçioglu

Determination of fatty acid compositions of some important almond (Prunus amygdalus L.) varieties selected from Tokat province and Eagean region of Turkey


Vali Rabiei, Elham Shirzadeh, Yavar Sharafi and Najmedin Mortazavi

Effects of postharvest applications of calcium nitrate and acetate on quality and shelf-life improvement of “Jonagold” apple fruit


Esfandiar Heidarian, Effat Jafari-Dehkordi and Ali Seidkhani-Nahal

Lipid-lowering effect of artichoke on liver phosphatidate phosphohydrolase and plasma lipids in hyperlipidemic rats


Ying Guo, Hua-liang Liu and Ke Yuan

Determination of trace elements of Melicope patulinervia from different part by microwave digestion-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)


Eun-Soon Son, Jeung-Min Lee, Jeong-Un Choi and Hae-Ryong Park

Selective cytotoxicity of Carthamus tinctorius against glucose-deprived HT-29 human colon carcinoma cells


Sina Cosmulescu and Ion Trandafir

Seasonal variation of total phenols in leaves of walnut (Juglans regia L.)


He Qin Li, Chun Qi Bai, Sha Sha Chu, Ligang Zhou, Shu Shan Du, Zhi Long Liu and Qi Zhi Liu

Chemical composition and toxicities of the essential oil derived from Kadsura heteroclita stems against Sitophilus zeamais and Meloidogyne incognita


Juengwatanatrakul Thaweesak, Sakamoto Seiichi, Tanaka Hiroyuki and Putalun Waraporn

Elicitation effect on production of plumbagin in in vitro culture of Drosera indica L.


Vali Rabiei, Saba Es-haghi, Mohammad-Ali Aazami and Yavar Sharafi

Combined effects of hot air and calcium chloride on quality and antioxidant enzymes activity in ‘red delicious’ apple fruits


Sun Guang Li, Xu Xu Dong, Yang Jun Shan, Zhong Ming Liang, Lv Li Xun and Jing Quan Yuan

Non-alkaloid components from Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil. and their chemotaxonomic significance


A. Khaleghian, Y. Nakaya and H. Nazari

Biodiesel production from Euphorbia tirucalli L.


M. Akram, S. M. Ali Shah, H. M. Asif, Ghazala Shaheen, Tahira Shamim, M. Ibrahim Khan, Asmat Ullah and Khalil Ahmed

Comparative study of similarity and identity of human albumin with some selected organism albumin




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (20), 2011


Contents:

Review



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

Vitamin A: A review article


M. Akram, H. M. Asif, N. Akhtar, P. A. Shah, M. Uzair, G. Shaheen, T. Shamim, S. M. A. Shah and K. Ahmad

Glycogen metabolism and glycogen storage diseases: A review



Research Articles



A. R. Zebarjadi, Sh. Najafi, H. R. Ghasempour and J. Motamedi

Establishment of a practical tissue culture for producing hairy roots of Valeriana officinalis L. via Agrobacterium rhizogenes


Masoud Kazemi, Mohammad Dakhili, Abolfazl Dadkhah, Zahra Yasrebifar and Kambiz Larijani

Composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Artemisia kermanensis Podl., an endemic species from Iran


Marielle Cascaes Inácio, Bianca Waléria Bertoni, Suzelei de Castro França and Ana Maria Soares Pereira

In vitro conservation and low cost micropropagation of Cochlospermum regium (Mart. Ex. Scharank)


Sang Min Kim and Byung-Hun Um

Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds among blueberry cultivars by HPLC-ESI/MS and on-line HPLC-ABTS system


Demet ALTINDAL and Nüket ALTINDAL

The effects of sage volatile oil (Salvia officinalis) and Turkish oregano volatile oil (Origanum onites) on stored cowpea (Vigna nisensis L.) seed


Rajbir Kaur, Upendra Sharma, Bikram Singh and Saroj Arora

Antimutagenic potential of chickrassy (Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss) bark


Rasul Jalili Marandi, Abbas Hassani, Ali Abdollahi and Soyli Hanafi

Application of Carum copticum and Satureja hortensis essential oils and salicylic acid and silver thiosulfate in increasing the vase life of cut rose flower


Rasul Jalili Marandi, Abbas Hassani, Ali Abdollahi and Soyli Hanafi

Improvement of the vase life of cut gladiolus flowers by essential oils, salicylic acid and silver thiosulfate


V. Sudarshana Deepa, K. Rajaram, M. Anis Kumar, Soni Das and P. Suresh kumar

High frequency regeneration and shoot multiplication in Andrographis lineata wall. ex. nees: an endemic medicinal plant of south India


Mohd Sabri Pak-Dek, Azizah Osman, Najla Gooda Sahib, Nazamid Saari, Masturah Markom, Azizah Abdul Hamid and Farooq Anwar

Effects of extraction techniques on phenolic components and antioxidant activity of Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia L.) leaf extracts


Nada K. K. Hendi, Habeeb S. Naher and Alaa H. Al-Charrakh

In vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of Iraqi propolis


Kiran Yasmin Khan, Mir Ajab Khan, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mamoona Munir, Imran Hussain, Hina Fazal, Paras Mazari, Barkat Ali, Nighat Seema and Syeda Huma Bokhari

Palynomorphological characterization of some species of Ficus L. from Pakistan


Abd El-Moneim M. R. Afify, Emad A. Shalaby and Hossam S. El-Beltagi

Antioxidant activity of aqueous extracts of different caffeine products


Ayda Khadhri, Ridha El Mokni, Khaled Mguis, Ines Ouerfelli and Maria Eduarda M. Araújo

Variability of two essential oils of Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. a traditional Tunisian medicinal plant


Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim, Mohamed A. Dkhil and Saleh Al-Quraishy

Studies on the effect of pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice and peel on liver and kidney in adult male rats


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, B. Hamedi, R. Abdizadeh and F. Malekpoor

Antifungal activity of the essential oil of Iranian medicinal plants


Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Nadia Limam, Meherzia Mokni, Ferid Limam, Ezzedine Aouani, Mohamed Amri and Lamjed Marzouki

Garlic-mode treatment effects on rat brain redox status


Magdy M. D. Mohammed, Eman R. El-Sharkawy and Azza A. Matloub

Cytotoxic flavonoids from Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss. growing in Sinai


F. Ahrabi, Sh. Enteshari and A. Moradshahi

Allelopathic potential of para-hydroxybenzoic acid and coumarin on canola: Talaieh cultivar


Ahmad Reza Berimavandi, Davood Hashemabadi, Mohammad Vali Facouri Ghaziani and Behzad Kaviani

Effects of plant density and sowing date on the growth, flowering and quantity of essential oil of Calendula officinalis L.


Adefuye A. O., Samie A. and Ndip R. N.

In-vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of extracts of Bridelia micrantha on selected bacterial pathogens


Mudi, S. Y., Ibrahim, H. and Bala, M. S.

Acute toxicity studies of the aqueous root extract of Lawsonia inermis Linn. in rats


Ali Shafaghat

Chemical constituents, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the hexane extract from root and seed of Levisticum persicum Freyn and Bornm.


Suvarna Shenvi, Vinod, Rajendra Hegde, Anil Kush and G. Chandrasekara Reddy

A unique water soluble formulation of ß-asarone from sweet flag (Acorus calamus L.) and its in vitro activity against some fungal plant pathogens


Mughal Qayum, Muhammad Nisar, Barkat Ali Khan, Mussarat Akhtar, Waqar Ahmad Kaleem, Muhammad Imran Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shakir Ahmad Shahid and M. Zia-Ul-Haq

Nematicidal potential of Impatiens bicolor Royle


Fatemeh Hajighasemi, Vida Hashemi and Fariba Khoshzaban

Cytotoxic effect of Mentha spicata aqueous extract on cancerous cell lines in vitro


H. R. Khazaie, E. Eyshi Rezaie, M. Bannayan

Application times and concentration of humic acid impact on aboveground biomass and oil production of hyssop (Hyssopus of?cinalis)


Sina Rad, Hossein Afshari, Mehdi Mohamadi Moghadam, Sohyla Tahmasbi, Hamidreza Ziaolhagh and Abdolghafar Ebadi

The study of antifungal effects of herbal essences on Aspergillus parasiticus, an aflatoxin producer in pistachio (Pistacia vera)


Anwar Ali Shad, Hamid Ullah Shah, Jehan Bakht, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary and Javid Ullah

Nutraceutical potential and bioassay of Apium graveolens L. grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan


Rahman S, Imran M, Muhammad N, Hassan N, Chisthi A. K., Khan A. F., Sadozai K. S. and Khan S. M.

Antibacetial screening of leaves and stem of Carica papaya


Tariq Mahmood, Soma Saeed, Ishrat Naveed, Faiza Munir, Ghazala Kaukab Raja

Assessment of antioxidative activities of extracts from selected Plantago species


Seyyed Najmedin Mortazavi, Seyyedeh-Farahnaz Talebi, Rouh-Angiz Naderi and Yavar Sharafi

Regulation of ethylene biosynthesis by nitric oxide and thidiazuron during postharvest of rose


Wei Wang, Haibo Shi, Ruonan Zhu, Dianwen Zhang, Yan Han, and Tingting Sun

Simultaneous determination of three bioactive homoisoflavanones in rhizomes of Polygonatum odoratum


P. P. Sarvalkar, M. V. Walvekar and L. P. Bhopale

Antioxidative effect of curcumin (Curcuma longa) on lipid peroxidation and lipofuscinogenesis in submandibular gland of D-galactose- induced aging male mice


Tariq Habib, Zahid Hussain Malik, Muhammad Altaf Hussain and Muhammad Qayyum Khan

Plant species diversity along the altitudinal gradient at Garhi Dopatta Hills, Muzaffarabad


E. Mohiuddin, Khan Usmanghani, M. Akram, H.M.Asif, Naveed Akhtar, Pervaiz A. Shah and M. Uzair

Morus nigra - L. A.


Guru Prasad B. R.

Assessment of ethno-medicinal plants from Chamundi Hill, Mysore




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środa, 28 grudnia 2011

Czech Mycology - 63 (1), 2011



Contents:
Antonín V., Beran M., Borovička J., Dvořák D. and Holec J.:Clitocybula familia(Fungi, Agaricales) – taxonomy, distribution, ecology and first records in the Czech Republic and Slovakia -1–11

Prydiuk M. P.: New records of dung inhabiting Coprinus species in Ukraine II. Section Coprinus - 13-32

Kotlaba F.: Contribution to the knowledge of the very rare species Cytidiella albomellea (Corticiaceae s.l.) - 33–38

Kunca V.: Ecology and incidence of Polyporus umbellatus in Slovakia -39–53

Perić B.:Peziza acroornata (Ascomycota, Pezizales) – quatričme récolte européenne, premičre du Monténégro - 55–64

Kubátová A., Koukol O. and Nováková A.: Geomyces destructans, phenotypic features of some Czech isolates - 65–75

Hortová B. and Novotný D.: Endophytic fungi in branches of sour cherry trees: a preliminary study - 77–82

Stuchlík D., Mencl K., Hubka V. and Skořepová M.: Fungal melanonychia caused by Onychocola canadensis: first records of nail infections due to Onychocola in the Czech Republic - 83–91

Taligoola H. K., Ismail M. A. and Chebon S. K.: Mycobiota and aflatoxins associated with imported rice grains stored in Uganda - 93–107

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niedziela, 6 listopada 2011

African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (1-11), 2011

Contents [5 (1), 2011]:


Newton Z. Lupwayi, Ann C. Kennedy and Rowland M. Chirwa

Grain legume impacts on soil biological processes in sub-Saharan Africa


M. T. Masarirambi, T. O. Oseni, V. D. Shongwe and N. Mhazo

Physiological disorders of Brassicas /Cole crops found in Swaziland: A review


Ngono Ngane R. A., Koanga Mogtomo M. L., Tchinda Tiabou A., Magnifouet Nana H., Motso Chieffo P. R., Mballa Bounou Z., Ebelle Etame R. M., Ndifor F., Biyiti L. and Amvam Zollo P. H.

Ethnobotanical survey of some Cameroonian plants used for treatment of viral diseases


A. Balamurugan, R. Jayanthi, P. Nepolean, R. Vidhya Pallavi and R. Premkumar

Studies on cellulose degrading bacteria in tea garden soils


P. A. G. Wanyama, B. T. Kiremire, P. Ogwok and J. S. Murumu

Indigenous plants in Uganda as potential sources of textile dyes


Sergio Pinedo, Sixto Iman, Mario Pinedo, Armando Vasquez and Herman Collazos

Clonal trial of five genotypes of “camu-camu”, Myrciaria dubia (h.b.k) mc. Vaugh, in non-flooded area


Hassan Ghasemi Mobtaker, Asadollah Akram, Alireza Keyhani and Ali Mohammadi

Energy consumption in alfalfa production: A comparison between two irrigation systems in Iran


Akram Kiani Abari, Mohammad Hosseini Nasr, Mohammad Hojjati and Dariush Bayat

Salt effects on seed germination and seedling emergence of two Acacia species



Contents [5 (2), 2011]:



A. N. Misra, M. Misra and R. Singh

Nitric oxide: A ubiquitous signaling molecule with diverse role in plants


Paulino Munisse, Sven Bode Andersen, Brita Dahl Jensen and Jorgen Lindskrog Christiansen

Diversity of landraces, agricultural practises and traditional uses of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Mozambique


Radhe Shyam and Naresh Chander Aery

Influence of lanthanum on biochemical constituents and peroxidase activity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)


Bokary Allaye Kelly

Growth response of Anogeissus leiocarpa coppices to prescribed fire and weeding after plantation harvesting in the Sudanian zone of Mali, West Africa


Sonia Farro, Mario Pinedo and Richard Huaranca

Evaluation of the fruit-drop of Myrciaria dubia (H.B.K.) Mc Vaugh, camu-camu, in the “five River Basins” collection of the San Miguel experimental research station - IIAP, Loreto, Peru


A. T. J. Ogunkunle and O. Racheal Olopade

Studies on the asthma coughs plant Crinum jagus L. (Amaryllidaceae) in Nigeria


Ahlem Tekaya-Karoui, Naima Boughalleb, Saoussen Hammami, Hichem Ben Jannet and Zine Mighri

Chemical composition and antifungal activity of volatile components from woody terminal branches and roots of Tetraclinis articulate (Vahl.) Masters growing in Tunisia


Afuape S. O., Okocha P. and Njoku D.

Multivariate assessment of the agromorphological variability and yield components among sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) landraces


Subhashini S. and Kantha D. Arunachalam

Investigations on the phytochemical activities and wound healing properties of Adhatoda vasica leave in Swiss albino mice



Contents [5 (3), 2011]:



Rajesh Kumar Jain

Correlation study of flowering performance and flowering pattern with the yield in Linum usitatissimum L.


Clare M. Mukankusi, Rob J. Melis, John Derera, Robin A. Buruchara and D. Mark

A screening technique for resistance to Fusarium root rot of common bean


Ayodele Adesina Adegbite

Reaction of some maize (Zea mays l.) varieties to infestation with root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita under field conditions


Norazalina Saad, Norhaizan Mohd Esa, Hairuszah Ithnin and Nurul Husna Shafie

Optimization of optimum condition for phytic acid extraction from rice bran


C. C. Ononuju and P. O. Nzenwa

Nematicidal effects of some plant extracts on egg hatchability and control of Meloidogyne spp. in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp)


Sowbiya Muneer, Tabasum Nazir Qadri, Mahmooduzaffar and T. O. Siddiqi

Cytogenetic and biochemical investigations to study the response of Vigna radiata to cadmium stress


J. Nzungize, P. Gepts, R. Buruchara, A. Male, P. Ragama, J. P. Busogoro and J. P. Baudoin

Introgression of Pythium root rot resistance gene into Rwandan susceptible common bean cultivars


Farzaneh Najafi, Ramazan Ali Khavari-Nejad and Fatemeh Hasanjanzadeh

The Physiological responses of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) to NiSO4


M. G. Akinwale, G. Gregorio, F. Nwilene, B. O. Akinyele, S. A. Ogunbayo and A. C. Odiyi

Heritability and correlation coefficient analysis for yield and its components in rice (Oryza sativa L.)


G. O. Alege, B. O. Akinyele, S. M. Ayodele1 and A. V. Ogbode

Taxonomic importance of the vegetative and pod characteristics in three Nigerian species of sesame



Contents [5 (4), 2011]:


N. K. Srivastava and A. K. Srivastava

Partitioning of exogenously supplied 14C substrates into primary metabolites and accumulation of total triterpenoids saponins in Centella asiatica


Inuwa H. M., Aimola I. A. and Inuwa L.

Comparative analysis of genomic DNA isolation procedures; hexa decyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and liquid detergent (morning fresh®) methods from Samsorg 41 (icsv 400)


Heidar Abbasi and Seyyed Ruhollah Mortazavipur

Production of exopolygalacturonase from wheat flour by Aspergillus awamori in submerged and surface culture fermentation


A. K. Musa, M. A. Belewu, A. Muhammed-Lawal, F. O. Adekola, B. O. Olarewaju and S. O. Ibraheem

Costs analysis and toxicity of Jatropha curcas L. on maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motsch


Mekou Y. Bele, Derek A. Focho, Enow A. Egbe and Bindeh G. Chuyong

Ethnobotanical survey of the uses of Annonaceae around mount Cameroon


Valery Noiha Noumi, Louis Zapfack and Bonaventure Sonke

Ecological behaviour and biogeography of endemic species of the genus Piper L. in Africa: A case of the Guineo-Congolean region


A. U. Gbanguba, U. Ismaila, M. G. M. Kolo and A. Umar

Effect of cassava/legumes intercrop before rice on weed dynamics and rice grain yield at Badeggi, Nigeria


O. G. Moatshe, V. E. Emongor and O. Oagile

Effect of benzyladenine (BA) on fruit set and mineral nutrition of morula (Sclerocarya birrea subspecies caffra)


M. Z. Zhao, Y. P. Zhang, W. M. Wu, C. Wang, Y. M. Qian, G. Yang and J. G. Fang

A new strategy for complete identification of 69 grapevine cultivars using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers)


Alausa S. K., Oyesiku O. O., Aderibigbe J. O. and Akinola O. S.

Thermal properties of Calamus deërratus, Raphia hookeri and synthetic board in building design in Southwestern Nigeria


Ali Soleymani, Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian and Lila Naranjani

Determination of the suitable planting date and plant density for different cultivars of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in Fars



Contents [5 (5), 2011]:




M. I. Uguru and J. C. Onovo

Evidence of polyploidy in fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F.)


Gloria N. Elemo, Babajide O. Elemo, Olufunmilola O. Oladunmoye and Ochuko L. Erukainure

Comprehensive investigation into the nutritional composition of dehulled and defatted African locust bean seed (Parkia biglobosa)


Saurav Dwari and Amal Kumar Mondal

Systematic studies (morphology, anatomy and palynology) of economically viable grass Brachiaria mutica (Forsskil) Stapf in Eastern India


Isaac Mapaure and Albertina Ndeinoma

Impacts of local-level utilization pressure on the structure of mopane woodlands in Omusati region, Northern Namibia


Mohamed M. El-Fouly, Zeinab M. Mobarak and Zeinab A. Salama

Micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) foliar spray for increasing salinity tolerance in wheat Triticum aestivum L.


Rezzan Kasim, Melekber Sülüşoglu and M. Ufuk Kasim

Relationship between total anthocyanin level and colour of natural cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus L.) fruits



Contents [5 (6), 2011]:



E. Tavasoli, A. R. Marefat and N. Hassanzadeh

Identity and genetic diversity of Pectobacterium spp., causal agents of potato soft rot in Zanjan, Iran


B. Lelou, M. Diatewa and P. Van Damme

A study of intraspecific hybrid lines derived from the reciprocal crosses between wild accessions and cultivated cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)


Md. Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Jaripa Begum and Nemai Chandra Nandi

Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from different parts of Alpinia calcarata Rosc


Kh. S. Emara and A. Emad Shalaby

Seasonal variation of fixed and volatile oil percentage of four Eucalyptus spp. related to lamina anatomy


Ezeibekwe, I. O.

Study of citrus disease prevalence on four citrus varieties at the National Institute of Horticultural Research (NIHORT) Mbato, Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria


S. A. Olakojo and G. Olaoye

Correlation and heritability estimates of maize agronomic traits for yield improvement and Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze tolerance


Mbagwu F. N., Okafor V. U. and Ekeanyanwu J.

Phytochemical screening on four edible legumes (Vigna subterranean, Glycine max, Arachis hypogea, and Vigna uniguiculata) found in Eastern Nigeria



Contents [5 (7), 2011]:



R. O. Anyasi and H. I. Atagana

Biological remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in the soil and sediments by microorganisms and plants


Jyotsna A. Saonere Suryawanshi

An overview of Citrus aurantium used in treatment of various diseases


S. S. Harding and A. B. Jalloh

Evaluation of the relative weed competitiveness of upland rice varieties in Sierra Leone


Kiran Bargali

Actinorhizal plants of Kumaun Himalaya and their ecological significance


Bushra Afreen, Mohd Gulfishan, Geetesh Baghel, Mehar Fatma, A. Akil Khan and Q. A. Naqvi

Molecular detection of a virus infecting carrot and its effect on some cytological and physiological parameters


Asim Mandal and Amal Kumar Mondal

Studies on antimicrobial activities of some selected Ferns and Lycophytes in Eastern India with special emphasis on ethno-medicinal uses



Contents [5 (8), 2011]:



Florence Akwatulira, Samson Gwali, John Bosco Lamoris Okullo, Paul Ssegawa, Susan Balaba Tumwebaze, John Richard Mbwambo and Alice Muchugi

Influence of rooting media and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) concentration on rooting and shoot formation of Warburgia ugandensis stem cuttings


Rasool Khatibi

Using sulfur oxidizing bacteria and P solubilizing for enhancing phosphorous availability to Raphanus sativus


Heidar Ali Malmir

Comparison of antioxidant enzyme activities in leaves stems and roots of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) exposed to Chromium (VI)


Dilsouz Noori Abbas, Ahmed Salih Khalaf and Kamal Noman Dosky

Effect of sheep grazing on forage yield, yield components and grain yield of local black barley, under rainfall conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan


Syed Muhammad Akmal Rahim, Shahida Hasnain and Jabeen Farkhanda

Effect of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium on farm plantations of various agroeclogical zones of Punjab, Pakistan


F. E. O. Opiyo, W. N. Ekaya D. M. Nyariki and S. M. Mureithi

Seedbed preparation influence on morphometric characteristics of perennial grasses of a semi-arid rangeland in Kenya


Lasisi A. A. and Kareem S. O.

Evaluation of anthelmintic activity of the stem bark extract and chemical constituents of Bridelia ferruginae (Benth) Euphorbiaceae


Eunice W. Githae, Charles K. K. Gachene and Jesse T. Njoka

Soil physicochemical properties under Acacia senegal varieties in the dryland areas of Kenya



Contents [5 (9), 2011]:



Yavar Sharafi

Study of pollen germination in pome fruit tree of Rosaceae family in vitro


Sudha Medapa, Geetha R. J. Singh and Vaishnavi Ravikumar

The phytochemical and antioxidant screening of Justicia wynaadensis


Farah Farahani, Reza Yari and Masoud Sheidai

Molecular, C-value and morphological analyses of somaclonal variation in three olive cultivars


X. Y. Li, C. Wang, G. Yang, X. D. Li, B. J. Li, C. N. Song and J. G. Fang

Employment of a new strategy for identification of Prunus mume cultivars using random amplified polymorphic deoxyribonucleic acid (RAPD) markers


Pijush Kanti Das, Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal Parui

Antibacterial activity of some selected dye yielding plants in Eastern India


Musa A. O., Ibrahim H and Abdurahman E. M

Preliminary studies on the morphology and anatomy of the root of Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. and Dalz. (Caesalpiniaceae)


Amanabo Musa, Emmanuel O. Ogbadoyi, Johnson A. Oladiran, Matthew I. S. Ezenwa and Helmina O. Akanya

Effect of reproductive phase on some micronutrients, anti-nutrients and toxic substances in Vernonia amygdalina grown in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria


Rajeev Gopal and Neena Khurana

Effect of heavy metal pollutants on sunflower



Contents [5 (10), 2011]:




Ubani Ozioma Ndubunma and Okonkwo Ego Ulu

A review of shelf-life extension studies of Nigerian indigenous fresh fruits and vegetables in the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute


E. U. Asogwa, A. H. Otuonye, F. C. Mokwunye, K. A. Oluyole, T. C. N. Ndubuaku and E. O. Uwagboe

Kolanut production, processing and marketing in the South-eastern states of Nigeria


Prohp T. P., Onoagbe I. O. and Uwumarongie O. H.

Importance of knowledge of chemical composition of stem bark of Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum. in traditional treatment of diabetes mellitus in Nigeria


Zaman Sher, Farrukh Hussain and Lal Badshah

Micro-mineral contents in eight forage shrubs at three phenological stages in a Pakistan’s rangeland


Olusegun O. Awotoye, Clement O. Ogunkunle and Sunday A. Adeniyi

Assessment of soil quality under various land use practices in a humid agro-ecological zone of Nigeria


Adeniyan O. N., Ayoola O. T. and Ogunleti D. O.

Evaluation of cowpea cultivars under maize and maize-cassava based intercropping systems


Hasan Farahbakhsh and Mohaddeseh Shamsaddin Saiid

Effects of foliar application of salicylic acid on vegetative growth of maize under saline conditions


T. D. Gioi, K. S. Boora and Kamla Chaudhary

Investigation of genetic relationship among yellow mosaic virus resistant cowpea lines by using microsatellite markers


Agogbua Josephine U. and Osuji Julian O.

Split crown technique for mass propagation of smooth Cayenne pineapple in South-South Nigeria


Hidayat Ullah, Asghari Bano, K. M. Khokhar and T. Mahmood

Effect of seed soaking treatment with growth regulators on phytohormone level and sex modification in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)


Mahmoud Shomeili, Majid Nabipour , Mosa Meskarbashee and Hamid Rajabi Memari

Effects of gibberellic acid on sugarcane plants exposed to salinity under a hydroponic system


I. O. Udo, N. E. Nneke and A. M. Uyioata

Survey of plant parasitic nematodes associated with rice (Oryza sativa L.) in South Eastern Nigeria



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Sandeep Dhankhar, Ramanjeet Kaur, S. Ruhil, M. Balhara, Seema Dhankhar and A. K. Chhillar

A review on Justicia adhatoda: A potential source of natural medicine


Saeed Saeedipour

Salinity tolerance of rice lines related to endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) level synthesis under stress


Cyrus Mansourifar, Morad Shaban, Mokhtar Ghobadi and Abasalt Rostami Ajirlu

Effect of drought stress and N fertilizer on yield, yield components and grain storage proteins in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars


Mahamad Hadi Kargar and Ali Imani

Effects of fungicides on pollen germination peach and nectarine in vitro


O. R. Adeniyi

Economic aspects of intercropping systems of vegetables (okra, tomato and cowpea)


E. K. Eifediyi, S. U. Remison and V. B. Okaka

Relationship between morphological characters, dry matter yield and fruit yield of cucumber


Abdul Raziq Shah, Muhammad Sajid, Abdur-Rab, Neelam Ara, Masood Ahmad, Fazal-i- Wahid and Gohar Shafi

Response of germination, growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) to seed priming duration and p-sources in Northwest Pakistan


Farah Farahani, Samaneh Razeghi, Maryam Peyvandi, Saideh Attaii and Mehdi Hosseini Mazinani

Micrografting and micropropagation of olive (Olea europea L. ) Iranian cultivar: Zard


Masinde A. O. Anastacia, Kwambai K. Thomas, and Wambani N. Hilda

Evaluation of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) variety tolerance to foliar diseases at Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Centre-Kitale in North west Kenya


Kuldip S. Dogra, Sarvesh K. Sood and Romita Sharma

Distribution, Biology and Ecology of Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Congress Grass) an invasive species in the North-Western Indian Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh)



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