pharmacognostical study of fumaria parviflora lam. growing in Egypt. Part1: Root and stem

A pharmacognostical study comprising macro- and micromorphological investigation, preliminary phytochemical screening proximate analysis and TLC investigation of successive extractives of root and stem of Fumaria parviflora Lam. growing in Egypt is presented. Macro- and micromorphological characteristics were found diagnostic and helpful in identity of both organs as well as in differentiating them from other closely related species both in the entire and powdered forms

pharmacognostical study of fumaria parviflora lam. growing in Egypt. Part 2: Leaf and fruit

A pharmacognostical study comprising macro- and micromorphological investigations, preliminary phytochemical screening, proximate analysis and TLC investigation of successive extractives of leaf and fruit of Fumaria parviflora Lam. growing in Egypt is presented. Macro- and micromorphological characteristics were found diagnostic and helpful in identifying both organs as well as differentiating them from other closely related species both in the entire powdered forms

pharmacognostical study of fumaria parviflora lam. growing in Egypt. Part III: Flower

Macro- and micromorphological investigation, preliminary phytochemical screening, proximate analysis and TLC investigation of successive extractives of the flower of Fumaria parviflora Lam. growing in Egypt are presented. Macro- and micromorphological features as well as proximate analysis data of the flower are diagnostic and helpful in its identification as well as differentiation from other organs of the plant both in the entire and powdered forms

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of thymus algeriensis boiss

The essential oil prepared by hydrodistillation of the flowering aerial parts of Thymus algeriensis Boiss [Fam. Lamiaceae] growing wildly in Libya, was analyzed, for the first time, by capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry [CGC-MS]. Individual components of the oil were identified by their retention times and mass spectra as well as comparison with published data or with reference compounds. Quantitative determination was carried out based on the peak area measurement. The study revealed that oxygenated compounds constitute 51.72% of the oil, being mainly the phenols: Carvacrol [36.78%] and thymol [12.45%]. Monoterpene hydrocarbons amounted to 48.2%, the main components being beta-myrcene [20.22%] and alpha-terpinene [10.66%]. The oil exhibited significant antimicrobial activity against certain Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria as well as fungi