American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology - 7 (1), 2012

Contents:

Electroanalytical Determination of Doripenem using a Screen-Printed Electrode

Nora H. Al-Shaalan


Evaluation of Hyypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Activity of Nyctanthes Arbortristis Linn against Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats

Krishna Murti, Manish Kaushik and Aditi Kaushik


Exploration of Preliminary Phytochemical Studies of Seed of syzygium cumini

Krishna Murti, Deepika Paliwal, Shyna Madan, Rekha Kundu and Manish Kaushik

   
Periodic Validation of High Antidiabetic Potentials of Unripe Plantain in Comparison with Glibenclamide and Fansidar

E. O. Jimmy and M. A. Okon

   
Hepatic and Renal Histological Alterations Induced by Topical Hydroquinone Administration

Bashir M. Jarrar, Maher M. Alenezi, Abdullah Al-Hiri and Yazun Jarrar


The 100-Days Oral Toxicity of Tomato Pomace in Healthy Mice

Wathita Phachonpai, Supaporn Muchimapura, Jintanaporn Wattanathorn, Panakaporn Wannanon, Wipawee Thukhammee, Chonlathip Thipkaew and Terdthai Tong-Un



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American Journal of Botany 99 (3), 2012
American Journal of Botany 99 (2), 2012

Plant Biotechnology Journal - 9 (6-9), 2011

Plant Biotechnology Journal - 9 (6), 2011



Contents:

Special Section: Chloroplast Biotechnology


Immunogenicity of chloroplast-derived HIV-1 p24 and a p24-Nef fusion protein following subcutaneous and oral administration in mice (pages 629–638)

Nuria Gonzalez-Rabade, Edward G. McGowan, Fei Zhou, Matthew S. McCabe, Ralph Bock, Philip J. Dix, John C. Gray and Julian K-C. Ma


Tobacco plastidial thioredoxins as modulators of recombinant protein production in transgenic chloroplasts (pages 639–650)

Ruth Sanz-Barrio, Alicia Fernández-San Millán, Patricia Corral-Martínez, José M. Seguí-Simarro and Inmaculada Farran


Plastid expression of a double-pentameric vaccine candidate containing human papillomavirus-16 L1 antigen fused with LTB as adjuvant: transplastomic plants show pleiotropic phenotypes (pages 651–660)

Mohammad T. Waheed, Nadja Thönes, Martin Müller, Syed W. Hassan, Johanna Gottschamel, Elke Lössl, Hans-Peter Kaul and Andreas G. Lössl


Tobacco chloroplast transformants expressing genes encoding dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione-S-transferase, exhibit altered anti-oxidant metabolism and improved abiotic stress tolerance (pages 661–673)

Bénédicte Le Martret, Miranda Poage, Karen Shiel, Gregory D. Nugent and Philip J. Dix


Improved heterologous protein expression in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii through promoter and 5' untranslated region optimization (pages 674–683)

Beth A. Rasala, Machiko Muto, Joseph Sullivan and Stephen P. Mayfield


Original articles


Reversible male sterility in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) by artificial microRNA-mediated silencing of general transcription factor genes (pages 684–692)

Laura Toppino, Maarten Kooiker, Matias Lindner, Ludovico Dreni, Giuseppe L. Rotino and Martin M. Kater


Only half the transcriptomic differences between resistant genetically modified and conventional rice are associated with the transgene (pages 693–702)

Maria Montero, Anna Coll, Anna Nadal, Joaquima Messeguer and Maria Pla


Improved foreign gene expression in plants using a virus-encoded suppressor of RNA silencing modified to be developmentally harmless (pages 703–712)

Pooja Saxena, Yi-Cheng Hsieh, Veria Y. Alvarado, Frank Sainsbury, Keith Saunders, George P. Lomonossoff and Herman B. Scholthof


Site-specific gene integration in rice genome mediated by the FLP–FRT recombination system (pages 713–721)

Soumen Nandy and Vibha Srivastava


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Plant Biotechnology Journal - 9 (7), 2011



Contents:

Original articles


RNAi trigger fragment truncation attenuates soybean FAD2-1 transcript suppression and yields intermediate oil phenotypes (pages 723–728)

Nicholas Wagner, Andrew Mroczka, Peter D. Roberts, William Schreckengost and Toni Voelker


Antihypertensive activity of transgenic rice seed containing an 18-repeat novokinin peptide localized in the nucleolus of endosperm cells (pages 729–735)

Yuhya Wakasa, Hui Zhao, Sakiko Hirose, Daiki Yamauchi, Yuko Yamada, Lijun Yang, Kousaku Ohinata, Masaaki Yoshikawa and Fumio Takaiwa


Generation of chimeric repressors that confer salt tolerance in Arabidopsis and rice (pages 736–746)

Tomomi Mito, Motoaki Seki, Kazuo Shinozaki, Masaru Ohme-Takagi and Kyoko Matsui


Cytokinin-mediated source/sink modifications improve drought tolerance and increase grain yield in rice under water-stress (pages 747–758)

Zvi Peleg, Maria Reguera, Ellen Tumimbang, Harkamal Walia and Eduardo Blumwald


Trade-offs between biomass growth and inducible biosynthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate in transgenic poplar (pages 759–767)

David A. Dalton, Cathleen Ma, Shreya Shrestha, Peter Kitin and Steven H. Strauss


Sequencing and assembly of low copy and genic regions of isolated Triticum aestivum chromosome arm 7DS (pages 768–775)

Paul J. Berkman, Adam Skarshewski, Michał T. Lorenc, Kaitao Lai, Chris Duran, Edmund Y.S. Ling, Jiri Stiller, Lars Smits, Michael Imelfort, Sahana Manoli, Megan McKenzie, Marie Kubaláková, Hana Šimková, Jacqueline Batley, Delphine Fleury, Jaroslav Doležel and David Edwards


Plant production of anti-ß-glucan antibodies for immunotherapy of fungal infections in humans (pages 776–787)

Cristina Capodicasa, Paola Chiani, Carla Bromuro, Flavia De Bernardis, Marcello Catellani, Angelina S. Palma, Yan Liu, Ten Feizi, Antonio Cassone, Eugenio Benvenuto and Antonella Torosantucci


Temporal and spatial control of transgene expression using a heat-inducible promoter in transgenic wheat (pages 788–796)

Jacqueline Freeman, Caroline A. Sparks, Jevon West, Peter R. Shewry and Huw D. Jones


Virus-induced gene silencing can persist for more than 2 years and also be transmitted to progeny seedlings in Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato (pages 797–806)

Muthappa Senthil-Kumar and Kirankumar S. Mysore


Expression of an immunogenic Ebola immune complex in Nicotiana benthamiana (pages 807–816)

Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Seong H. Bhoo, Huafang Lai, Julian Ma, Charles J. Arntzen, Qiang Chen and Hugh S. Mason


Addendum


Addendum (page 817)



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Plant Biotechnology Journal - 9 (8), 2011



Contents:

Review article


Exploiting natural variation to identify insect-resistance genes (pages 819–825)

Colette Broekgaarden, Tjeerd A.L. Snoeren, Marcel Dicke and Ben Vosman


Original articles


Introduction of the ZmDof1 gene into rice enhances carbon and nitrogen assimilation under low-nitrogen conditions (pages 826–837)

Tomohiro Kurai, Masataka Wakayama, Tomomi Abiko, Shuichi Yanagisawa, Naohiro Aoki and Ryu Ohsugi


Rice plants expressing the moss sodium pumping ATPase PpENA1 maintain greater biomass production under salt stress (pages 838–847)

Andrew Jacobs, Kristina Ford, Jodie Kretschmer and Mark Tester


Pectin engineering to modify product quality in potato (pages 848–856)

Heather A. Ross, Wayne L. Morris, Laurence J.M. Ducreux, Robert D. Hancock, Susan R. Verrall, Jenny A Morris, Gregory A. Tucker, Derek Stewart, Pete E. Hedley, Gordon J. McDougall and Mark A. Taylor


Transgenic maize plants expressing the Totivirus antifungal protein, KP4, are highly resistant to corn smut (pages 857–864)

Aron Allen, Emir Islamovic, Jagdeep Kaur, Scott Gold, Dilip Shah and Thomas J. Smith


Bio-available zinc in rice seeds is increased by activation tagging of nicotianamine synthase (pages 865–873)

Sichul Lee, Daniel P. Persson, Thomas H. Hansen, Soren Husted, Jan K. Schjoerring, You-Sun Kim, Un Sil Jeon, Yoon-Keun Kim, Yusuke Kakei, Hiroshi Masuda, Naoko K. Nishizawa and Gynheung An


Increasing the energy density of vegetative tissues by diverting carbon from starch to oil biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis (pages 874–883)

Sanjaya, Timothy P. Durrett, Sean E. Weise and Christoph Benning


Accumulation of recombinant cellobiohydrolase and endoglucanase in the leaves of mature transgenic sugar cane (pages 884–896)

Mark D. Harrison, Jason Geijskes, Heather D. Coleman, Kylie Shand, Mark Kinkema, Anthony Palupe, Rachael Hassall, Manuel Sainz, Robyn Lloyd, Stacy Miles and James L. Dale


Transgenic Pm3b wheat lines show resistance to powdery mildew in the field (pages 897–910)

Susanne Brunner, Severine Hurni, Gerhard Herren, Olena Kalinina, Simone von Burg, Simon L. Zeller, Bernhard Schmid, Michael Winzeler and Beat Keller


Non-food/feed seeds as biofactories for the high-yield production of recombinant pharmaceuticals (pages 911–921)

Francesca Morandini, Linda Avesani, Luisa Bortesi, Bart Van Droogenbroeck, Kirsten De Wilde, Elsa Arcalis, Flavia Bazzoni, Luca Santi, Annalisa Brozzetti, Alberto Falorni, Eva Stoger, Ann Depicker and Mario Pezzotti


Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa (pages 922–931)

Pavana J. Hiremath, Andrew Farmer, Steven B. Cannon, Jimmy Woodward, Himabindu Kudapa, Reetu Tuteja, Ashish Kumar, Amindala BhanuPrakash, Benjamin Mulaosmanovic, Neha Gujaria, Laxmanan Krishnamurthy, Pooran M. Gaur, Polavarapu B. KaviKishor, Trushar Shah, Ramamurthy Srinivasan, Marc Lohse, Yongli Xiao, Christopher D. Town, Douglas R. Cook, Gregory D. May and Rajeev K. Varshney


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Plant Biotechnology Journal - 9 (9), 2011



Contents:

Editorial


In consideration of GMOs: a virtual special issue of the Plant Biotechnology Journal (pages 933–935)

Dominique Michaud


Review article


Biotechnological application of functional genomics towards plant-parasitic nematode control (pages 936–944)

Jiarui Li, Timothy C. Todd, Junghoon Lee and Harold N. Trick


Research articles


Attitudes of European farmers towards GM crop adoption (pages 945–957)

Francisco J. Areal, Laura Riesgo and Emilio Rodríguez-Cerezo


Peroxisomal polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis is a promising strategy for bioplastic production in high biomass crops (pages 958–969)

Kimberley Tilbrook, Leigh Gebbie, Peer M. Schenk, Yves Poirier and Stevens M. Brumbley


Coordinate expression of multiple proteins in plant cells by exploiting endogenous kex2p-like protease activity (pages 970–981)

Bei Zhang, Madhusudhan Rapolu, Leyang Huang and Wei Wen Su


Prevention of allergic asthma by vaccination with transgenic rice seed expressing mite allergen: induction of allergen-specific oral tolerance without bystander suppression (pages 982–990)

Kazuya Suzuki, Osamu Kaminuma, Lijun Yang, Toshiro Takai, Akio Mori, Makiko Umezu-Goto, Takayuki Ohtomo, Yasushi Ohmachi, Yuko Noda, Sakiko Hirose, Ko Okumura, Hideoki Ogawa, Kazuko Takada, Masatomo Hirasawa, Takachika Hiroi and Fumio Takaiwa


Recombinant plant-expressed tumour-associated MUC1 peptide is immunogenic and capable of breaking tolerance in MUC1.Tg mice (pages 991–1001)

Julia Pinkhasov, M. Lucrecia Alvarez, M. Manuela Rigano, Khanrat Piensook, Dalia Larios, Martin Pabst, Josephine Grass, Pinku Mukherjee, Sandra J. Gendler, Amanda M. Walmsley and Hugh S. Mason


Mutations in the F-box gene LARGER PANICLE improve the panicle architecture and enhance the grain yield in rice (pages 1002–1013)

Ming Li, Ding Tang, Kejian Wang, Xinru Wu, Lili Lu, Hengxiu Yu, Minghong Gu, Changjie Yan and Zhukuan Cheng


Engineering virus resistance using a modified potato gene (pages 1014–1021)

Jason Cavatorta, Kari W. Perez, Stewart M. Gray, Joyce Van Eck, Inhwa Yeam and Molly Jahn


Dynamic 13C/1H NMR imaging uncovers sugar allocation in the living seed (pages 1022–1037)

Gerd Melkus, Hardy Rolletschek, Johannes Fuchs, Volodymyr Radchuk, Eva Grafahrend-Belau, Nese Sreenivasulu, Twan Rutten, Diana Weier, Nicolas Heinzel, Falk Schreiber, Thomas Altmann, Peter M Jakob and Ljudmilla Borisjuk


GhHmgB3 deficiency deregulates proliferation and differentiation of cells during somatic embryogenesis in cotton (pages 1038–1048)

Lisong Hu, Xiyan Yang, Daojun Yuan, Fanchang Zeng and Xianlong Zhang


Enhancing the expression of starch synthase class IV results in increased levels of both transitory and long-term storage starch (pages 1049–1060)

Francisco M. Gámez-Arjona, Jun Li, Sandy Raynaud, Edurne Baroja-Fernández, Francisco J. Munoz, Miroslav Ovecka, Paula Ragel, Abdellatif Bahaji, Javier Pozueta-Romero and Ángel Mérida


Human alfa-mannosidase produced in transgenic tobacco plants is processed in human ?-mannosidosis cell lines (pages 1061–1073)

Francesca De Marchis, Chiara Balducci, Andrea Pompa, Hilde M. F. Riise Stensland, Marco Guaragno, Rita Pagiotti, Anna R. Menghini, Emanuele Persichetti, Tommaso Beccari and Michele Bellucci


Discovery of polymorphisms in starch-related genes in rice germplasm by amplification of pooled DNA and deeply parallel sequencing (pages 1074–1085)

Ardashir Kharabian-Masouleh, Daniel L. E. Waters, Russell F. Reinke and Robert J. Henry


Transcript-specific, single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery and linkage analysis in hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (pages 1086–1099)

Alexandra M. Allen, Gary L.A. Barker, Simon T. Berry, Jane A. Coghill, Rhian Gwilliam, Susan Kirby, Phil Robinson, Rachel C. Brenchley, Rosalinda D’Amore, Neil McKenzie, Darren Waite, Anthony Hall, Michael Bevan, Neil Hall and Keith J. Edwards


Global and grain-specific accumulation of glycoside hydrolase family 10 xylanases in transgenic maize (Zea mays) (pages 1100–1108)

Benjamin N. Gray, Oleg Bougri, Alvar R. Carlson, Judy Meissner, Shihao Pan, Matthew H. Parker, Dongcheng Zhang, Vladimir Samoylov, Nathan A. Ekborg and R. Michael Raab


Production of recombinant human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor in rice cell suspension culture with a human-like N-glycan structure (pages 1109–1119)

Yun-Ji Shin, Yun-Jo Chong, Moon-Sik Yang and Tae-Ho Kwon


Differential N-glycosylation of a monoclonal antibody expressed in tobacco leaves with and without endoplasmic reticulum retention signal apparently induces similar in vivo stability in mice (pages 1120–1130)

Ada Triguero, Gleysin Cabrera, Meilyn Rodríguez, Jeny Soto, Yasser Zamora, Marlene Pérez, Mark R. Wormald and José A. Cremata


Characterizing homologues of crop domestication genes in poorly described wild relatives by high-throughput sequencing of whole genomes (pages 1131–1140)

Sylvia Malory, Frances M. Shapter, Martin S. Elphinstone, Ian H. Chivers and Robert J. Henry


Apoptosis-related genes confer resistance to Fusarium wilt in transgenic ‘Lady Finger’ bananas (pages 1141–1148)

Jean-Yves Paul, Douglas K. Becker, Martin B. Dickman, Robert M. Harding, Harjeet K. Khanna and James L. Dale


Reviewers


Reviewers (pages 1149–1150)


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (31-33), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (31), 2011



Contents:

Review



Ali Ghasemzadeh and Neda Ghasemzadeh

Flavonoids and phenolic acids: Role and biochemical activity in plants and human



Research Articles



Dougnon J. T., Edorh A. P., Bankole H. S., Kpodekon M. and Gbenou J.

Efficiency of ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera lam leaves for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections in chicks


A. B. Aliyu, A. M. Musa, M. S. Abdullahi, M. A. Ibrahim, M. B. Tijjani, M. S. Aliyu and A. O. Oyewale

Activity of saponin fraction of Anisopus mannii against some pathogenic microorganisms


Deny Susanti, Muhammad Taher, Nissad Attoumani and Farediah Ahmad

Free radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of Malaysian guttiferae plants


Faten Medini, Riadh Ksouri, Hanen Falleh, Wided Megdiche, Najla Trabelsi and Chedly Abdelly

Effects of physiological stage and solvent on polyphenol composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Limonium densiflorum


Yi Bi, Jingwei Tian, Chunmei Ji, Jiangfeng Zhang, Nan Wang, Naicai Jiang, Haijun Sun and Qingguo Meng

Ocotillol-type derivatives (II) synthesis and protective effects on cultured anoxia/reoxygen injury myocardiocytes


Rashmi, K. P. Singh and Suchita Arya

Phytochemical profile and evaluation of insecticidal efficacy of Calotropis procera against defoliators


Yi Cheng, Chang-Ho Kim, Dong-Il Shin, Seong-Min Kim, Han-Mo Koo and Yong-Jin Park

Development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to study diversity in the herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora)


Neelam Singh, Mukesh Kumar Meena and Vidya Patni

In vitro rapid multiplication of a highly valuable medicinal plant Naringi crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson


Yan Shen, Wei-Jun Chen, Xin-Tao Lei, Hong-Bo Shao, Min-MinTang and Yan Li

Effects of plant growth regulators and temperature on seed germination of yellow nut-sedge (Cyperus esculentus L.)


Xiao-yang Wang, Li-ping Liu, Rui-xin Zhu, Ting-guo Kang, Ling-jiang Tong, Hua Xie and Hong-bing Wang

Cytotoxic activities of some selected medicinal plants of the genus Euphorbia


Barbara Kołodziej, Radosław Kowalski and Bogdan Kędzia

Antibacterial and antimutagenic activity of extracts aboveground parts of three Solidago species: Solidago virgaurea L., Solidago canadensis L. and Solidago gigantea Ait.


Abdoulaye Touré, Calixte Bahi, Karamoko Ouattara, Joseph Alico Djama and Adama Coulibaly

Phytochemical screening and in vitro antifungal activities of extracts of leaves of Morinda morindoides (Morinda, Rubiaceae)


Kazhila C. Chinsembu, Marius Hedimbi and Wellencia C. Mukaru

Putative medicinal properties of plants from the Kavango region, Namibia


Han-Yeol Yang, Sang-Wook Lim and Seung-Cheol Lee

Protective effect of far-infrared treated rice hull extract on lipid peroxidation in phospholipid bilayer


Wen-yi Kang, Yuan-yuan Li, Xue-zhu Gu, Qi-tai Xu and Xuan Huang

Antioxidant activities, a-glucosidase inhibitory effect in vitro and antihyperglycemic of Trapa acornis shell in alloxan-induced diabetic rats


Mohajeri Daryoush, Amouoghli Tabrizi Bahram, Doustar Yousef and Nazeri Mehrdad

Brassica rapa L. extract alleviate early hepatic injury in alloxan-induced diabetic rats


Pornkamon Sakong, Tueanjit Khampitak, Ubon Cha’on, Chadamas Pinitsoontorn, Pote Sriboonlue, Puangrat Yongvanit and Patcharee Boonsiri

Antioxidant activity and bioactive phytochemical contents of traditional medicinal plants in northeast Thailand


Bancha Yingngam, Nuttapun Supaka and Wandee Rungseevijitprapa

Estrogen-like activities and cytotoxicity effects of Thai herbal medicines as natural ingredients in anti-ageing


Ogunmoyole T., Kade I. J. and Korodele B.

In vitro antioxidant properties of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of walnut (Juglans regia)


Zheng Zhu, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Lu-Ping Qin, Han-Chen Zheng, Zai-Xing Chen, Dong-Fang Zhang, Li-Hong Li, Xin Jin, Chang-Ji Yuan and Yu-Shan Li

Comparative pharmacokinetics of icariin in plasma after oral administration of Er-Xian decoction or pure icariin in rats


Nahid Mahmoud AL Ameen, Faisal Altubaigy, Tamanna Jahangir, Idriss Abdalla Mahday, Esmaeel Abdurrahman Mohammed and Omer Abdel Aziz Musa

Effect of Nigella sativa and bee honey on pulmonary, hepatic and renal function in Sudanese in Khartoum state


Benmehdi Houcine, Azzi Rachid, Djaziri Rabah, Lahfa Farid, Benariba Nabila and Tabti Boufeldja

Effect of saponosides crude extract isolated from Citrullus Colocynthis (L.) seeds on blood glucose level in normal and streptozotocin induced diabetic rats


Hédia Hannachi, Walid Elfalleh, Imen Ennajeh, Mejda Laajel, Mohamed-Larbi Khouja, Ali Ferchichi and Nizar Nasri

Chemicals profiling and antioxidants activities of Acacia seeds


Lan Cheng, Zhongzhe Cheng, Haixing liu, Hui Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Yang Du, Yunjiao Wang, Haibo Li, Xixiang Ying and Tingguo Kang

Liquid chromatographic (LC) determination of four bioactive compounds in the Portulaca oleracea L.


A.Sivakumar and G. Jayaraman

Anti-tuberculosis activity of commonly used medicinal plants of south India


M. S. H. Akash, K. Rehman, F. Rasool, A. Sethi, M. A. Abrar, A. Irshad, A. Abid and G. Murtaza

Alternate therapy of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with Nigella (Ranunculaceae)


Yuejin Zhang, Yalin Qin, Zhen Wang, Lijun Guo, Xin Chen, Zongsuo Liang and Hongbo Guo

DNA isolation and optimization of sequence-related amplified polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (SRAP-PCR) condition for endangered Polyporus umbellatus


Jianxin Chen, Xueling Ma, Huihui Zhao, Ying Yang, Jing Han, Shuzhen Guo, Bing Liu, Jian Ni and Wei Wang

Biological effects based quality control of a traditional Chinese medicine


Liu Wei, Li Feng, Zhuang Li and Zhang Zhen-Qiu

Comparison of the tissue distributions of flavonoids after oral administration of pure baicalin, Radix scutellariae and Scutellariae-Paeoniae couple extracts to rats


Rainer W. Bussmann and Ashley Glenn

Traditional knowledge for modern ailments – plants used for the treatment of diabetes and cancer in Northern Peru


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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (32), 2011


Contents:

Review



M. Akram, M. Saim Jamil, Zahid Mehmood, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Aubid Allah Khan and H. M. Asif

Flavonoids and phenolic acids: Role and biochemical activity in plants and human


M. Akram, Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui, Naveed Akhter, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Aubid Allah Khan, Asadullah Madni and H.M. Asif

Herbal treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A review



Research Articles



Saadat Parhizkar, Latiffa A. Latiff, Sabariah Abdul Rahman, Rashid Ibrahim, Mohammad and Aziz Dollah

In vivo estrogenic activity of Nigella sativa different extracts using vaginal cornification assay


Xiaoli Zhou, Shaoning Cheng, Yanli Yang, Yiming Zhou, Wen Tang, Xiaojing Zhang, Qing Wang and Zongjie Li

Toward a novel understanding of buckwheat self-defensive strategies during seed germination and preliminary investigation on the potential pharmacological application of its malting products


Sasidhar Pasumarthi, Murali Krishna Chimata, Chellu S. Chetty and Suresh Challa

Screening of phytochemical compounds in selected medicinal plants of Deccan Plateau and their viability effects on Caco-2 cells


Chun Xiao, Qingpin Wu, Jianbin Tan, Wen Cai, Xiaobing Yang and Jumei Zhang

Inhibitory effects on ?-glucosidase and hypoglycemic effects of the crude polysaccharides isolated from 11 edible fungi


Necdet Camas and Omer Caliskan

Breaking of seed dormancy in Hypericum leptophyllum Hochst., an endemic Turkish species


Mahdi Valiei, Ali Shafaghat and Farshid Salimi

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the flower and root hexane extracts of Althaea officinalis in Northwest Iran


Thanchanok Muangman, Wichet Leelamanit and Prapaipat Klungsupaya

Crude proteins from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp) possess potent SOD-like activity and genoprotective effect against H2O2 in TK6 cells


Richa Sharma, Gajanand Sharma and Meenakshi Sharma

Additive and inhibitory effect of antifungal activity of Curcuma longa (Turmeric) and Zingiber officinale (Ginger) essential oils against Pityriasis versicolor infections


Reena Parida and Yogamaya Dhal

A study on the micro-propagation and antioxidant activity of Piper longum (an important medicinal plant)


Luciana N. Andrade, Josemar S. Batista and Damiao P. de Sousa

Spasmolytic activity of p-menthane esters


Ji-wen Sheng, Dong-mei Liu, Zhi-jian Li, Li Qi and Wei-fen Zhang

Bioactivity-guided fractionation for antioxidant property of Athyrium multidentatum (Doll) Ching. rhizome


Mona Abdel Latif Khalil and Saad Mohamed Hussein Ayoub

Analysis of the essential oil of Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf root growing in Sudan


Durre Shahwar, Sami Ullah, Muhammad Asam Raza, Uzma Sana, Asma Yasmeen, Sadia Ghafoor and Naeem Ahmad

Acetylcholine esterase and antioxidant potential of some members of Asteraceae and Euphorbiaceae


Mustaq Ahmed, Noor Aslam, Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Farid Ullah Khan, Abdus SaboorShah and Mir Sadiq Shah

Antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extract of Periploca aphylla


W. S. Jung, I. M. Chung, S. H. Kim, M. Y. Kim, A. Ahmad and N. Praveen

In vitro antioxidant activity, total phenolics and flavonoids from celery (Apium graveolens) leaves


Haroon Khan, Shafiq Ahmad Tariq and Murad Ali Khan

Biological and phytochemical studies on corms of Colchicum luteum Baker


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

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


Vinay Kumar, A. K. Bhatnagar and J. N. Srivastava

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of Spirulina platensis and its structural elucidation of bioactive compound


A. Ghasemi Pirbalouti, B. Hamedi, F. Malek Poor, E. Rahimi, and R. Nasri Nejhad

Inhibitory activity of Iranian endemic medicinal plants against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi


Zhili Xu, Xiansheng Meng, Mingbo Zhang and Tingguo Kang

Bi-directional regulation of ginsenoside Re on smooth muscle myosin of gizzard


Yongzhan Bao, Wanyu Shi and Jianhua Qin

Effects of Chinese herbal formula “Kangshu I” on the blood heat shock protein (HSP70) and levels of some hormones in heat-stressed cows


H. Abbaspour, S. Saeidi-Sar and H. Afshari

Improving drought tolerance of Pistacia vera L. seedlings by arbuscular mycorrhiza under greenhouse conditions


M. Akram, Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui, Naveed Akhter, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Akram, Aubid Allah Khan, Asadullah Madni, H. M. Asif

Ethnobotanical survey of common medicinal plants used by people of district Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (33), 2011


Contents:

Review



Rocha R. P., Melo E. C. and Radünz L. L.

Influence of drying process on the quality of medicinal plants: A review


Maryam Haghighi and Maryam Mozafariyan

The introduction of extinct endemic vegetables of Iran


Roohi Aslam, Nazish Bostan, Nabgha-e-Amen, Maleeha Maria and Waseem Safdar

A critical review on halophytes: Salt tolerant plants


Irwandi Jaswir, Dedi Noviendri, Reno Fitri Hasrini and Fitri Octavianti

Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry


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

The use of traditional treatment modalities with special mention of Piper sarmentosum in treatment of bone fracture


Zhou Chen-Guang, Yang Jing-Li, Liu Li-Kun, Liang Cheng-Nan, Xia De-An and Li Cheng-Hao

Research progress in somatic embryogenesis of Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim.)


Irwandi Jaswir and Hammed A. Monsur

Anti-inflammatory compounds of macro algae origin: A review


Nema R. and Garg H. K.

Certain medicinal plants have anticancer potential


Swapna M.M, Prakashkumar R., Anoop K.P., Manju C.N. and Rajith N.P

A review on the medicinal and edible aspects of aquatic and wetland plants of India


Ismail Adam Arbab, Ahmad Bustamam Abdul, Mohamed Aspollah, Rasedee Abdullah, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Syam Mohan and A. H. A. Abdelmageed

Clausena excavata Burm. f. (Rutaceae): A review of its traditional uses, pharmacological and phytochemical properties


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PATTERNS OF ANT ACTIVITY ON OPUNTIA STRICTA (CACTACEAE)...

MEREDITH ROBBINS, TOM E. X. MILLER

"PATTERNS OF ANT ACTIVITY ON OPUNTIA STRICTA (CACTACEAE), A NATIVE HOST-PLANT OF THE INVASIVE CACTUS MOTH, CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)"

Florida Entomologist 92(2), s. 391-393

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PATTERNS OF ANT ACTIVITY ON OPUNTIA STRICTA

MEREDITH ROBBINS, TOM E. X. MILLER

PATTERNS OF ANT ACTIVITY ON OPUNTIA STRICTA (CACTACEAE), A NATIVE HOST-PLANT OF THE INVASIVE CACTUS MOTH, CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)



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