ﺑﺮﺭﺳﻰ ﺑﻴﻮ ﺳﻴﺴﺘﻤﺎﺗﻴﮑﻰ اﻋﻀﺎﻯ ﺧﺎﻧﻮاﺩﻩ ﻻﻟﻪ ﻋﺒﺎﺳﻰ (Nyctaginaceae) ﺩﺭ اﻳﺮاﻥ
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												Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Boerhavia Elegans (Choisy) Grown in Baluchestan, Iran
Short communication Antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of Boerhavia elegans (choisy) grown in Baluchestan, Iran Zahra Sadeghi*1, Jafar Valizadeh2, Omid Azyzian Shermeh2, Maryam Akaberi3 1Department of Production and Utilization of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, I. R. Iran 2Department of Biology, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Zahedan, I. R. Iran 3Biotechnology Research Center and School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I. R. Iran Article history: Abstract Received: Mar 24, 2014 Objective: Boerhaavia elegans L. (Nyctaginaceae) is a medicinal Received in revised form: May 19, 2014 plant used for the treatment of kidney disorders, urinary tract Accepted: May 26, 2014 disorders and blood purification in Baluch tribe. The aim of Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2015, 1- present study is to evaluate the antioxidant property of B. elegans 9. species for the first time. Materials and Methods: Different parts (leaf, stem and fruit) of * Corresponding Author: the plant were extracted by using various solvents (water, Tel: 0985485230097 methanol, chloroform and ethyl acetate) and evaluated for their xaF: 989153858973 antioxidant activity using DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1 picryl hydrazyl) [email protected] and FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) methods. In addition, total phenolic content was determined by Folin– Keywords: Ciocalteu reagent. Boerrhavia elegans Results: Antioxidant results were expressed as IC50. The Antioxidants antioxidant power in DPPH and FRAP assay were evaluated as DPPH shown in decreasing order: Methanolic extract > Aqueous extract FRAP Total phenolic content > Ethyl acetate extract > Chloroform extract, for all parts of the plant. In both methods of antioxidant assay and Folin-Ciocalteu method, methanolic extract of leaf exhibited the highest activity and the most phenolic content IC50= 6.85 ppm and 16.41 mg GA/g d w respectively. - 
												
												Phytochemical and Biological Importance of Boerhavia Diffusa: A
Rituparna Nandi et al. / International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research (IJPSR) Phytochemical And Biological Importance of Boerhavia diffusa: A Plant of Ethnopharmacological knowledge Rituparna Nandi*, Rajat Ghosh** *The Himalaya Drug Company, Makali, Tumkur Road, Bangalore-562162 [email protected], Ph no- 7829161868 ** Department of Pharmacy, Tripura University (A Central University), Suryamaninagar, Tripura-799022 Corresponding Author: [email protected] Abstract: Boerhavia diffusa (BD) and its other species have been assembled in this paper due to their enormous medicinal properties which hold tremendous influence on disease burden and affordability of health care. This paper enlightens mostly on the root part of this plant along with a number of bioactive rotenoid compounds and isolation of rotenoids from the roots of Boerhavia diffusa including traditional and recent advanced methods. The plant in whole has a numerous medicinal properties like anti-stress, hepatoprotective, anti-oxidant, anticonsulvant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic etc. This paper explains the evidence based information on the plant morphology, phytochemical constituents (rotenoids) and its biological activities. Keywords: Boerhavia diffusa, Rotenoids, HSCCC, Biological activity. Introduction Medicinal chemistry is the well-known branch of bio-organic research, where scientists are always interested to invent new drug molecules to prevent number of complicated diseases. It was observed that herbal medicinal concept had been utilized to establish new drug molecules for the mankind over hundreds of year. Moreover, it was reported that about eighty percent of the world population depends on herbal based alternative system of medicine such as Ayurveda, Unani medicine, Chinese traditional medicine etc. It can be well-justified to say that “Medicinal Plants” are the traditions of yesterday and drugs of tomorrow. - 
												
												First Report on the Flora of Dams and Water Breakers in an Arid Desert of the United Arab Emirates
Pak. J. Bot., 50(6): 2301-2310, 2018. FIRST REPORT ON THE FLORA OF DAMS AND WATER BREAKERS IN AN ARID DESERT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TAMER MAHMOUD*, HATEM A. SHABANA AND SANJAY GAIROLA Seed Bank and Herbarium, Sharjah Research Academy, University City, 60999 Sharjah, UAE *Corresponding author’s email: [email protected] Abstract This paper provides the first comprehensive checklist of vascular plant flora of dams and water breakers in hyper-arid desert habitats of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Surveys in 66 dams and water breakers were conducted to explore flora of these areas. A total of 248 plant species belonging 170 genera distributed in 50 families were recorded. Among these, two regionally endemic species Pulicaria edmondsonii and Schweinfurthia imbricata, in addition to 34 rare species, were recorded from the study area. The chorological analysis showed that the floristic composition is dominated by Saharo- Arabian elements, with 149 species. The life form spectrum indicated that therophytes were the most represented (46%) and Helophytes was the least represented life form group. Analysis of plant growth form shows that the occurrence of annual plants was high, followed by the perennials. Key words: Arid desert, Chorology, Dams, Floristic composition, Water breakers, UAE. Introduction change, and for determining biodiversity conservation priorities. There are some reports about the flora of UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a part of the by pioneer investigators and researchers, however, Arabian Peninsula and occupies an area about 83600 Jongbloed (2003) and Karim & Fawzi (2007) produced km2 including a bunch of islands. The country consists comprehensive guide books that generated increased of seven emirates in which six of them form together the interest and facilitated further botanical studies.