Xerophytic plants with high potential for firstgeneration. Soil salinity, low content of soil moisture, and extremes of temperature are of importance for the. Gcms analysis of the active extract revealed the presence of phenolic acids. The slender wiry stem can be woody and will often branch towards the top. Comparison of the effect of various extraction methods on the. Apr 20, 2012 thymelaea hirsuta extracts have been shown to have significant antidiabetic activity in glucose tolerance tests, 8 as well as in neonatal streptozotocin stz. Ethyl acetate and acetone extracts exhibited strong antioxidant activities. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In the acute study, there were no signs of toxicity observed after oral. The basic parameters to get the evidence were obtained from morphological data, karyotype analysis, electrophoretic pattern of seed proteins as well as nucleic acid analysis. Some noteworthy characteristics of this species are the tiny size of its leaves and flowers and that both are also fleshy. The impact of seed polymorphism of plant genetic resources on. Germination requirements and seedling growth of thymelaea hirsuta l.
Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of. Three parameters namely the extraction temperature 2460. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Two new daphnane diterpenoids, hirseins a 1 and b 2, were isolated from the aerial parts of thymelaea hirsuta, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pdf the present study identifies 18 vegetation groups associated with the distribution of thymelaea hirsuta an evergreen desert shrub. Thymelaea hirsuta, the shaggy sparrowwort, is a perennial bush which maximum height reaches 12 metres. Thymelaea wikispecies wikispecies, free species directory. Methods samples of leaves, stems and flowers from t.
The aerial part of thymelaea hirsuta th is used as decoction in the treatment of different pathologies in folk medicine in morocco. To assess antioxidant activities of different aerial parts of thymelaea hirsuta t. The survey over two main flowering periods indicated that the sexual expression of this plant is complex and labile. The distributional pattern, phenology and sex structure of the desert shrub thymelaea hirsuta l. Stable females produce seed throughout the reproductive life of the individual, whereas the other two variants are dichogamous, producing both pollen and ovules at different limes, as protandrous, and protogynous individuals. Antimelanogenesis effect of tunisian herb thymelaea hirsuta extract. Beside the dioecious male and female states, five monoecious states were detected. Pdf maternal effects on progeny in thymelaea hirsuta. Sustainability free fulltext thymelaea hirsuta and. An ethnobotanical uses of plants in the middle area, gaza strip, palestine the aim of this study was to investigate the toxicity and pharmacokinetic profile of dds from genkwa flos thymelaeaceae.
In this regard, the central composite design was implemented to improve the amounts of phenolic compounds extracted as well as the antioxidant compounds from t. Therefore, the use of biodiesel as a clean energy source is crucial. In the negev the bedouin use the dried inner bark of thymelaea hirsuta as a tinder by placing a small quantity on a flint stone and igniting the fibres by striking with an iron striker. Thymelaea is a genus of about 30 species of evergreen shrubs and herbs in the flowering plant family thymelaeaceae, native to the canary islands, the mediterranean region, north to central europe, and east to central asia. Antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties of algerian thymelaea microphylla coss. The plant list includes 66 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus thymelaea.
The effect of the water extract we of three medicinal plants used as antidiabetic medication in eastern morocco arbutus unedo. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Herbal medicines for diabetics journal of plant medicines. Thymelaea hirsuta, bufalaga, mitnan or shaggy sparrowwort, is a xerophytic shrub which can grow to 2 metres in height and has a root system reaching depths of up to 3. Thymelaea passerina spurge flax this plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. Thymelaea hirsuta shaggy sparrowwort tuylu cekem 03. Pdf germination requirements and seedling growth of.
Hirseins a and b, daphnane diterpenoids from thymelaea. Like many other species belonging to the family thymelaceae, it is a toxic plant with medicinal. Phytosociological behaviour of thymelaea hirsuta l. The distributional pattern changes from contagious in the less aridto random in the more arid habitats. Thymelaea hirsuta, essential oil, antioxidant activities. Biodiesel is produced from various natural resources through a transesterification process. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species. It is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family of thymeleaceae 8. Thymelaea in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Abts stable free radical with the characteristic absorption at 734 nm was used to study the radical scavenging effect of t.
The big news is the ability of these herbs to activate the ppar. Thymelaea passerina is an erect herbaceous annual plant that grows from 2. Chemical composition and evaluation of antioxidant and. Tamaricaceae ethelterfa bunge 19 thymelaea hirsuta l. A desert shrub, used to make strong rope and paper, thymelaea hirsuta is known locally by the arabic name of mitnan. Yitran is a perennial, evergreen shrub that grows profusely in. Pdf toxicological evaluation of thymelaea hirsuta and. Antihyperglycemic activity of arbutus unedo, ammoides pusilla. The thymelaea hirsute also spelled hirsuta is known as yitran to hebrews and as mitran to arabs.
Antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties of algerian. Toxicological evaluation of thymelaea hirsuta and protective. It belongs to the plant family thymelaeaceae, which also includes ramin gonystylus spp. Thymelaea hirsuta extracts have been shown to have significant antidiabetic activity in glucose tolerance tests, 8 as well as in neonatal streptozotocin stz. Sex expression in egyptian thymelaea hirsuta thymelaeaceae. Pdf phytosociological behaviour of thymelaea hirsuta l. In vivo antiinflammatory and antiarthritic activities of. Abstract this study was designed to examine for the first time, the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of the essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of thymelaea hirsuta l. The plant list includes a further 51 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus thymelaea. Antidiabetic and antihypertensive effect of a polyphenol.
Phytochemical screening and antioxidant capacity of the aerial parts. Yitran, shaggy sparrowwort, spur flax, flowers in israel. The plants database includes the following 1 species of thymelaea. Pattern, phenology and sex ratio of egyptian thymelaea. Sustainability free fulltext thymelaea hirsuta and echinops. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the potential of toxicity of an aqueous extract of th and its hepatoprotective activity against ccl 4 induced hepatic injury in rats. Md hasanuzzaman, md ramjan ali, m hossain, s kuri, ms islamevaluation of total phenolic content, free radical scavenging. Some noteworthy characteristics of this species are the tiny size of its leaves and flowers and that both are also fles. The sex expression inthymelaea hirsuta was assessed in five habitats in the western mediterranean desert of egypt. Seed morphs of calendula officinalis were investigated in order to examine the genetic variability which correlates with seed polymorphism and its impact on collection strategy of gene banks. Thymelaea hirsuta in wildflowers of israel website. Noesy correlations of 2 implied that isomerization of the coumaroyl group in 2 was caused by equilibrium between the e 2e. The negative impacts of fossil fuel on the environment should be replaced by clean and sustainable energy sources worldwide.
Th was tested in rats with the oral glucose tolerance test ogtt and intravenous glucose tolerance test ivgtt. Thymelaea microphylla plant biodiversity of southwestern. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Phytochemical screening and antioxidant capacity of the. The same bedouin will use thymelaea hirsuta as a good source of fibers from which strings, thick cords and ropes may be made, for different purposes. Thymelaeaceae article about thymelaeaceae by the free. Thymelaea hirsuta, bufalaga, mitnan or shaggy sparrowwort, is a xerophytic shrub which can.
Origin and diversification of thymelaea thymelaeaceae. The genetic control of heterodichogamy has been dem onstrated in very few species one example is juglans regia gleeson, 19821. Considering the importance of this topic, this study focuses on the assessment of oil properties of thymelaea. Hirsein b 2 is an unusual daphnane in possessing a coumaroyl moiety. Sexual tetramorphism in thymelaea hirsuta thymelaeaceae. This page was last edited on 6 december 2014, at 18. In vivo antiinflammatory and antiarthritic activities of aqueous extracts from thymelaea hirsuta zora azza, mounia oudghiri department of biology, faculty of sciences ain chock, laboratory of physiology and molecular genetics, immunology unit, university hassan ii, b. In a previous study, the consistency of the sexual tetramorphism in adult plants of t. The timekill kinetics showed a bactericidal effect against bacillus cereus. Yitran is a perennial, evergreen shrub that grows profusely in the mediterranean coastal plan and in the sinai peninsula.
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