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Isolation and characterization of compounds in ethanolic extract of Albizia coriaria (Welw ex. Oliver) leaves: a further evidence of its ethnomedicinal diversity

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022
Background Albizia coriaria Welw ex. Oliver (A. coriaria) is one of the treasured medicinal plants in Africa. In continuity of our study verifying the claim of using its leaves for managing bacterial diseases and oxidative stress-mediated complications ...
Timothy Omara, Ambrose K. Kiprop, Viola J. Kosgei   +2 more
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Phytochemical Characterization and Bioactivity of Asparagus acutifolius: A Focus on Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Lipase Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Activities

Molecules, 2021
The phytochemical composition of leaves, stems, pericarps and rhizomes ethanolic extracts of Asparagus acutifolius were characterized by HPLC-DAD-MS. A.
Amel Hamdi, Sara Jaramillo-Carmona, Rocío Rodríguez-Arcos, Ana Jiménez-Araujo, Mokhtar Lachaal, Najoua Karray-Bouraoui, Rafael Guillén-Bejarano   +6 more
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Eco-Friendly Dyeing of Pretreated Cotton Fabric Using a Natural Dye Extract from Erythrina abyssinica

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022
The increasing awareness of toxicity of synthetic dyes has considerably raised the demand for natural dyes. Retaining color fastness and strength of natural dyes on fabric is the main limitation in textile dyeing with natural dyes.
Scolastica Manyim, Ambrose K. Kiprop, Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi, Achisa Cleophas Mecha   +3 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain (Fabaceae) from Guangxi, China

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain is an ethnomedicinal plant with high nutritional and medicinal values. In this study, we report the complete chloroplast genome of F. macrophylla.
Xin-mei Qin, Hong Li, Nan Cui, Shui-Yuan Jiang, Yan-Ni Liang, Man-Lian Wang, Xi-Yang Huang   +6 more
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Rosmanol and Carnosol Synergistically Alleviate Rheumatoid Arthritis through Inhibiting TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK Pathway

Molecules, 2021
Callicarpalongissima has been used as a Yao folk medicine to treat arthritis for years in China, although its active anti-arthritic moieties have not been clarified so far.
Lianchun Li, Zhenghong Pan, Desheng Ning, Yuxia Fu   +3 more
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Genomic evidence reveals high genetic diversity in a narrowly distributed species and natural hybridization risk with a widespread species in the genus Geodorum

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background Understanding genetic diversity is a core issue in conservation genetics. However, previous genetic diversity evaluations of narrowly distributed species have rarely used closely related widespread species as a reference.
Xianliang Zhu, Jianmin Tang, Haidu Jiang, Yishan Yang, Zongyou Chen, Rong Zou, Aizhu Xu, Yajin Luo, Zhenhai Deng, Xiao Wei, Shengfeng Chai   +10 more
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Nutritional composition and antioxidant activity of different walnut varieties (Juglans regia L.) from Nerpio (Spain) in comparison to commercial varieties

Grasas y Aceites, 2019
In the Nerpio region (Albacete, Spain), endogenous walnut cultivars have been grown since ancient times. None of them has been chemically characterized to valorize them in comparison to commercial varieties.
I. Viera-Alcaide, A. Hamdi, A. Jiménez-Araujo, R. Rodríguez-Arcos, J. A. Espejo-Calvo, R. Guillén-Bejarano   +5 more
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Castanopsis fordii Hance (Fagaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023
Castanopsis fordii Hance 1884 is a typical evergreen broad-leaved forest plant in the south subtropical and middle subtropical regions of China. It has high utilization value in wood production and soil erosion protection.
Ya-Feng Wang, Yong-Lin Huang, Rui-Jie He, Bing-Yuan Yang, Zhang-Bin Liu   +4 more
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Diverse Phytochemicals and Bioactivities in the Ancient Fruit and Modern Functional Food Pomegranate (Punica granatum). [PDF]

, 2017
Having served as a symbolic fruit since ancient times, pomegranate (Punica granatum) has also gained considerable recognition as a functional food in the modern era. A large body of literature has linked pomegranate polyphenols, particularly anthocyanins
Tian, Li, Wu, Sheng
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Simonsinol on Lipopolysaccharide Stimulated RAW264.7 Cells through Inactivation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway

Molecules, 2020
Simonsinol is a natural sesqui-neolignan firstly isolated from the bark of Illicium simonsii. In this study, the anti-inflammatory activity of simonsinol was investigated with a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated murine macrophages RAW264.7 cells model.
Lian-Chun Li, Zheng-Hong Pan, De-Sheng Ning, Yu-Xia Fu   +3 more
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