Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (5), 2011

Contents:

1. Obituary - Dr. Jaffar Hussain Mirza
Abdul Ghaffar

2. New combinations in Campanula Sect. Quinqueloculares from Turkey
Emine Alçitepe

3. Angelica kaghanica (Apiaceae), a new species from Kaghan valley, Pakistan
Muhammad Ishtiaq, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi and Zerqa Nawaz

4. A taxonomic revision of the genus Lactuca L. (Cichorieae- Asteraceae) from Pakistan and Kashmir
Roohi Bano and M. Qaiser

5. Manglietia kaifui (Magnoliaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China
Xiao-Min Hu, Qing-Wen Zeng, Lin Fu and Fu-Wu Xing

6. Taxonomic application of foliar anatomy in grasses of tribe Eragrostideae (Poaceae) from Salt Range of Pakistan
Farooq Ahmad, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mansoor Hameed, Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Muhammad Zafar and Asma Jabeen

7. Molecular marker assisted genetic characterization of some selected wild Ioaceae species
Ayesha Zeb, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Tariq Mahmood

8. Assessment of relocation of Trigonella cylindracea L. and T. polyceratia (L.) Trautv. to genus Medicago as inferred by RAPD and RFLP analyses
Ream, I. Marzouk and R. El-Bakatoushi

9. Comparative assessment of genetic variability in Cryptolepis buchananii, Tylophora hirsuta and Wattakaka volubilis
Tariq Mahmood, Adeeba Tariq, Nazia Nazar, Bilal Haider Abbasi and S.M. Saqlan Naqvi

10. Medicinal uses of plants by the inhabitants of Khunjerab National Park, Gilgit, Pakistan
Babar Khan, Ablimit Abdukadir, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Ghulam Mustafa

11. Eremurus persicus, a new source of medicinally important compounds
Saleha Suleman Khan, Viqar Uddin Ahmad, Nikhat Saba and Rasool Bashkh Tareen

12. Vegetation classification in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan using ordination methods
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad and Quratulann

13. Variability of vegetation of temporal ponds along gradients of stagnant water and altitude in South-West Anatolia
Urban Šilc, Ali Kavgaci, Andraž Čarni, Saime Başaran, Mehmet Ali Başaran, Petra Košir and Aleksander Marinšek

14. Plant distribution in relation to soil conditions in Hangzhou bay coastal wetlands, China
Tonggui Wu, Ming Wu, Mukui Yu and Jianghua Xiao

15. Species and community diversity of vascular flora along environmental gradient in Naran valley: A multivariate approach through indicator species analysis
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page and Habib Ahmad

16. Some preliminary studies on plants and pollutant levels along Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad motorway (M-3) (Pakistan)
Khalid Farooq Akbar, Sabah Maqbool, Iffat Ashraf, Tariq Mahmood Ansari and Sheikh Saeed Ahmad

17. Ruellia linearibracteolata: Conservation assessment and strategies to avoid extirpation
Haider Abbas and M. Qaiser

18. Magnitude of heritability and selection response for yield traits in wheat under two selection environments
Ikramullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Hidayat-Ur-Rahman, Fida Mohammad, Hidayat Ullah and Shad Khan Khalil

19. Comparative studies on the competitive abilities of an exotic Parthenium hysterophorus L., with co-existing species to determine the impacts of its invasion
Seemal Vehra and Amin U. Khan

20. Allelopathy by Lantana camara L.
Farrukh Hussain, Seema Ghulam, Zaman Sher and Bashir Ahmad

21. Role of abscisic acid (ABA) in controlling the hormonal balance at booting and grain-filling stages of different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars under drought
Sumera Iqbal and Asghari Bano

22. Effects of praseodymium on flavonoids production and its biochemical mechanism of Scutellaria viscidula hairy roots in vitro
Wei Lei, Xiaorong Shui, Yuanlin Zhou, Shaohu Tang and Min Sun

23. Effect of FYM, potassium and zinc on phenology and grain yield of wheat in rainfed cropping systems
Khalid Nawab, Amanullah, Muhammad Arif, Paigham Shah, Abdur Rab, M. Azim Khan, Muhammad Anwar Khan and Khalid Khan

24. Effect of plant growth regulators and drought stress on peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes
Ayub Khan, Jehan Bakht, Asgahri Bano and Nasrullah Jan Malik

25. Response of Gossypium hirsutum genotypes to various nitrogen levels
Zarina Bibi, Naqib Ullah Khan, Maria Mussarat, Mohammad Jamal Khan, Rafiq Ahmad, Imdad Ullah Khan and Salma Shaheen

26. Cadmium and chromium concentrations in six forage species irrigated with canal, sewage or mixed canal and sewage water
Kafeel Ahmad, Z.I. Khan, A.R. Bayat, M. Ashraf and Y. Rizwan

27. Callus induction and plant regeneration from leaf explant of Cornukaempferia aurantiflora Mood & Larsen
Piyaporn Saensouk

28. Micropropagation and callogenesis of a recalcitrant species Ricinus communis
Shagufta Naz, Fozia Tabassum, Sumera Javad, Saiqa Ilyas, Farah Aslam and Aamir Ali

29. Plant regeneration from irradiated embryogenic callus of sugarcane
Shafquat Yasmin, Imtiaz A. Khan, Abdullah Khatri, Nighat Seema, M. Aquil Siddiqui and Sajida Bibi

30. In vitro mutagenesis in banana and variant screening through ISSR
Abdullah Khatri, Sajida Bibi, Mahummad Umar Dahot, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan and Ghulam Shah Nizamani

31. Wheat growth and phytoavailability of copper and zinc as affected by soil texture in saline-sodic conditions
Muhammad Arshad, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Arif Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Camille Dumat and Niaz Ahmed

32. The cytogenetic effects of organophosphorus insecticide dichlorvos in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings
Halil Erhan Eroglu

33. Studies on the effect of genotype and explant type on callogenesis and organogenesis in indica rice
Amna Noor, Hamid Rashid, Mohammad Haroon Khan and Zubeda Chaudhry

34. The seed atlas of Pakistan-V. Balsaminaceae
Rubina Abid, Afsheen Ather and M. Qaiser

35. Effect of salinity and silicon application on oxidative damage of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.].
Mohammad Kafi, Jafar Nabati, Ali Masoumi and Mohammad Zare Mehrgerdi

36. Modulation in activities of antioxidant enzymes in salt stressed and non-stressed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants raised from seed treated with triacontanol
Shagufta Perveen, Muhammad Shahbaz and Muhammad Ashraf

37. Winter drought variations based on tree-ring data in Gaoligong Mountain, North-Western Yunnan, China, A.D. 1795-2004
Zongshan Li, Chunming Shi, Yongbo Liu, Jinlong Zhang, Qibing Zhang and Keping Ma

38. Drought tolerance studies through WSSI and stomata in upland cotton
Muhammad Jurial Baloch, Naqib Ullah Khan, Wajid Ali Jatoi, Gul Hassan, Abdul Aziz Khakhwani, Zahoor Ahmad Soomro and Nasreen Fatima Veesar

39. Grain quality attributes of wheat lines having differential photosynthetic efficiency under prolonged drought stress
Faryad Ali, Naeem Iqbal, Makhdoom Hussain and Javed Anwar

40. Determination of genetic diversity of different barley genotypes grown in Khyber Pakhtun Khwa province using RAPD markers
Jehan Bakht, Mehnaz Ghaffar, Mohammad Shafi, Saleem Khan and Abdul Latif

41. Tolerance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars to the major chickpea herbicides
M.I. Khan, G. Hassan, I. Khan, K.B. Marwat, N.U. Khan and R. Gul

42. A comparative study of five loquat genotypes at Tret, Murree, Pakistan
Azhar Hussain, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz and Syed Zia ul Hasan

43. Genetic diversity in radish germplasm for morphological traits and seed storage proteins
Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi, Asif Javaid, Muhammad Iqbal, Obaid Ullah Sayal, M. Shahid Masood and Sadar Uddin Siddiqui

44. Probing genetic diversity to characterize red rot resistance in sugarcane
Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Dur-e-Nayab, Muhammad Javed Iqbal and Zabta Khan Shinwari

45. Physical and genetic analysis of Ph1 gene region on the long arm of chromosome 5B in wheat and related cereals
Ummara Waheed Khan and Mohammad Maroof Shah

46. Transgenic tobacco with rice FAE gene exhibits higher water use efficiency
Khizar Hayat Bhatti, Amin Shah, Qaiser Mehmood, Sardar Khan, Wujia He and He Chaozu

47. An appraisal of resistance of old and new wheat genotypes to red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst)
M.S. Khanzada, G.H. Abro, T.S. Syed, S.R. Khanzada, Khalil A. Khanzada, Shahjahan, S. D. Khanzada and Akhlaq Ahmed

48. Genetic disparity and relationship among quantitatively inherited yield related traits in diallel crosses of upland cotton
Maryam Bibi, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Rozina Gul, Abdul Aziz Khakwani, Obaid Ullah Sayal, Ijaz Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Idrees

49. Assessment of planktonic diversity in River Chenab as affected by sewage of Multan city
Muhammad Ismail Chughtai, Khalid Mahmood and Abdul Rasul Awan

50. Bioactivity and phycochemical studies on Microspora floccosa (Chlorophycota) from Sindh
M.N. Khalid and Mustafa Shameel and V.U. Ahmad

51. Causes of yield reduction by delayed planting of hexaploid wheat in Pakistan
Mohammad Akmal, S.M. Shah, Muhammad Asim and M. Arif

52. Combination of fungal and bacterial antagonists for management of root and stem rot disease of soybean
D.S. Mishra, A.K. Gupta, C.R. Prajapati and U.S. Singh

53. The inhibitive effects of garlic bulb crude extract on Fulvia fulva of tomato
Wei Ting-Ting, Cheng Zhi-Hui, Muhammad Azam Khan, Ma Qing and Han Ling

54. Study of drinking water fungi and its pathogenic effects on human beings from district Bhimber, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Altaf Hussain and Kishwar Sultana

55. Biosynthesis of extracellular lipases by Bacillus sp. (MBLB-3) in relation to the nutritional conditions
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, M. Anjum Zia, Rukhsana Jabeen and Muhammad Nauman Aftab

56. Relationship of quantitative traits with two viral diseases in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
Muhammad Zubair, Saif Ullah Ajmal and Nasir Mahmood Cheema

57. Influence of herbal dye extracted from dry wood of indigenous Berberis pachyacantha Kochne in plant histological staining
Hikmat Ullah Jan, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Khan Bahader Marwat

58. Genetic control of late blight, yield and some yield related traits in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
Muhammad Yussouf Saleem, Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar, Muhammad Asghar, Qumer Iqbal and Abdul Rehman Khan

59. Identification and pathogenicity of Fusarium species associated with head blight of wheat in Iran
Khosrow Chehri, Elham Maghsoudlou, Mehdi Asemani and Mohammad Reza Mirzaei

60. In vitro bactericidal and bacteriostatic potential of ingredients of traditional medicine obtained from Kacha area (River Indus) district D.I. Khan, KPK, against human bacterial pathogens
Adnan Amin and M. Ayaz Khan

61. Addition of a new genus from Turkey into list of fungi
Sinan Alkan, Giyasettin Kaşik and Sinan Aktaş

62. Distribution of cellulolytic-thermophilic fungi on various substrates and geographic locations in Pakistan
Muhammad Mohsin Javed, Ikram-Ul-Haq, Irfana Mariyam and Farooq Latif

63. Efficacy and persistence of microbial antagonists against Sclerotium rolfsii under field condition
Fouzia Yaqub and Saleem Shahzad

64. Evaluating BLB resistance/aggressiveness in rice through best inoculum concentration, inoculation and application methods
Rukhsana Jabeen, Saeed ur Rahman and Afros Rais

65. Effect of different moisture and storage temperature on seed borne mycoflora of maize
Ishrat Niaz, Shahnaz Dawar and Uzma Sitara

66. Giemsa N-banding pattern in Hordeum murinum
Bushreen Jahan and Ahsan A. Vahidy



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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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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (1), 2011

Contents:



Weon Tai Jeon, Bong Su Choi, Samy A. M. Abd El-Azeem and Yong Sik Ok

Effects of green manure crops and mulching technology on reduction in herbicide and fertilizer use during rice cultivation in Korea


Rashmi Komal

One step method of plantlet regeneration in Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.: An approach towards cost effective and shorter protocol


Khosro Azizi, Alireza Daraei Mofrad, Saeid Heidari, Majid Amini Dehaghi, Danial Kahrizi

A study on the qualitative and quantitative traits of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.) in intercropping and sole cropping system under the interference and control of weeds in dry land farming conditions of Iran


Süleyman Incekara and Fikret Tuna

Attitudes of secondary school students towards environmental and sustainable development issues: A case study from Turkey


Niassy, S., Diarra, K., Ndiaye, S. and Niassy, A.

Pathogenicity of local Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum strains on Locusta migratoria migratorioides Reiche and Farmaire and Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus in Senegal


Bosiljkov, T., Tripalo, B., Brnčić, M., Ježek, D., Karlović, S. and Jagušt, I.

Influence of high intensity ultrasound with different probe diameter on the degree of homogenization (variance) and physical properties of cow milk


Kannappan Sudalayandi and Manja

Efficacy of lactic acid bacteria in the reduction of trimethylamine-nitrogen and related spoilage derivatives of fresh Indian mackerel fish chunks


Mehmet Ali Mazmanci

Ethanol production from Washingtonia robusta fruits by using commercial yeast


Alma Rosa Cortés-Arroyo, Adriana M. Domínguez-Ramírez, Martín Gómez-Hernández, José R. Medina López, Marcela Hurtado y de la Pena and Francisco J. López-Munoz

Antispasmodic and bronchodilator activities of Taxodium mucronatum Ten leaf extract


Z. A. Zakaria, M. S. Rofiee, L. K. Teh, M. Z. Salleh, M. R. Sulaiman and M. N. Somchit

Bauhinia purpurea leaves’ extracts exhibited in vitro antiproliferative and antioxidant activities


Ping Yu, Yuan Yan and Yun-ping Tang

Medium optimization for endochitinase production by recombinant Pichia pastoris ZJGSU02 using response surface methodology


Wenling Zhou, Yinghua Wang, Gang Chen, Min Lü, LixiaYang, Xiaoxiang Hu, Haihang Li and Ling Li

Cloning of a gene encoding glycosyltransferase from Pueraria lobata (Wild.) Ohwi and its expression in Pichia pastoris


Bashir Ahmad, Sadiq Azam, Shumaila Bashir, Ibrar Khan, Niaz Ali and M. Iqbal Chaudhary

Phytotoxic, Antibacterial and Haemagglutination activities of the aerial parts of Myrsine africana L.


Maksum Radji, Atiek Sumiati, Renita Rachmayani and Berna Elya

Isolation of fungal endophytes from Garcinia mangostana and their antibacterial activity


Khalid K. Kadhim, A. B. Z. Zuki, M. M. Noordin, S. M. A. Babjee and M. Zamri-Saad

Activities of amylase, trypsin and chymotrypsin of pancreas and small intestinal contents in the red jungle fowl and broiler breed





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In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant - 46 (3), 2010

Contents:


Site-specific gene integration technologies for crop improvement

Vibha Srivastava and David Gidoni


Elicitation with methyl-jasmonate stimulates peruvoside production in cell suspension cultures of Thevetia peruviana

Mario Arias Zabala, Mónica Angarita, Juan M. Restrepo, Luis A. Caicedo and Margarita Perea


Induction and in vitro alkaloid yield of calluses and protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) from Pinellia ternata
Alkaloid yield of in vitro tissues from Pinellia ternata

Yonghong Liu, Zongsuo Liang and Yuejin Zhang


Genetic stability of cryopreserved shoot tips of Rubus germplasm

Nina Rosa F. Castillo, Nahla V. Bassil, Sugae Wada and Barbara M. Reed


Nitrogen compounds in embryogenic and non-embryogenic calluses of Medicago arborea L.

Elena Gutierrez, Piedad Gallego, Angel Alonso, Antonio Blazquez and Luisa Martin, et al.


Regeneration of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) through direct somatic embryogenesis from the immature embryonic shoot tip

Murugan Loganathan, Subbiyan Maruthasalam, Ling Yin Shiu, Wei Ching Lien and Wen Hwei Hsu, et al.


Globular embryo-like structures and highly efficient thidiazuron-induced multiple shoot formation in saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Golandam Sharifi, Hassan Ebrahimzadeh, Behzad Ghareyazie and Mansour Karimi


Axillary bud development in pineapple nodal segments correlates with changes on cell cycle gene expression, hormone level, and sucrose and glutamate contents

Beatriz M. Souza, Jeanne B. Molfetta-Machado, Luciano Freschi, Antonio Figueira and Eduardo Purgatto, et al.


Dehydroascorbate and glutathione regulate the cellular development of Nicotiana tabacum L. SR-1 protoplasts

Geert Potters, Marcel A. K. Jansen, Nele Horemans, Yves Guisez and Taras Pasternak


Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in two wild cotton species belong to G genome

Shu-Feng Yan, Qiao Zhang, Jing-Er Wang, Yu-Qiang Sun and M. K. Daud, et al.


Shoot development and plant regeneration from protocorm-like bodies of Zygopetalum mackayi

Pou-Ieng Hong, Jen-Tsung Chen and Wei-Chin Chang


CO2-enriched microenvironment affects sucrose and macronutrients absorption and promotes autotrophy in the in vitro culture of kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa Chev. Liang and Ferguson)

Luis Arigita, Ma Jesús Canal, Ricardo Sánchez Tamés and Aida González


Germination of mature seeds of Calanthe tricarinata Lindl., an endangered terrestrial orchid, by asymbiotic culture in vitro

Toshinari Godo, Miho Komori, Emi Nakaoki, Tomohisa Yukawa and Kazumitsu Miyoshi



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In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant - 46 (2), 2010

Contents:


Cyclic secondary somatic embryogenesis and efficient plant regeneration in camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora L.)

Xueping Shi, Xigang Dai, Guofeng Liu, Junwei Zhang and Guogui Ning, et al.


Plant regeneration in Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata L., using zygotic embryo explants from mature seed and improvement of embryogenic nodule initiation by heat shock

Stewart I. Cameron


Photosynthetic and transpiration responses of in vitro-regenerated Solanum nigrum L. plants to ex vitro adaptation

Swasti S. Swain, Tapasi Tripathy, Pradipta K. Mohapatra and Pradeep K. Chand


The interaction between H2O2 and NO, Ca2+, cGMP, and MAPKs during adventitious rooting in mung bean seedlings

Shi-Weng Li and Lingui Xue


Multiple adventitious shoot formation in Spanish Red Cedar (Cedrela odorata L.) cultured in vitro using juvenile and mature tissues: an improved micropropagation protocol for a highly valuable tropical tree species

Yuri Jorge Pena-Ramírez, Juan Juárez-Gómez, Lucero Gómez-López, José L. Jerónimo-Pérez and Israel García-Shesena, et al.


Impact of colchicine application during callus induction and shoot regeneration on micropropagation and polyploidisation rates in two Miscanthus species

Katarzyna Głowacka, Stanisław Jeżowski and Zygmunt Kaczmarek


In vitro propagation of Cistus clusii Dunal, an endangered plant in Italy

Claudia Ruta and Irene Morone-Fortunato


Micropropagation of Embelia ribes Burm f. through proliferation of adult plant axillary shoots

Annapurna Dhavala and T. S. Rathore


An efficient protocol for micropropagation of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel

Yohana de Oliveira, Fernanda Pinto, André Luís Lopes da Silva, Ivan Guedes and Luiz Antonio Biasi, et al.


Production of xylanase in transgenic tobacco for industrial use in bioenergy and biofuel applications

Aparajita Chatterjee, Narayan C. Das, Sumita Raha, Ruth Babbit and Qingwei Huang, et al.


Micropropagation and ß-ecdysone content of the Brazilian ginsengs Pfaffia glomerata and Pfaffia tuberosa

Rejane Flores, Daniela Brondani, Verciane Cezarotto, Sandro Rogério Giacomelli and Fernando Teixeira Nicoloso



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In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant - 45 (6), 2009

Contents:


Short-rotation woody crops for bioenergy and biofuels applications

Maud Hinchee, William Rottmann, Lauren Mullinax, Chunsheng Zhang and Shujun Chang, et al.


Lipoic acid—an unique plant transformation enhancer

Yinghui Dan, Charles L. Armstrong, Jimmy Dong, Xiaorong Feng and Joyce E. Fry, et al.


Mulberry biodiversity conservation through cryopreservation

Ananda Rao Atmakuri, Rekha Chaudhury, S. K. Malik, Suseel Kumar and Radhakrishnan Ramachandran, et al.


In vitro propagation and agronomic performance of regenerated chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) plants from commercially important genotypes

Ma. Guadalupe Valadez-Bustos, Gerardo Armando Aguado-Santacruz, Guillermo Carrillo-Castaneda, Víctor Heber Aguilar-Rincón and Eduardo Espitia-Rangel, et al.


Interploid St. Augustinegrass [Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze] hybrids recovered by embryo rescue

Anthony D. Genovesi, Russell W. Jessup, Milton C. Engelke and Byron L. Burson


Role of enzymes and identification of stage-specific proteins in developing somatic embryos of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

S. Kiran Ghanti, K. G. Sujata, Srinath Rao, M. Udayakumar and P. B. Kavi Kishor


Long-term cultured callus and the effect factor of high-frequency plantlet regeneration and somatic embryogenesis maintenance in Zoysia japonica

Li Liu, Xiaoli Fan, Junwei Zhang, Meiling Yan and Manzhu Bao


Genetic transformation of blue grama grass with the rolA gene from Agrobacterium rhizogenes: regeneration of transgenic plants involves a “hairy embryo” stage

Gerardo Armando Aguado-Santacruz, Quintín Rascón-Cruz, Blanca Moreno-Gómez, Ramón Gerardo Guevara-González and Lorenzo Guevara-Olvera, et al.


Involvement of ethylene in the rooting of seedling shoot cultures of Bixa orellana L.

Vespasiano Borges Paiva Neto, Luciano B. Reis, Fernando L. Finger, Raimundo S. Barros and Carlos R. Carvalho, et al.


In vitro regenerating plantlets in Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. as a model system to study the development of lower epidermal papillae

Kantilal V. Wakte, Altafhusain B. Nadaf, Ratnakar J. Thengane and Narendra Jawali


Effect of nutrient media on axillary shoot proliferation and preconditioning for adventitious shoot regeneration of pears

Richard L. Bell, Chinnathambi Srinivasan and Delores Lomberk


Immunoadjuvant saponin production in seedlings and micropropagated plants of Quillaja brasiliensis

Juliane D. Fleck, Joséli Schwambach, Manoela E. Almeida, Anna C. A. Yendo and Fernanda de Costa, et al.


Micropropagation and slow growth conservation of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton)

Rishi K. Tyagi, Rajni Goswami, Rajkumari Sanayaima, Rakesh Singh and Rajesh Tandon, et al.


High-frequency embryogenesis and regeneration of plants with high content of gentiopicroside from the Chinese medicinal plant Gentiana straminea Maxim.

Yunfei Cai, Yanling Liu, Zhenhua Liu, Feng Zhang and Fengning Xiang, et al.


Optimization of growth performance of freshly induced carrot suspensions concerning PMP production

Heike Mikschofsky, Martin Hammer, Jörg Schmidtke, Patricia König and Günther Keil, et al.


Continued expression of plant-made vaccines following long-term cryopreservation of antigen-expressing tobacco cell cultures

Joyce Van Eck and Patricia Keen


Adventitious shoot formation in decapitated dicotyledonous seedlings starts with regeneration of abnormal leaves from cells not located in a shoot apical meristem

Sampath Amutha, Krishnan Kathiravan, Sima Singer, Liana Jashi and Ilan Shomer, et al.


Factors affecting regeneration of bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] from mature embryo axes

M. Koné, T. H. Kouakou, D. Koné, Y. J. Kouadio and M. Zouzou, et al.


Effect of TDZ on plant regeneration from mature seeds in pea (Pisum sativum)

S. Zhihui, M. Tzitzikas, K. Raemakers, M. Zhengqiang and R. Visser


The effects of lack of normality and homogeneity of variance on analysis of variance and clonal heritability in in vitro clonal propagation traits

Maria Eugenia Miranda-Fontaína and Josefa Fernández-López



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Acta Botanica Gallica - 157 (2), 2010

R. DI PIETRO & G. MISANO
Shrubland and garrigue vegetation in the « Gravine » gorges (Apulia region, south-eastern Italy)

Z. NOUMI, S. OULED DHAOU, F. ABDALLAH, B. TOUZARD & M. CHAIEB
Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana in the North African arid zone: the obstacles to natural regeneration

I. EMRE, A. ŞAHIN, Ö. YILMAZ & H. GENÇ
Compositions of seed fatty acids in some Lathyrus taxa from Turkey

E. BAGCI & F. BEKCI
Variation in essential oil composition of Hypericum scabrum L. and H. scabroides N. Robson & Poulter (hypericaceae) aerial parts during its phenological cycle

M. DEBOUBA, A. SUZUKI, S. BOUTET, M. HABIB GHORBEL & H. GOUIA
Aminoacid changes in leaves and roots of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) during salt stress

G. NAVARRO, J.A. MOLINA, E. AGOSTINELLI, A. LUMBRERAS & W. FERREIRA
Towards an ecological classification of flooded savannas in Beni (Bolivia)

A. BOUBAYA, N. MARZOUGUI, M. BEN SALAH & A. FERCHICHI
Analyse de la diversité chimique des cultivars de muriers du Sud tunisien

M. El AJJOURI, M. GHANMI, B. SATRANI, F. AMARTI, M. RAHOUTI, A. AAFI, M. RACHID ISMAILI & A. FARAH
Composition chimique et activité antifongique des huiles essentielles de Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. et Thymus ciliatus (Desf.) Benth. contre les champignons de pourriture du bois

N. MARZOUGUI, A. BOUBAYA, F. GUASMI, W. ELFALLEH, L. TOUIL, A. FERCHICHI & M. BEJI
Répercussion de la polyploidie artificielle sur la tolérance au stress salin chez Trigonella foenum-graecum L en Tunisie

J.A. MACEDO, P. ALVES, Â. LOMBA, J. VICENTE, R. HENRIQUES, H. GRANJA & J. HONRADO
On the interest of plant functional classifications to study community-level effects of increased disturbance on coastal dune vegetation

Z. NOUMI, S. OULED DHAOU & M. CHAIEB
Seed germination characteristics of Periploca angustifolia Labill. and Rhus tripartita (Ucria) Grande: effects of temperature, salinity and water stress

F. GOMEZ MERCADO, E. GIMENEZ LUQUE, E. LOPEZ CARRIQUE, S. DE HARO LOZANO & F. DEL MORAL TORRES
Ecological behaviour of some Mediterranean plant species: scientific grounds for restoration

A. FARAH, B. SATRANI, M. GHANMI, H. GRECHE, H. EL HOUSSAINE, H. EL HAJAJI & M. LACHKAR
Analysis of a sugar fraction from Moroccan Pinus pinaster var. atlantica and Pinus pinaster var. moghrebiana bark extracts

F.Z. BESSAM, Z. MEHDADI, M. BESSAM HASSIBA & A. MAROUF
Effets de quelques prétraitements physiques sur l’amélioration des performances germinatives de Stipa tenacissima L. et caractérisation des substances inhibitrices

H. BEN AHMED, H. MIMOUNI, A. MANAA & E. ZID
L’acide salicylique améliore la tolérance de la tomate cultivée (Solanum lycopersicum) a la contrainte saline

B. BEN HARRATH
Effets du désherbage et de la fertilisation foliaire sur la productivité du mais fourrager (Zea mays L.) dans les sols calcaires tunisiens

S. AKPAVI
Plantes alimentaires mineures ou menacées de disparition au Togo : diversité, ethnobotanique et valeurs


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