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Helichrysum Cymosum (L.) D.Don (Asteraceae): Medicinal Uses, Chemistry, and Biological Activities
Online - 2455-3891 Vol 12, Issue 7, 2019 Print - 0974-2441 Review Article HELICHRYSUM CYMOSUM (L.) D.DON (ASTERACEAE): MEDICINAL USES, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES ALFRED MAROYI* Department of Botany, Medicinal Plants and Economic Development Research Centre, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa. Email: [email protected] Received: 26 April 2019, Revised and Accepted: 24 May 2019 ABSTRACT Helichrysum cymosum is a valuable and well-known medicinal plant in tropical Africa. The current study critically reviewed the medicinal uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of H. cymosum. Information on medicinal uses, phytochemistry and biological activities of H. cymosum, was collected from multiple internet sources which included Scopus, Google Scholar, Elsevier, Science Direct, Web of Science, PubMed, SciFinder, and BMC. Additional information was gathered from pre-electronic sources such as journal articles, scientific reports, theses, books, and book chapters obtained from the University library. This study showed that H. cymosum is traditionally used as a purgative, ritual incense, and magical purposes and as herbal medicine for colds, cough, fever, headache, and wounds. Ethnopharmacological research revealed that H. cymosum extracts and compounds isolated from the species have antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal, antiviral, anti-HIV, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, and cytotoxicity activities. This research showed that H. cymosum is an integral part of indigenous pharmacopeia in tropical Africa, but there is lack of correlation between medicinal uses and existing pharmacological properties of the species. Therefore, future research should focus on evaluating the chemical and pharmacological properties of H. cymosum extracts and compounds isolated from the species. Keywords: Asteraceae, Ethnopharmacology, Helichrysum cymosum, Herbal medicine, Indigenous pharmacopeia, Tropical Africa. -
Aromatherapy E-Journal
Aromatherapy E-Journal 2007.2 2007.2 NAHA E-Journal About NAHA: *Board of Directors: Aromatherapy Journal President: Michele A. Miller-Clarke Vice President: Kelly Holland- Azzaro This is a live journal or in other words an Electronic version of Public Relations: Deborah the hard copy journal you are used to receiving. Please scroll Halvorson your way through to enjoy the journal as you have others in Director Coordinator (Director the past. This is the paperless waste free version that NAHA Liaison to the Board of Directors): has recently adopted. If you have trouble in viewing or would Shellie Enteen prefer a hard copy or a disk sent to you please contact us and Editorial Board: Shellie Enteen, we will send one out to you. Additional fees apply. Enjoy and Kelly Holland Azzaro, Lesley we look forward to hearing from you soon! Wooler Layout: Michele A. Miller-Clarke * Interested in volunteering? Click Here: http://www.naha.org/ volunteer.htm Inside this issue (Click Links to go directly to titled page) Response to Prepubertal Gynecomastia Pat J. Molter: Mitigating Harmful Behaviors with Essential oils Dr. Vivian Lunny: Aromatherapy Foot Injury Treatment Book Review: Daily Aromatherapy Updates from the Board: President, Vice President, Public Relations, Director Coordinator 2 © Copyright 2007 NAHA All rights reserved NAHA President Basil Mint Herbal Bread Dipping Oil I love this recipe on Hot summer nights drizzled on fresh garden greens, during winter with a hearty soup I dip my bread in the oil with a splash of Balsamic Vinegar, and in general I enjoy tossing fresh blanched veggies and a hint of salt. -
Helichrysum Italicum from Traditional Use to Scientific Data.Pdf
Author's Accepted Manuscript Helichrysum italicum: From traditional use to scientific data Daniel Antunes Viegas, Ana Palmeira de Oli- veira, Lígia Salgueiro, José Martinez de Oliveira, Rita Palmeira de Oliveira www.elsevier.com/locate/jep PII: S0378-8741(13)00799-X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.005 Reference: JEP8451 To appear in: Journal of Ethnopharmacology Received date: 19 July 2013 Revised date: 31 October 2013 Accepted date: 1 November 2013 Cite this article as: Daniel Antunes Viegas, Ana Palmeira de Oliveira, Lígia Salgueiro, José Martinez de Oliveira, Rita Palmeira de Oliveira, Helichrysum italicum: From traditional use to scientific data, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.005 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Helichrysum italicum: from traditional use to scientific data Daniel Antunes Viegasa, Ana Palmeira de Oliveiraa, Lígia Salgueirob, José Martinez de Oliveira,a,c, Rita Palmeira de Oliveiraa,d. aCICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. bCenter for Pharmaceutical Studies, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. cChild and Women Health Department, Centro Hospital Cova da Beira EPE, Covilhã, Portugal. -
Vol. 49 Valencia, X-2011 FLORA MONTIBERICA
FLORA MONTIBERICA Publicación periódica especializada en trabajos sobre la flora del Sistema Ibérico Vol. 49 Valencia, X-2011 FLORA MONTIBERICA Publicación independiente sobre temas relacionados con la flora y la vegetación (plantas vasculares) de la Península Ibérica, especialmente de la Cordillera Ibérica y tierras vecinas. Fundada en diciembre de 1995, se publican tres volúmenes al año con una periodicidad cuatrimestral. Editor y Redactor general: Gonzalo Mateo Sanz. Jardín Botánico. Universidad de Valencia. C/ Quart, 80. E-46008 Valencia. Redactores adjuntos: Javier Fabado Alós. Redactor página web y editor adjunto: José Luis Benito Alonso. Edición en Internet: www.floramontiberica.org Flora Montiberica.org es la primera revista de botánica en español que ofrece de forma gratuita todos sus contenidos a través de la red. Consejo editorial: Antoni Aguilella Palasí (Universidad de Valencia) Juan A. Alejandre Sáenz (Herbarium Alejandre, Vitoria) Vicente J. Arán Redó (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid) Manuel Benito Crespo Villalba (Universidad de Alicante) José María de Jaime Lorén (Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Moncada) Emilio Laguna Lumbreras ((Departamento de Medio Ambiente. Gobierno de la Comunidad Valenciana) Pedro Montserrat Recoder (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jaca). Edita: Flora Montiberica. Valencia (España). ISSN: 1138-5952 – ISSN edición internet: 1988-799X. Depósito Legal: V-5097-1995. Portada: Ophioglossum azoricum C. Presl, procedente de Sotorribas (Cuenca). Véase pág. 36 de este número. Flora Montiberica 49: 3-5 (X-2011). ISSN 1988-799X NUEVA LOCALIDAD VALENCIANA DE PUCCINELLIA HISPANICA JULIÀ & J. M. MONTSERRAT (POACEAE) P. Pablo FERRER GALLEGO1 & Roberto ROSELLÓ GIMENO2 1Servicio de Biodiversidad, Centro para la Investigación y la Experimentación Forestal de la Generalitat Valenciana (CIEF). -
New Perspectives on Medicinal Properties and Uses of Iris Sp
Hop and Medicinal Plants, Year XXIV, No. 1-2, 2016 ISSN 2360 – 0179 print, ISSN 2360 – 0187 electronic NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICINAL PROPERTIES AND USES OF IRIS SP. CRIŞAN Ioana, Maria CANTOR* Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Manastur Street 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania *corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract. Rhizomes from various Iris species have been used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments since ancient times and many constituents isolated from different Iris species demonstrated potent biological activities in recent studies. All research findings besides the increasing demand for natural ingredients in cosmetics and market demand from industries like alcoholic beverages, cuisine and perfumery indicate a promising future for cultivation of irises for rhizomes, various extracts but most importantly for high quality orris butter. Romania is situated in a transitional continental climate with suitable conditions for hardy iris species and thus with good prospects for successful cultivation of Iris germanica, Iris florentina and Iris pallida in conditions of economic efficiency. Key words: Iris, medicinal plant, orris butter, rhizomes Introduction The common word “iris” that gave the name of the genus, originates from Greek designating “rainbow” presumably due to the wide variety of colors that these flowers can have (Cumo, 2013). The genus reunites about 300 species (Wang et al., 2010) with rhizomes or bulbs (Cantor, 2016). In Romanian wild flora can be met both naturalized and native species, some enjoying special protection, like Iris aphylla ssp. hungarica (Marinescu and Alexiu, 2013) that can be seen on the hills nearby Cluj-Napoca (Fig. -
Alcázar Garden
Alcázar Garden Plant List Resources Botanical Name Common Name Garden Design and Signage Aeonium 'Zwartkop' Large Purple Aeonium Jim Bishop Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' Quadricolor Century Plant Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' Manzanita Garden Installation Artemisia pycnocephala David's Choice Marilyn’s Garden Design Beaucarnea recurvata Bottle Palm Marilyn Guidroz Beschorneria yuccioides Variegated Red Yucca marilynsgardendesign.com ‘Flamingo Glow’ MiraCosta College Horticultural Program Students Cercis mexicana Mexican Redbud Julia Coleman Cotyledon ChalkFingers Trisha Haslam Crassula argentea ‘Sunset’ Golden Jade Allison (Sanford) Miles Deborah Read-Ostner Cupressus guadalupensis Tecate Cypress Eri Sudo Echeveria Hybrid Echeveria Echeveria harmsiis Fuzzy Echeveria Garden Benches Euphorbia milii 'Pink' Pink Crown of Thorns Terry Allen Gardner Creative Services Euphorbia milii 'Red' Red Crown of Thorns [email protected] Galvezia speciosa Island Bush Snapdragon Wall Mural Helichrysum Frosted Berries Ed Roxburgh Helichrysum italicum CurryPlant edroxburghart.com Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Garden Kalanchoe Plant Suppliers Kalanchoe pumila Purple & Power Leucadendron 'Silvan Red' Leucadendron Armstrong Garden Centers Lyonothamnus floribundus Catalina IronWood armstronggarden.com Metrosideros excelsus Variegated New Zealand Briggs Nursery & Tree Co. Inc. Christmas Tree briggstree.com Salvia chamaedryoides Germander Sage Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal Purple Sage Home Depot Spreader' Oasis Water Efficient Gardens Santolina chamaecyparissus -
The Newsletter of the IRISH GARDEN PLANT SOCIETY
The Newsletter of the IRISH GARDEN PLANT SOCIETY ISSUE NO. 98 OCTOBER 2005 EDITORIAL This is issue 98 of the Newsletter and April next will bring issue 100, a good number to reach for any voluntary and amateur group. Personally it is issue 13 for me as editor and I hope that misfortunate number casts no bad luck my way. My own memory only allows me to recall the three editors previous to me, Annette Dalton, Sally O Halloran and Paul Maher. All three started at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Paul has risen to high rank within the Botanic Gardens and held in great esteem there; Sally is with the Office of Public Works with responsibility for the gardens at Kilkenny Castle, Emo Court and Haywood while Annette is Head of Amenity Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. They are what you might call ‘a hard act to follow’. Who are and where are the previous editors, I wonder? While there will be justifiable pride in reaching the milestone of issue 100 it will also be realised that it could not have been possible without the earlier issues. Perhaps the earlier editors would make themselves known to me and might draft a note for issue 100 recalling their days with the newsletter. Indeed, members with recollections of those early issues might also contribute. I imagine it would make interesting reading for the 100th. Looking forward to hearing from you. Material for the newsletter is best sent directly to Paddy Tobin, “Cois Abhann”, Riverside, Lower Gracedieu, Waterford. Telephone: 051-857955. -
A Study of Institutional Stakeholders' Views On
Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, May 2012, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 219 - 230 A STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEWS ON BIODIVERSITY IN ROMANIA Amelia ROTAR1,2,*, Laurent SIMON1, Petru URDEA2 & Mircea VOICULESCU2 1Pantheon - Sorbonne University, Department of Geography, 191, Rue Saint Jacques, 75005 Paris, France 2University of the West, Department of Geography, Bvd. Vasile Pârvan, nr. 4, Timişoara, Romania * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) Abstract: This paper inquires into the questions related to endangered habitats and species, as well as that of factors threatening biodiversity, in Romania, by analysing existing opinions of biodiversity institutional stakeholders. The research applies a combination of qualitative social science (participatory) approaches and quantitative tools as a means for understanding biodiversity related issues in Romania. Heterogeneity of opinions of biodiversity institutional stakeholders, concerning endangered biodiversity and its threats, are analysed. Stakeholders' perspectives are identified through characterization of opinion groups and discursive analysis. Key factors influencing the attitudinal diversity are examined. Research outputs reveal the diversity of existing stakeholders’ views. Keywords: biodiversity, stakeholders, Romania, Central Europe, endangered habitats, endangered species, threatened habitats, threatened species 1. INTRODUCTION integration of conservation science and policymaking is hindered by the lack of data on Some of the major causes of biodiversity biodiversity. One potential way of approaching this decrease in Europe are habitat degradation, issue is to identify the endangered habitats and fragmentation and loss (Parmesan et al., 1999; species, as well as the threats to biodiversity, as Wettstein & Schmid, 1999; Abbitt et al., 2000; emerging from the biodiversity stakeholders’ Tscharntke et al., 2002; Fahrig, 2003; Henle et al., perspectives. -
Antioxidant Properties of Helichrysum Pseudoplicatum Nab
Available online at http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir PBR Original Article Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research Antioxidant properties of Helichrysum pseudoplicatum Nab Mohammad Ali Ebrahimzadeh1*, Afsaneh Tavassoli2 1Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2Research Center of Natural Resources of Mazandaran, Sari, Iran . Received: Dec 1, 2014, Revised: Dec 29, 2014, Accepted: Jan 20, 2015 Abstract The genus Helichrysum (Asteraceae) is comprised of approximately 500-600 species and used for the treatment of a variety of pathological conditions in folk medicine in many countries. In this study, antioxidant activities of aerial parts of H. pseudoplicatum were investigated employing various in vitro assay systems, i.e. 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and nitric oxide radical scavenging, reducing power and hydrogen peroxide scavenging. IC50 for DPPH radical-scavenging activity was 438.9 ± 15.6 µg/ml. The extract exhibited good reducing power at 25 - 400 µg/ml but was not comparable with that of vitamin C. The extract showed good nitric oxide-scavenging activity. IC50 was 474.3 ± 11.8 µg/ml. It was capable of scavenging hydrogen peroxide in a concentration dependent manner. It showed good activity. Its IC50 was 159.8 ± 8.2 µg/ml. The IC50 values for ascorbic acid and BHA were 21.4 and 52.0 µg/ml, respectively. The total amount of phenolic compounds in the extract was determined as gallic acid equivalents (22.7 ± 3.1 mg/g of extract) and total flavonoid contents were calculated as quercetin equivalents (9.6 ± 1.3 mg/g of extract) from a calibration curve. -
Research Paper Biological Activities of Artemisia Changaica Krasch Grown in Mongolia
Academia Journal of Medicinal Plants 7(5): 000-000, May 2019 DOI: 10.15413/ajmp.2019.0139 ISSN: 2315-7720 ©2019 Academia Publishing Research Paper Biological activities of Artemisia changaica Krasch grown in Mongolia . Accepted ABSTRACT Mongolia is rich in medicinal plants. In recent years, interest in plant-derived food additives has increased. Many Artemisia species have a characteristic scent or taste, which in many cases are the reason for their application in Mongolian traditional medicine. This study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of aerial parts and ethanol extracts from Artemisia changaica 1,2 Irekhbayar Jambal and Burm-Jong Krasch grown in Mongolia. The antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of the ethanol Lee2* crude extracts were determined using DPPH and MTT assays. The ethanol extracts 1Department of Chemistry, School of showed higher antioxidant activity than essential oil. The results clearly showed Arts and Sciences, National University that the ethanol extracts presented satisfactory cytotoxic activity against three of Mongolia (NUM), Mongolia. human tumor cell lines A549 (human lung cancer cell line), A431 (human 2Biohealth Products Research Center, Department of Biomedicinal Chemistry, epithelial carcinoma cell line), and SK-BR-3 (human breast adenocarcinoma cell Inje, South Korea. line) tested. The present study showed that the ethanol extracts and essential oil of A. changaica Krasch grown in Mongolia have potential as sources of new *Correspondence author. E-mail: antioxidant and cytotoxic compounds, respectively. [email protected], [email protected]. Tel: +82-10- 3112-1889 or +82-10-311-21-889. Fax: Key words: Artemisia changaica Krasch; essential oil, ethanol extract, antioxidant, +82-55-321-9718 cytotoxic activity. -
Fritillaria Meleagroides in Romania
Acta Horti Bot. Bucurest. 2015, 42: 41-55 DOI: 10.1515/ahbb-2015-0005 FRITILLARIA MELEAGROIDES IN ROMANIA OPREA Adrian1, SÎRBU Culiţă2*, PEREGRYM Mykyta3 Abstract: The presence in the spontaneous flora of Romania of the species Fritillaria meleagroides is reported in this paper. It was identified in the North of the village Cotu Morii (Popricani Commune, Iaşi County), on (meso-) hygrophilous, slightly halophilous meadows, placed on the both sides of an old meander of the Jijia river. This place is at the western limit of natural area of F. meleagroides, which stretches from the Central Asia to the Eastern Europe (European Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria). Since F. meleagroides is an endangered species in large part of its natural range, we consider that urgent actions to protect its populations from Romania are necessary. Keywords: botanical description, identification key, marginal populations, new records, vascular flora Received 26 November 2015 Accepted 05 December 2015 Introduction The vascular flora of Romania has been studied of approx. two centuries by numerous botanists. However, the research of the flora still can give us nice surprises and new recordings of species, both indigenous and adventive, have been done in the last decades, increasing the inventory of the vascular flora of Romania (Oprea 2005, Ciocârlan 2009, Sârbu et al. 2013). One of the genera from the vascular flora of Romania is Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) (Zahariadi 1966, Ciocârlan 2009, Sârbu et al. 2013). This genus comprises between 100 and 160 species (depending on the points of view of different authors), occurring in most temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere (Zahariadi 1966, Rønsted et al. -
10. HUŢANU Mariana
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORISTIC RESEARCH IN SOME SYNANTHROPIC MEADOWS ECOSYSTEMS OF THE MOLDAVIAN PLAIN CERCETĂRI FLORISTICE ÎN UNELE ECOSISTEME PRATICOLE ANTROPIZATE DIN CÂMPIA MOLDOVEI HUŢANU Mariana University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi, Romania Abstract. In the recent years we made some comparative studies about the biodiversity preservation in some synanthropic meadows of the Moldavian Plain. The investigations and observations on site were developed in 6 illustrative biotopes from Botoşani and Iaşi county. From all the species of cormophytes from the studied forest-steppe meadows, 46 are sporadical or rare, and 11 there are in the red lists of the vascular plants of Romania. Key words: phytodiversity, the Moldavian Plain (Romania). Rezumat. În ultimii ani s-au efectuat unele studii comparative privind conservarea biodiversităţii în unele pajisti antropizate din Câmpia Moldovei. Cercetările şi observaţiile efectuate în teren s-au derulat în 6 staţiuni ecologice reprezentative din judeţele Iaşi şi Botoşani. Din totalul speciilor de cormofite identificate în pajiştile de silvostepă studiate, 46 sunt sporadice sau rare, iar 11 specii se găsesc în listele roşii ale plantelor vasculare din România. Cuvinte cheie: fitodiversitate, Câmpia Moldovei (România). INTRODUCTION Within a research contract, we performed a series of studies on the synantropic meadows of the Moldavian Plain. The studies and the observations on site were made in the next ecological stations, that will be numbered as follows: 1 - Sărata-Româneşti (the Botoşani county), 2 – Deleni, 3 - Vulturi-Popricani, 4 – Horleşti, 5 - Valea lui David, 6 - Uricani-Leţcani (the Radio Station), all from the Iaşi county. C. Burduja and collab. have published in 1976 year some aspects of the vegetation from Vulturi-Popricani (Iaşi).