Herbal Remedies for Combating Irradiation: a Green Antiirradiation Approach [PDF]
Plants play important roles in human life not only as suppliers of oxygen but also as a fundamental resource to sustain the human race on this earthly plane.
Choong, Y. S. +8 more
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Background: A significant amount of crop production is destroyed annually by pests in the storage and significant damage is caused to crops. Recently, the use of essential oils as an alternative to pesticides in pest control has been considered.
Mohammadreza Labbafi +7 more
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Identification and resolving of trace and co-eluted components of Lamium amplexicaule essential oil using two chemometric methods-assisted GC-MS [PDF]
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) due to high sensitivity and qualifying the volatile compounds is one of the most practical methods for the analysis of essential oils.
Fateme Tajabadi +2 more
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Optimization of the Glycyrrhizic Acid Extraction from Licorice by Response Surface Methodology [PDF]
This study aims to extract Glycyrrhizic Acid (GA) from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (licorice) using a novel, high efficiency, and low-cost extraction method.
Masoumeh Khanahmadi +5 more
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Background: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (Milk thistle) is a perennial herb with medicinal properties. The seeds of these plants contain silymarin compounds with flavonolignan structure and antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects ...
Saeed Tavakoli +4 more
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The seeds of Abrus cantoniensis (A. cantonensis) have dormancy characteristics with very low germination under natural conditions. In general, its seed dormancy could be broken by friction or soaking with exogenous gibberellins (GA3).
Zhu Yanxia +4 more
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Effects of standardized hydro-alcoholic extract of Vaccinium arctostaphylos leaf on hypertension and biochemical parameters in hypertensive hyperlipidemic type 2 diabetic patients: a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial [PDF]
Objective: To study the blood pressure, lipid and glycemic effects and safety of Vaccinium arctostaphylos leaf in the hypertensive hyperlipidemic type 2 diabetic patients.
Reza Mohtashami +4 more
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Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge [PDF]
Background: This study explores medicinal plant knowledge and use among Muslim women in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Ethnobotanical research in the region has focused on rural populations and male herbal healers in cities, and based on these few ...
A Begossi +63 more
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Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants at Sambas Botanical Garden, West Kalimantan, Indonesia [PDF]
Botanical garden is one of ex-situ conservation which has function as germ plasm conservation, education/research, and recreation. To conserve plants biodiversity, many local governments in Indonesia propose to cooperate with LIPI to build botanical ...
Sudarmono, S. (Sudarmono)
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Background: Medicinal plant contain phytochemicals which have inhibitory effects on plant pathogens. Weeds compete with the main crops and reduce the growth, yield, and quality of agricultural products to some extent.
Zahra Tarassoli +2 more
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