Neuroprotective effects of goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) polysaccharides on depression-like behavior in ovariectomized rats: behavioral and biochemical evidence.

Aim: To assess the protective effects of goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) polysaccharides (LBP) on depression-like behavior in ovariectomized rats and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these effects.

Methods: One hundred female Wistar albino rats (three months old) were randomly assigned either to ovariectomy (n=50) or sham surgery (n=50).

Phenolic Content, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Potential of Several Edible Agaricomycetes Mushrooms Sold in Public Bazaar in Bolu, Turkey.

Edible mushrooms are important natural foods that have been used since ancient times due to their delicious taste, high nutritional value, and various biological activities. In this study, antibacterial (against 10 different human pathogens) and antioxidant potentials (free radical scavenging activity and total phenol-flavonoid content) of 13 different wild-growing and the most popular edible mushrooms (Lactarius salmonicolor, L. deliciosus, L.

In vitro mature embryo culture protocol of einkorn ( ssp. ) and bread ( L.) wheat under boron stress.

Mature embryos of einkorn ( ssp. ) and bread ( L.) wheat were used for callus induction on media containing four different doses (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg L) of 2,4-D and dicamba supplemented with five different boron concentrations (0, 6.

Effects of moderate high temperature and UV-B on accumulation of withanolides and relative expression of the squalene synthase gene in Physalis peruviana.

L. (Cape gooseberry) is a source for a variety of phytocompounds such as withanolides, withanone, withaferin A, and withanolide A. These withanolides are high-value drug candidates due to their various pharmacological properties.

Anxiolytic, antioxidant, and neuroprotective effects of goji berry polysaccharides in ovariectomized rats: experimental evidence from behavioral, biochemical, and immunohistochemical analyses.

Recent studies have indicated that polysaccharides, the main component of the L. fruit, have beneficial effects (e.g.

Efficient plant regeneration and callus induction from nodal and hypocotyl explants of goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) and comparison of phenolic profiles in calli formed under different combinations of plant growth regulators.

Goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) is a fruit that has many beneficial effects (such as antidiabetic, antioxidant, anticancer, antidepressant, and immunomodulatory) on human health because of several dietary constituents such as phenolics, vitamins, carotenoids, and polysaccharides. In order to develop in vitro culture protocols for callus induction and plant regeneration from different explants of Goji plants and to compare the phenolic composition in calli of different origin, various combinations of plant growth regulators (PGRs) were applied.

THE EFFECTS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS ON PHENOLIC COMPOSITION AND ANTIOXIDANT METABOLISM IN CALLUS CULTURE OF COMMON DAISY.

Background: Exogenous pretreatment of oxidative stress on callus cultures of L. (common daisy) induced catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), total phenolic, total flavonoid, total protein and selected commercial phenolic compounds production and accumulation.

Materials And Methods: The callus culture obtained from pedicel explants was incubated on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) containing 10 mM HO or 0 mM HO (for control group) for 10 hours.

EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTITUMOR, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES AND PHENOLIC CONSTITUENTS OF FIELD-GROWN AND VITRO-GROWN L.

Background: L. (Yellow loosestrife) is a medicinal plant in the family Myrsinaceae. It has been used in the treatment of fever, ulcer, diarrhea and wounds in folk medicine.

Isolation of an oleanane-type saponin active from Bellis perennis through antitumor bioassay-guided procedures.

Context: Bellis perennis L. (Asteraceae) (common daisy) is a herbaceous perennial plant known as a traditional wound herb; it has been used for the treatment of bruises, broken bones, and wounds. Bellis perennis has also been used in the treatment of headache, common cold, stomachache, eye diseases, eczema, skin boils, gastritis, diarrhea, bleeding, rheumatism, inflammation, and infections of the upper respiratory tract in traditional medicine.

In vitro antibacterial and antitumor activities of some medicinal plant extracts, growing in Turkey.

Objective: To investigate antibacterial and antitumor activities of 51 different extracts prepared with 3 types of solvents (water, ethanol and methanol) of 16 different plant species (Ajuga reptans (A. reptans) L., Phlomis pungens (P.

The evaluation of topical administration of Bellis perennis fraction on circular excision wound healing in Wistar albino rats.

Context: Bellis perennis L. (Asteraceae) has been used traditionally in the treatment of bruises, broken bones, and wounds by European people.

Objective: To investigate the wound healing activity of B.