November 2023

Medicinal plants diversity at King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve in Saudi Arabia and their conservation management

King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve (KSRNR) is the largest protected area in the Middle East. This literature review study considered the primary survey on the native medicinal plant diversity at KSRNR in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). KSRNR flora, until now, has about 260 plant species, representing about 12% of the KSA flora. Information was gathered through an extensive literature survey, which...

Author(s): Hatem A. Shabana, Tamer Khafaga, Hamdan Al-Hassan and Shaykah Alqahtani  

November 2023

Ethnobotanical studies in Iran’s rangelands

Iran’s rich plant biodiversity includes over 8,400 species, of which more than 2,300 possess medicinal properties. The research community comprised scientific documents on ethnobotany published between 2010 and 2022. Keywords related to ethnobotany, rangeland, and Iran were searched in the databases of scientific journals. All articles were downloaded and read. The collected data were analyzed using Excel. This...

Author(s): Amirreza Heirany and Mahdi Kolahi  

November 2023

Genipa americana fruit ethanolic extract in the control of environmental infecting agents

The choice of substances that are not harmful to man and the environment is a priority in the production of sanitizing products. The aim of this study was to evaluate the disinfectant action and biofilm biomass reduction of the ethanolic extract of Genipa americana fruit. The extract disinfectant efficacy was assessed by modified Kelsey-Sykes, solid surface, and use-dilution methods. Also, the ability of the extract to...

Author(s): Paloma Ohana Sousa Abreu, Eanes Pereira De Souza, Luiza Eduarda Costa Silva, Mariana Ely Araujo Oliveira, Fernando Faustino De Oliveira, Rosilene Aparecida De Oliveira, Sandra Rocha Gadelha, Camila Pacheco Silveira Martins Da Mata, Raynah Neves da Hora, Luciana Debortoli de Carvalho and Aline Oliveira da Conceicao  

November 2023

Phytochemicals properties of Carica papaya Linn seeds’ essential oil and their antifungal and antibacterial activities

Carica papaya seeds have been used as traditional medicine. This study aims to determine the phytochemicals of papaya seeds essential oils their antimicrobial properties. Polyphenolic content and antioxidant properties were determined with standard methods. GC-MS was used to analyze chemical compounds. Antimicrobial properties were performed using agar diffusion method. MICs, MBCs and MFCs were established based on...

Author(s): OUEDRAOGO Assétou, NIKIEMA Philippe Augustin, YAMEOGO Gérard Josias, SOURABIE Pane Bernadette, BASSAVE Belinda Ramata Hafouo, KONATE Soumaïla, NIKIEMA Marguerite Edith, NIKIEMA Oueogo, GOUMBRI Wendinmi Bertrand Florent and BARRO Nicolas