| fatal ovine nephrosis caused by anagallis arvensis l. | cases of acute mortality in sheep, characterised by severe nephrosis and resultant uraemia, were investigated on two farms 150 km apart in the winter rainfall area of the republic of south africa. this condition was experimentally reproduced by dosing sheep with anagallis arvensis l plants. the most consipicious lesion was a coagulative necrosis with intratubular haemorrhage in the renal cortex. the history, clinical signs and the pathology, and experimental reproduction of the disease are descr ... | 1978 | 752080 |
| effect of saponins from anagallis arvensis on experimental herpes simplex keratitis in rabbits. | | 1988 | 3406171 |
| antifungal activity of plant extracts against dermatophytes. | the aqueous extracts (15 micrograms ml-1 medium) of 22 plants used in folkloric medicine in palestine were investigated for their antifungal activity and minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) against nine isolates of microsporum canis, trichophyton mentagrophytes and trichophyton violaceum. the extract of the different plant species reduced colony growth of the three dermatophytes by 36 to 100% compared with the control treatment. antimycotic activity of the extract against the three dermatop ... | 1999 | 10680445 |
| bioactivity of anagallis arvensis and calendula micrantha plants, treated with ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium sulphate fertilizers, on biomphalaria alexandrina. | the survival rate of b. alexandrina snails maintained in aqueous solutions of the two tested plants (calendula micrantha and anagallis arvensis) decreased gradually with time until the 9th week and 10th week where the survival rate was zero in the high concentration of a. arvensis and c. micrantha, respectively, meanwhile, the survival rate of the control was 20%. also, the two plants caused reduction in hatchability of snails egg masses. thus, the percent of hatching in a. arvensis (82 ppm) was ... | 2000 | 11198390 |
| anagallis arvensis poisoning in cattle and sheep in uruguay. | outbreaks of anagallis arvensis poisoning were observed from 1994 to 1998 in cattle and sheep in uruguay during december and january. cattle morbidity varied between 3.2 and 53.2% and lethality 42.6 and 100%. sheep morbidity was 2.8 to 42.9% and lethality 81.3 to 100%. nine outbreaks occurred on barley and wheat stubble, and 1 in a field previousy ploughed but not cultivated. clinical signs were weakness, staggers, diarrhea (sometimes bloody), coma, and death. serum levels of creatinine and urea ... | 2001 | 11205073 |
| difference in the susceptibility to certain molluscicides and schistosoma mansoni infection of three forms egyptian biomphalaria glabrata. | the first generation of 3 morphologically different forms of b. glabrata collected from giza were compared for lc50 values susceptibility to bayluscide and copper sulphate (chemical molluscicides) and anagallis arvensis and calendula micrantha (plant molluscicides) and to schistosoma mansoni infection. form (2) as juvenile and adult were less sensitive to c. micrantha and a. arvensis. form (3) as juvenile and form (1) as adult were least sensitive to cuso4. approximately the same susceptibility ... | 2003 | 14708851 |
| vegetation pattern and heavy metal accumulation at a mine tailing at gyöngyösoroszi, hungary. | vegetation at an abandoned heavy metal bearing mine tailing may have multifunctional roles such as modification of water balance, erosion control and landscape rehabilitation. research on the vegetation of mine tailings can provide useful information on tolerance, accumulation and translocation properties of species potentially applicable at moderately contaminated sites. analyses of the relationship between heavy metal content (pb, zn and cu) and vegetation in a mine tailing were carried out. t ... | 2005 | 15948607 |
| semi field trials to control biomphalaria alexandrina by different modes of exposure to certain plant and chemical molluscicides. | semi-field trials were carried out in snail research station under simulated natural conditions to evaluate different modes of exposure to anagallis arvensis and calendula micrantha as plant molluscicides and bayluscide and copper sulphate as chemical molluscicides. firstly, b. alexandrina were exposed to the tested molluscicides alone and in addition to two densities of aquatic plants. no apparent effect of aquatic plants on the activity of both plant and chemical molluscicides, this may be due ... | 2005 | 16333900 |
| the cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic content of some herbal teas. | the total antioxidant capacity of the aqueous extracts of some endemic herbs-prepared as infusions by steeping these herbs in hot water--was assayed with bis(neocuproine)copper(ii) chloride, also known as the cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity (cuprac) reagent, which was easily accessible, rapid, stable and responsive to both hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidants. the highest antioxidant capacities of some herbal teas available in the turkish market were observed for scarlet pimpernel (a ... | 2006 | 17135020 |
| analyzing factors that influence the folk use and phytonomy of 18 medicinal plants in navarra. | this article analyzes whether the distribution or area of use of 18 medicinal plants is influenced by ecological and cultural factors which might account for their traditional use and/or phytonymy in navarra. this discussion may be helpful for comparative studies, touching as it does on other ethnopharmacological issues: a) which cultural and ecological factors affect the selection of medicinal plants; b) substitutions of medicinal plants in popular medicine; c) the relation between local nomenc ... | 2007 | 17433105 |
| pharmacological properties of anagallis arvensis l. ("scarlet pimpernel") and anagallis foemina mill. ("blue pimpernel") traditionally used as wound healing remedies in navarra (spain). | anagallis arvensis and anagallis foemina are traditionally used in navarra (spain) for dermatological purposes regarding wound healing properties. in some cases they are also used to threat internal infections although they are known to be toxic at high doses. | 2011 | 21237261 |
| establishment of new axenic hairy root lines by inoculation with agrobacterium rhizogenes. | cultured hairy root lines resulting from infection by agrobacterium rhizogenes are known for approximately thirty plant species. we extend this range by establishing forty original dicotyledonous hairy root lines with a. rhizogenes strain a4. hairy roots have been cultured for at least 2-6 years on murashige & skoog medium. some hairy root cultures such as anagallis arvensis and antirrhinum majus spontaneously regenerated whole plants. | 1988 | 24241404 |
| antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of extracts and triterpenoid saponins obtained from the aerial parts of anagallis arvensis l. | anagallis arvensis l. (primulaceae) is used in argentinean northwestern traditional medicine to treat fungal infections. we are reporting the isolation and identification of compounds with antifungal activity against human pathogenic yeast candida albicans, and toxicity evaluation. | 2017 | 28389355 |
| ethnomedicinal plants used by the villagers of district udhampur, j&k, india. | plants are an integral part of life in many indigenous communities. besides, being the source of food, fodder, fuel, etc., the use of plants as herbal medicines in curing several ailments goes parallel to the human civilization. ethnopharmacology involves the investigation of the plants used by the traditional communities and further understand the pharmacological basis of these culturally important medicinal plants. present study was conducted to enlist the medicinal plants used by the local in ... | 2014 | 24365639 |
| medicinal plants used for dermatological affections in navarra and their pharmacological validation. | this paper provides significant ethnopharmacological information on plant used in dermatological affections in navarra. | 2013 | 23892205 |
| genetic structure and population diversity of eleven edible herbs of eastern crete. | the present work aimed to investigate the genetic structure of 11 edible herbs grown in the wild of eastern crete that are becoming vulnerable due to habitat destruction and unregulated harvesting. thirty three populations (268 individuals) of reichardia picroides, scolymus hispanicus, scandix pecten-veneris, leontodon tuberosus, cichorium spinosum, sonchus asper ssp. glaucescens, urospermum picroides, prasium majus, hypochoeris radicata, centaurea raphanina ssp. raphanina and anagallis arvensis ... | 2015 | 26140277 |
| medicinal plants traditionally used in the northwest of the basque country (biscay and alava), iberian peninsula. | many ethnobotanical studies show that people in industrial countries still rely on their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants for self-treatment, although the trend might not be as common as some decades ago. given the social and public health implications of ethnopharmacological practices, this survey aims at recording and analysing the medicinal plants used in the folk medicine of the northwest of the basque country focusing on how medicinal plants knowledge and practices evolve. | 2014 | 24389558 |
| host preferences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing annual herbaceous plant species in semiarid mediterranean prairies. | in this study, we have analyzed and compared the diversities of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) colonizing the roots of five annual herbaceous species (hieracium vulgare, stipa capensis, anagallis arvensis, carduus tenuiflorus, and avena barbata) and a perennial herbaceous species (brachypodium retusum). our goal was to determine the differences in the communities of the amf among these six plant species belonging to different families, using b. retusum as a reference. the amf small-subun ... | 2012 | 22752164 |
| suspected poisoning of cattle by scarlet pimpernel (lysimachia arvensis l.). | the ingestion of scarlet pimpernel (lysimachia arvensis l.), also known as red chickweed, has been reported as a cause of death of cattle in uruguay, and as the suspected cause of deaths of sheep in australia. it has not previously been reported in association with deaths of cattle in australia. we report the clinical and pathological findings from four cattle in western victoria that died with a nephrosis suspected to be secondary to intoxication with scarlet pimpernel. | 2012 | 22731947 |
| assessment of the food habits of the moroccan dorcas gazelle in m'sabih talaa, west central morocco, using the trnl approach. | food habits of the moroccan dorcas gazelle, gazella dorcas massaesyla, previously investigated in the 1980s using microhistological fecal analysis, in the m'sabih talaa reserve, west central morocco, were re-evaluated over three seasons (spring, summer and autumn 2009) using the trnl approach to determine the diet composition and its seasonal variation from fecal samples. taxonomic identification was carried out using the identification originating from the database built from embl and the list ... | 2012 | 22558187 |
| morphogenesis at the inflorescence shoot apex of anagallis arvensis: surface geometry and growth in comparison with the vegetative shoot. | quantitative analysis of geometry and surface growth based on the sequential replica method is used to compare morphogenesis at the shoot apex of anagallis arvensis in the reproductive and vegetative phases of development. formation of three types of lateral organs takes place at the anagallis shoot apical meristem (sam): vegetative leaf primordia are formed during the vegetative phase and leaf-like bracts and flower primordia during the reproductive phase. although the shapes of all the three t ... | 2009 | 19509411 |
| relationships of anagallis foemina and a. arvensis (myrsinaceae): new insights inferred from dna sequence data. | we investigated the relationship between anagallis arvensis and a. foemina using nuclear and plastid molecular data. information from the nuclear rdna internal transcribed spacer (its) region and four different chloroplast loci; ndhf, trnl-f, rpl16, and rps16 was analysed using both parsimony and bayesian inference. anagallis foemina was found to be most closely related to the perennial a. monelli, and not to a. arvensis. the existence of two different cpdna haplotypes was revealed; one shared b ... | 2007 | 17869544 |
| growth and morphogenesis at the vegetative shoot apex of anagallis arvensis l. | a non-destructive replica method and a 3-d reconstruction algorithm are used to analyse the geometry and expansion of the shoot apex surface. surface expansion in the central zone of the apex is slow and nearly isotropic while surface expansion in the peripheral zone is more intense and more anisotropic. within the peripheral zone, the expansion rate, expansion anisotropy, and the direction of maximal expansion vary according to the age of adjacent leaf primordia. for each plastochron, this patt ... | 2003 | 12730267 |
| analysis of surface growth in shoot apices. | a salient feature of shoot meristem growth is the maintenance of distinct anatomical and morphological features despite a continuous flux of cells. to investigate how meristem organization is self-perpetuated, we developed a protocol for the analysis of meristem growth in 3-d. our protocol uses a non-destructive replica method to follow the pattern of cell expansion and cell divisions on the meristem surface over several days. algorithms to reconstruct the meristem surface and compute its curvat ... | 2002 | 12121452 |
| molluscicidal saponins from anagallis arvensis against schistosome intermediate hosts. | the molluscicidal activity of saponins isolated from the plant anagallis arvensis (primulaceae) was studied against schistosome intermediate hosts, biomphalaria glabrata and oncomelania quadrasi. @strong molluscicidal activity was found in two compounds called desglucoanagalloside b and anagalloside b. their structures were identified on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic analyses and their activities are comparable to that of the synthetic molluscicide, niclosamide. | 2000 | 10777853 |
| triterpenoid glycosides from anagallis arvensis. | from the herb of anagallis arvensis, we have isolated four novel oleanane glycosides, anagallosaponins vi-ix, and two artifact saponins, apoanagallosaponins iii and iv, formed from anagallosaponins iii and iv. the structures were elucidated by chemical and spectral methods, 2d nmr techniques being particularly helpful. the structures of anagallosaponins vi and vii were characterized as priverogenin b 3-o-beta-d-xylopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-d-glucopyranosyl (1-->4)-alpha-l-arabinopyranoside and 3-o ... | 1994 | 7765757 |
| structures of anagallosaponins i-v and their companion substances from anagallis arvensis l. | from the herb of anagallis arvensis l., we have isolated five novel oleanane glycosides, anagallosaponins i-v and the artifact, methyl anagallosaponin i, besides anagallosides a, b, c, and desglucoanagallosides a and b. the structures of isolates were identified by the use of 2d-nmr techniques (1h-1h correlation spectroscopy (cosy), 1h-detected heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (hmqc), heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (hmbc), rotating frame overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (roe ... | 1994 | 7954927 |
| floral morphogenesis in anagallis: scanning-electron-micrograph sequences from individual growing meristems before, during, and after the transition to flowering. | non-destructive scanning electron microscopy allows one to visualize changing patterns of individual cells during epidermal development in single meristems. cell growth and division can be followed in parallel with morphogenesis. the method is applied here to the shoot apex of anagallis arvensis l. before, during, and after floral transition. phyllotaxis is decussate; photoperiodic induction of the plant leads to the production of a flower in the axil of each leaf. as seen from above, the recent ... | 1991 | 24186527 |
| growth behavior of single epidermal cells during flower formation: sequential scanning electron micrographs provide kinematic patterns for anagallis. | a non-destructive method for scanning electron microscopy allows individual developing flower surfaces to be imaged sequentially. kinematic analysis, the quantitative characterization of expansion behavior, can be applied to consecutive images of the same primordium. the individual cell, delimited as a polygon by its anticlinal walls, is the unit of analysis. growth in two dimensions is characterized by a right-angle cross giving the maximal and minimal rates of extension relative to a known sid ... | 1991 | 24186335 |
| root growth responses of anagallis arvensis l., primulaceae to air pollution. | the root growth response to air pollution in populations of anagallis arvensis growing about 0.5, 2, 6, 12 and 20 km leeward from a power plant complex varied with the level of pollution, age of the stand and meteorological conditions. the roots were more affected by the pollutants at a young stage and the loss in net primary productivity was proportional to the pollution level. the populations up to 2 km from the source of pollution completed their life cycle quickly. the coal consumption rate ... | 1988 | 15092601 |
| the structures of some triterpene saponines from anagallis arvensis. | 5 new triterpene saponines, named anagalloside a, b, c, and desglucoanagalloside a and b, were isolated from the herb of anagallis arvensis l. (primulaceae). the structures of the saponines were elucidated by (1)h-, (13)c-nmr spectroscopy, fab-ms, and the methylating and combined methylating-ethylating analysis methods. | 1987 | 17269098 |
| participation of photosynthesis in floral induction of the long day plant anagallis arvensis l. | the saturating photon flux density (400 to 700 nanometers) for induction of flowering of the long day plant anagallis arvensis l. was 1,900 micromoles per square meter per second (6,000 foot-candles) when an 8-hour daylength was extended to 24 hours by a single period of supplementary irradiation. the saturating photon flux density for photosynthetic co(2) uptake during the same single supplementary light period was lower, at about 1,000 to 650 micromoles per square meter per second (3,000 to 2, ... | 1978 | 16660610 |
| isolation and structures of arvenins from anagallis arvensis l. (primulaceae). new cucurbitacin glucosides. | | 1978 | 729108 |
| [structure and function of the terminal meristem of anagallis arvensis l and localization of dna synthesis during various phases of development]. | | 1969 | 4989956 |
| suspected poisoning of sheep by anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel). | | 1986 | 3800809 |
| in vitro antiviral activity of a saponin from anagallis arvensis, primulaceae, against herpes simplex virus and poliovirus. | the antiviral activity of a triterpene saponin isolated from anagallis arvensis, primulaceae, was studied in vitro against several viruses including herpes simplex type 1, adenovirus type 6, vaccinia, vesicular stomatitis and poliovirus. the drug was found to inhibit the replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 and poliovirus type 2 as shown by inhibition of cytopathic effect and reduction of virus production. the action was not due to a virucidal effect but might involve inhibition of virus-h ... | 1987 | 2825589 |
| pharmacological action of anagallis arvensis (ain el kot). | | 1956 | 13332172 |
| [about some medicinal plants: anagallis arvensis, ononis spinosa, poterium sanguisorbal, ranunculus ficaria]. | | 2014 | 13189240 |