Plectranthus barbatus

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Plectranthus barbatus is widely used in African countries as an herbal remedy to manage HIV/AIDS… (More)

BACKGROUND Throughout history women have tried to control or enhance their fertility using herbal remedies, with various levels… (More)

The plant extracts of 17 commonly used Indian medicinal plants were examined for their possible regulatory effect on nitric oxide… (More)

A biosynthetic pathway for rosmarinic acid is proposed. This pathway is deduced from studies of the enzymes detectable in… (More)

Rosmarinic acid is an ester of caffeic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyllactic acid. It is commonly found in species of the… (More)

The use of plants is as old as the mankind. Natural products are cheap and claimed to be safe. They are also suitable raw… (More)

Suspension cultures of Coleus blumei (Lamiaceae) treated with either an elicitor preparation from the culture medium of the… (More)

Forskolin is a diterpene derivative of the plant Coleus forskohlii that stimulates adenylate cyclase activity without interacting… (More)

Forskolin is a positive inotropic-acting and blood pressure lowering agent which was isolated from the Indian plant Coleus… (More)

The hypothesis that auxin and gibberellic acid (GA(3)) control the differentiation of primary phloem fibers is confirmed for the… (More)