ABSTRACTS OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS, CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER 2008

Conference Abstracts

• ABSTRACTS OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS, CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER 2008

  Kobus Eloff

  299-493

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• AN AFRICAN HERBAL PHARMACOPEIA COULD UNDERPIN THE MEDICINAL PLANT INDUSTRY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

  A. Gurib-Fakim

  300-301

• EVALUATION OF THE PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE

  R. Bauer

  301-302

• HERBS AND HERBAL PRODUCTS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION AND VETERINARY MEDICINE

  Ch Franz

  302

• CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  A. B. Cunningham

  302-303

• NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT CONSTITUENTS AND FOR THE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HERBAL MEDICINES

  K. Hostettmann

  303

• PLANTS AS SOURCES OF HUMAN HEALTH PRODUCTS

  Peter Houghton

  304

• CONSERVATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS: TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE

  J. van Staden, M. E. Light

  304

• BIOPROSPECTING: EXPLORING OUR ONLY RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE

  R. Verpoorte

  305

• SOUTH AFRICA’S MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC FLORA - A TREASURE CHEST OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

  A. Viljoen

  305-306

• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN REGULATORY MATTERS ON HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (HMPS)

  A. J. Vlietinck

  306

• CLINICAL EVALUATION OF AFRICAN HERBAL MEDICINES

  Charles Wanbebe

  306-307

• ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PODOCARPUS SPECIES USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

  H. Abdillah, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  307-308

• THE GASTROPROTECTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF BELLIS PERENNIS L. (ASTERACEAE) EXTRACTS

  L. Acik, I Gurbuz, H. Demir, F. Demirci

  308

• EFFECT OF OLEA EUROPAEA AFRICANA L. (OLEACEAE) LEAF AQUEOUS EXTRACT ON CASTOR OIL-INDUCED DIARRHOEA IN MICE

  G. Amabeoku, K. Bamuamba

  308-309

• PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BURCHELLIA BUBALINE

  S. Amoo, A. Ndhlala, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  309

• SPICATIC ACID: A 4-CAROXYGENTISIC ACID FROM A GENTIANA SPICATA EXTRACT WITH POTENTIAL HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY

  N. Ayoub

  309-310

• ON THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CRINUM MACOWANII BULB EXTRACT (CAEB) EFFECT ON THE HEAMODYNAMICS OF THE WISTAR RAT

  A. Burger, K. Persson, P. Mugabo, I. Green

  310

• EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF ANTICONVULSANT POTENTIALS OF OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM L. LEAF EXTRACTS

  A. Ezike, C. Okoli, O. Agwagah

  311

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF TWELVE MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF GASTROENTERITIS IN SOUTH AFRICA

  O. Fawole, J. F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  311-312

• ETHNOBOTANY: INTEGRATING PEOPLE, NATURE, AND BUSINESS WHILE MAINTAINING BOTANICAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRITY

  T. Flaster

  312

• A NOVEL, HERBAL REMEDY FROM SIPHONOCHILUS AETHIOPICUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

  R. M. Horak, E. Wadiwala, P. Meoni, G. Fouche, S. van Rooyen, N. Harding, V. J. Maharaj

  312-313

• ASSESSMENT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS POTENTIAL OF THE KORUP FOREST THAT ARE USED BY TRADITIONAL HEALERS FOR THE CURE OF TUBERCULOSIS, MALARIA AND OTHER HIV AND AID RELATED DISEASES. MUNDEMBA, S.W. CAMEROON

  N. A. Fuashi, I. S. Moua

  313

• DNA AND ANTIMICROBIAL FINGERPRINTING OF MEDICINAL ALOE SPECIES FROM THE MASCARENE ISLANDS

  J. Govinden-Soulange, S. Khoyratty, M. Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, N. Makunga, H. Kodja

  313-314

• SPECIES DIVERSITY OF UNDERGROWTH MEDICINAL PLANTS IN PHU POE COMMUNITY FOREST, KALASIN PROVINCE, THAILAND

  S. Homchuen, C. Pichaensoonthon

  314-315

• COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF WILD POPULATIONS OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM (ST. JOHN’S WORT) FROM LITHUANIA AND FRANCE

  A. Judzentiene, J. Budiene, I. Laffont-Schwob, Jean-Marie Bessière

  315

• ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ELEVEN SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS USE IN TREATMENT OF DIARRHOEA IN FOLKLORIC MEDICINE

  Adamu Ahmad Kaikabo, M. M. Suleiman, Babatunde B. Samuel, J. N. Eloff

  315-316

• WEST AUSTRALIAN DESERT PLANTS: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL MEDICINES WITH ANTICANCER POTENTIAL?

  N. Johns, P. Kerr

  316

• ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES IN SOUTH WEST BURKINA FASO: TRADITIONAL USES OF PLANT SPECIES FROM GALLERY FORESTS IN SENOUFO ETHNIC AREA, ESPECIALLY BY TRADITIONAL HEALERS AND DOZOS HUNTERS

  O. Marc, O. Paulin, G. Sita

  317

• EVALUATING PLANT SPECIES USED IN VENDA (RSA) TO ADDRESS HIV/AIDS SIDE EFFECTS

  N. Masevhe, J. N. Eloff

  317-318

• FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PHARMACEUTICALLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF LOBELIA INFLATA L.

  A. Máthé, E. Szöke, L. Kursinszki, M. T. Hájos

  318

• SCREENING OF SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS FOR ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY

  K. Mayekiso, J. N. Eloff, L. McGaw

  319

• ARTEMISIA: ARTEMISININ METABOLISM AND METABOLOMICS

  M. Meyer, A. Hussein, T. Muranaka, H. Seki, F. vd Kooy, R. Verpoorte

  319-320

• EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON MICROPROPAGATION OF ENDEMIC IRIS STEONPHYLLA HAUSSKN & SIEHE EX BAKER SUBSP. ALLISONII B. MATHEW IN TURKEY

  S. I. Miric, A. G. Nasrclar

  320

• CHOLESTEROL, TRIGLYCERIDE AND LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN LOWERING EFFECTS OF SEED POWDERS OF MANGIFERA INDICA, SYGYZIUM CUMINI AND TAMARINDUS INDICA IN RATS

  M. R. Ali, S. M. Sumon, Md. S. Islam, M. Rahmatullah

  320-321

• ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF A ZULU HERBAL MIXTURE ’IMBIZA EPHUZWATO’

  A. Ndhlala, G. Stafford, J. Finnie, J. Van Standen

  321

• PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILING ON HYPERICUM SPECIES

  J. Radušienė, V. Janulis, L. Ivanauskas, C. Çırak

  321-322

• ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF EUPHORBIA MICROSCIADIA EXTRACT

  M. Ramezan, J. Behravan, M. Arab

  322

• THE PATTERNS OF ETHNOBOTANY OF WILD MEDICAL PLANTS IN WESTERN BALKAN (SE EUROPE)

  Sulejman Redzic

  323

• IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF DCM EXTRACT OF AGATHOSMA BETULINA

  M. Sekhoacha, W. Campbell, P. Smith

  323-324

• MEDICINAL RESEARCH ON BRITISH PLANTS

  Monique S. J. Simmonds

  324

• DETECTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS BY DIRECT BIOAUTOGRAPHY IN SOME SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS

  M. M. Suleiman, L. J. McGaw, J. Picard, V. Naidoo, J. N. Eloff

  324-325

• ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF MORINDA CITRIFOLIA L.

  S. Padmavathy, R. Jeyachandran, L. Cindrella

  325

• ETHNOBOTANY OF AQUEOUS PLANTS AT NONG HAN KUMPHAWAPI WETLAND, UDORNTHANI, THAILAND: SAVING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH LOCAL RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY

  A. Pagdee, S. Homchuen, A. Pornpipat

  325-326

• ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL HERBS USED BY RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY IN BETUL DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA

  U. K. Patil, C. S. Bhargava, S. K. Yadav

  326-327

• THE ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY AND TOXICITY PROFILE OF TEN SOUTH AFRICAN COMMIPHORA SPECIES

  R. L. van Zyl, A. M. Viljoen

  327

• ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CURCUMIN: A COMPARISON WITH RESVERATROL IN A HEME-ENHANCED OXIDATION REACTION

  A. Vieira

  327-328

• DRUG ABSORPTION ENHANCING PROPERTIES OF ALOE VERA ACROSS INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM

  W. Chen, J. Hamman, A. Vlijoen

  328

• THE USE OF HORSERADISH IN FOOD AND MEDICINE IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES

  K. W. Bladh, K. Olsson, A. Asdal, A. K. Brantestam

  328-329

• A RAPID IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE EVALUTION OF CANDIDATE REPELLENTS AGAINST LEPTOTROMBIDIUM CHIGGERS

  W. Rodkvamtook, A. Prasartvit,, J. Gaywee, C. Jatisatienr

  329-330

• INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF FIVE TROPICAL PLANTS IN MALAYSIA AGAINST MEDICALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS

  S. L. Yeh, P. Y. Soo, S. R. Teo, K. S. N. W. Teoh Sit

  330

• GENETIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL VARIATION IN PLANTAGO MAJOR

  M. Zubair

  330-331

• ACCUMULATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN ELEUTHERO (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS /RUPR. ET MAXIM. / MAXIM) GROWN IN POLAND

  K. Baczek, Z. Weglarz, J. I. Przyby

  331

• THE EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, CONCENTRATION OF NAPHTHOQUINONES AND ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF EUCLEA NATALENSIS (EBENACEAE)

  J. Bapela, M. Meyer, E. D. Toit, N. Lall

  331-332

• MEDICINAL PLANTS OF COLD ARID TRANS-HIMALAYA AS SOURCES OF HEALTH PRODUCTS AND ITS SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION

  O. P. Chaurasia, S. B. Singh, B. Ballabh, P. Kumar

  332

• ENVIRONMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING IN VITRO BULBLET FORMATION OF EUCOMIS ZAMBESIACA

  L. Cheesman, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  332-333

• MOLECULAR BASIS OF CANAVANINE SYNTHESIS IN ORGAN CULTURES OF LESSERTIA FRUTESCENS

  J. Colling, J. Jens Kossmann, N. Makunga

  333-334

• THE EFFECTS OF BUD SIZES AND BENZYLADENINE ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CURCUMA AERUGINOSA ROXB.H.

  Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Jiraporn Palee, Araya Jatisatienr

  334

• SUSTAINABLE WILD COLLECTION: REQUIREMENTS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE USE FOR NATURAL INGREDIENTS

  K. Duerbeck

  334-335

• TISSUE CULTURE OF SOME IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE SUDAN

  Sayadat El-Tigani

  335

• EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT DENSITY ON QUANTITY YIELD OF CHICORY (CICHORIUM INTYBUS L.) IN DIFFERENT WATER CONDITIONS

  Hossein Aliabadi Farahani, Alireza Valadabadi, Mahdi Taheri Asghari

  335-336

• EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON OIL YIELD OF CASTOR (RICINUS COMMUNIS L) IN APPLICATION OF NITROGEN LEVELS CONDITIONS

  H. A. Farahani, B. Aref

  336

• EFFECTS OF NITROGEN ON OIL YIELD AND ITS COMPONENT OF CALENDULA (CALENDULA OFFICINALIS L) IN DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS

  H. A. Farahani, A. Valadabadi, N. Rahmani

  336-337

• EX SITU STUDY ON CHEMICAL VARIABILITY OF WORMWOOD (ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM L.)

  A. Geszprych, Z. Weglarz, O. Kosakowska

  337

• IMPACT OF SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES ON AROMATIC GRASSES ON THE ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT OF RURAL MASSES IN THE GANGETIC TRACT OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

  M. Gosh

  337-338

• THE RESPONSE OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF GERMAN CHAMOMILE (MATRICARIA RECUTITA L ) TO THE FERTILIZING IMPACTS OF VERMICOMPOST

  P. Hoseinzadeh, A. Hatamzadeh, E. Tavakol

  338-339

• DIOSPYROS LOTUS: MICROPROPAGATION AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

  S. Hwang, H. Boo Ock, M. Na Suk, S. Pak

  339

• SCREENING OF TOTAL FLAVONOID CONTENTS IN LOCAL ACCESSIONS OF CENTELLA ASIATICA AS MEDICINAL HERB

  S. S. Moghaddam, H. Jaafar, R. Ibrahim

  339-340

• SEGREGATION PATTERNS OF CDNA-BASED MICROSATELLITE AND RAPD-PCR MARKERS IN F2 INDIVIDUALS OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.

  Ayse Gul Ince, M. Karaca, A. Naci Onus

  340

• AN IN SILICO ANALYSIS OF GINGER EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS FOR MICROSATELLITES

  A. G. Ince, M. Karaca, A. N. Onus

  340-341

• DAMD-PCR: A MINISATELLITE DIRECTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR SIDERITIS GENOTYPING STUDIES

  A. G. Ince, M. Karaca, K. Turgu, A. N. Onus

  341

• COMPARISON OF STS-PCR, RAPD-PCR, DAMD-PCR FOR PHOLOMIS, MELISSA, ORIGANUM, ROSMARINUS AND SIDERITIS SPECIES

  A. G. Ince, M. Karaca, A. N. Onus, I. Baktir

  341-342

• EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF N-FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, ESSENTIAL OIL CONTENT AND COMPOSITIONS OF AGASTACHE FOENICULUM KUNTZE

  Maryam Kaboudani, Reza Omidbaigi

  342

• MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: IN VITRO UPREGULATION OF BIOACTIVES IN TWO AROMATIC MEDICINAL CAPE PLANTS

  N. Makunga, J. Van Staden

  343

• CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN ZIMBABWE: A STRATEGY FOR MEETING LOCAL TRADITIONAL MEDICINE NEEDS

  A. Maroyi

  343-344

• SCREENING OF TOTAL FLAVONOID CONTENTS IN LOCAL ACCESSIONS OF CENTELLA ASIATICA AS MEDICINAL HERB

  S. Moghaddam, H. Jaafar, R. Ibrahim

  344

• GERMINATION OF SCLEROCARYA BIRREA SEEDS: A TREE OF MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE

  M. Moyo, M. Kulkarni, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  344-345

• EFFECTS OF TYROSINE AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF GLORIOSA SUPERBA LINN., A MEDICINAL PLANT, IN VITRO

  N. Muangsan

  345

• SEED GERMINATION OF ALEPIDEA SPECIES – HEAVILY TRADED AND THREATENED MEDICINAL PLANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

  R. Mulaudzi, M. Kulkarni, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  345-346

• COMMERCIALISATION OF TRADITIONAL HERBAL PRODUCTS IN CENTRAL PROVINCE OF KENYA: CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIES

  Grace Njoroge

  346

• GENOTOXIC EFFECTS OF AQUATIC EXTRACT OF ENDEMIC PLANT ONOSMA STELLULATA WALDST. & KIT. (BORAGINACEAE)

  A. Redzic, S. Redzic, N. Sejdic

  346-347

• MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE USE OF WILD MEDICAL PLANTS IN W. BALKAN (SE EUROPE)

  S. Redzic, S. Barudanovic, H. Basic

  347-348

• PLANT PIGMENTS IN SOME MEDICAL PLANTS OF FAMILY LAMIACEAE (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, W. BALKANS)

  S. Redzic, N. Sejdic, A. Palic

  348-349

• PATTERNS FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF THREATENED MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH HIGH MARKET REQUIREMENTS

  S. Redzic, S. Trakic, H. Basic

  349-350

• IN VITRO MULTIPLICATION OF BRUNSVIGIA UNDULATA FROM TWIN SCALE EXPLANTS

  L. Rice, J. Finnie, J. Van Staden

  350

• CHAMOMILE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION - PAST, NOWADAYS, FUTURE

  I. Salamon

  350-351

• IN VITRO REGENERATION OF COCCINIA GRANDIS (L.) VOIGT., AN INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANT OF BANGLADESH

  P. Sarker, F. M. S., R. Jahan, M. Rahmatullah

  351-352

• ARTEMISIA ANNUA: SELECTION FOR HIGH ARTEMISININ YIELDING LINES FOR PRODUCTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

  J. E. Simon, C. Park, Q. L. Wu, M. Diatta, B. Diouf, J. Asante-Dartey, D. Acquaye, C. Quansah, R. Akromah, C. Giblain, K. Gbewonyo, J. F. S. Ferreira, P. Melillo de Magalhães, D. Shen, P. Langenhoven, R. Juliani

  352-353

• GERMPLASM PRESERVATION BY CRYOPRESERVATION: USE OF NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN GENETIC DIVERSITY IN LABIATAE SPECIES

  A. Senula, E. R Joachim Keller

  353

• DOMESTICATION OF SOME MEDICINAL TREES IN UGANDA

  T. Stangeland

  353-354

• ROOTING RESPONSE OF ROSEMARY AND LAVENDER CUTTINGS TO YARD TRIMMING COMPOST, MANURE AND HUSK AS SUBSTRATES IN NURSERY MEDIUM

  T. Tavakol, P. Hoseinzadeh

  354

• DETECTION OF SOMACLONAL VARIATIONS AMONG MICROPROPAGATED POPULATION OF SOME IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS

  S. Tiwari, D. S. Jatav

  354-355

• ESSENTIAL OIL AND CARVACROL CONTENT OF OREGANO (ORIGANUM SPP.) SPECIES GROWN IN WILD AND CULTIVATED CONDITIONS OF ANTALYA

  K. Turgut, S. Tugrul Ay

  355

• AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OREGANO (ORIGANUM SPP.) SPECIES COMMONLY FOUND IN THE FLORA OF ANTALYA

  K. Turgut, S. Tugrul Ay

  355-356

• MICROPROPAGATION OF HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM

  E. O. Akçam, S. Orhan

  356

• IN VITRO MICRO PROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL AND MEDICINAL PLANTS FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS AND F. PERSICA

  S. Özcan, D. Gürlek, S. Çöçü, S. Uranbey, A. İpek, C. Sancak, N. Arslan

  356-357

• ACTIVITIES ON DPPH FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES FROM THE FRUITS OF BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) ACCORDING TO CULTIVARS

  H. Boo Ock, L. H. Hwa, J. Lee Won, S. Hwang Jin

  357

• SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING OF TERMINALIA ARJUNA (ARJUNA) AND LITSEA GLUTINOSA (MAIDA) BARK IN CENTRAL INDIA

  A. Pandey, A. Mandal

  357-358

• EFFECTS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA AND PHOSPHORUS APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND COLCHICINE CONCENTRATION IN GLORIOSA SUPERBA.

  D. Pandey, Rathindra Mohan Banik

  358

• ASSESSMENT OF THE AGRONOMIC VALUES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CMV-RESISTANT HOT PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) IN KOREA

  Kuen Woo Park, Jun-Hong Kim, Sung Ok Park, Dong Sik Yang

  358-359

• CHARACTERIZATION AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS (WILLD.) : AN IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANT

  - Parveen, A. Kumar

  359-360

• FACTORS AFFECTING IN VITRO SHOOT AND MICRORHIZOME INDUCTION OF CURCUMA LATIFOLIA ROSC. AND CURCUMA COMOSA ROXB., THAI MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH

  S. Prathanturarug, S. Lo-apirukkul, P. Saralamp, T. Jenjittikul

  360

• AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIC FERTILISER APPLICATION ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

  G. Prinsloo, M. Motsei, J. Viljoen, M. Mofokeng, L. Phala

  360-361

• DESTRUCTION OF HIMALAYAN MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS (HMAPS); A THREAT TO LOCAL LIVELIHOOD IN NEPAL HIMALAYA

  K. C. POUDEL Shanti

  361

• PRELIMINARY CHARACTERISATION OF THREE FILIPENDULA SPECIES AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR NUTRACEUTICALS

  M. PukalskienÄ—, P. R. Venskutonis

  361-362

• IN VITRO CULTIVATION OF RUBUS SANCTUS SCHREB.

  Smaranda Vântu

  362-363

• PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF VARIOUS MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC SEEDS

  P. R. Venskutonis

  363

• LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM CASS. ’HELVETIA’, A NEW HYBRID EDELWEISS

  J. Vouillamoz, Claude-Alain Carron, C. A. Baroffio, C. Carlen

  363-364

• RED-LISTED ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS: IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC ”HOT SPOTS” OF CONSERVATION CONCERN

  V. Williams, N. R. Crouch, J. E. Victor, A. P. Dold

  364

• AN ANALYSIS OF TWO BIOACTIVE SECONDARY METABOLITES IN HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS DC; HARPAGOSIDE AND VERBASCOSIDE IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

  G. Wilson

  364-365

• MAKING NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH EXCITING AND PURPOSEFUL IN AFRICA

  B. Abegaz

  365

• EFFECT OF CO-CULTURE OF ORIGANUM VULGARE AND THYMUS VULGARIS ON ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCTION

  G. Asghari, M. S Ardakani, A. Hossein, J. S. Shakibai

  366

• PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF COMBRETUM VENDAE LEAF EXTRACT

  A. Ahmen, C. Igwe, J. N. Eloff

  366-367

• SPICATIC ACID: A 4-CAROXYGENTISIC ACID FROM A GENTIANA SPICATA EXTRACT WITH POTENTIAL HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY

  N. Ayoub

  367-368

• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIBACTERIAL EVALUATION OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF FERULAGO AUCHERI BOISS. FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES

  K. Husnu Can Baser, G. Özek, F. Demirci, G. Iscan, E. Hamzaoglu, A. Duran

  368

• THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF STENOTAENIA MACROCARPA ESSENTIAL OIL AND BIOACTIVITY

  K. H. C. Baser, T. Kiyan, B. Demirci, F. Demirci, H. Duman

  368-369

• COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF TWO ENDEMIC CENTAUREA SPECIES FROM TURKEY

  Y. B. Kose, A. Altintas, O. Tugay, T. Uysal, B. Demirci, K. Ertugrul, K. H. C. Baser

  369

• GC-MS ANALYSIS OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THE SEED OF SWEET FENNEL (FOENICULUM VULGARE MILL. VAR. DULCE) GROWN IN TURKEY

  B. Cosge, B. Gurbuz, B. Gurbuz, A. Ipek

  370

• NEW JATROPHANE DITERPENES FROM EUPHORBIA MONGOLICA WITH MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE MODULATING ACTIVITY

  P. Forgo, D. Redei, J. Molnar, J. Hohmann

  370-371

• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM THE LEAF, FRUIT AND STEM BARK OF HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS (HYPERICACEAE)

  A. Gbolade, V. Tira-Picos, J. Nogueira, Adekunle Gbolade

  371

• ISOLATION OF ANTIPROLIFERATIVE COMPOUNDS FROM CENTAUREA JACEA L.

  J. Hohmann, I. Zupko, P. Forgo

  371-372

• STILBENOID CONSTITUENTS IN WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS

  I. Iliya, T. Tanaka, H. Murata, M. Linuma

  372

• EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SEVERAL SOUTH AFRICAN TREES AND ISOLATION OF TWO BIFLAVONOIDS WITH ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY FROM GARCINIA LIVIGSTONEI

  A. A. Kaikabo, B. B. Samuel, M. M. Suleiman, J. N. Eloff

  372-373

• COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM CYMBOPOGON NARDUS (L.) RENDLE

  T. Kandasamy, B. Odhav, H. Baijnath

  373

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF STILBENOIDS AND FLAVONOIDS FROM THREE SPECIES OF COMBRETACEAE

  D. Katerere, A. Gray, R. Nash, R. Waigh

  373-374

• FLAVONOID CONTENTS, ANTIOXIDANT AND NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS OF RUSSIAN PLANTS

  S. Klochkov, S. Bachurin, E. Shevtsova, O. Novikova

  374

• SESQUITERPENE LACTONES FROM PLANTS OF THE ASTERACEAE FAMILY AS THE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ANTI-TUMOUR AGENTS

  S. Klochkov, S. Bachurin, Y. Bulychev, S. Afana´seva

  374-375

• ANTIOXIDATIVE ACTIVITY OF UGANDAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

  M. Kuglerova, P. Marsik, T. Vanek, L. Kokoska, O. Wanyana-Maganyi, P. Van Damme, J. Grade

  375-376

• SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF LAMIACEAE SPECIES

  I. Máthé, K. Veres, E. Háznagy-Radnai, M. K. Szabó, A. Máthé

  376

• FLAVONOLS AND AN OXYCHROMONOL FROM PILIOSTIGMA RETICULATUM

  W. Mabusela

  376-377

• BONE MINERALIZATION ENHANCING ACTIVITY OF A METHOXYELLAGIC ACID GLUCOSIDE FROM A FEIJOA SELLOWIANA LEAF EXTRACT

  M. A. M. Nawwar, N. A. Ayou, S. A. Hussein, A. N. Amani, N. M. Hegaz, U. Lindequist

  377

• ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC NATURAL PRODUCTS BY VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM

  P. Joseph-Nathan

  377-378

• QSAR STUDY OF ANTIOXIDANT AND VASODILATATORY ACTIVITY OF PHENOLIC ACIDS

  M. Medic-Saric, V. Rastija

  378-379

• BONE MINERALIZATION ENHANCING ACTIVITY OF A METHOXYELLAGIC ACID GLUCOSIDE FROM A FEIJOA SELLOWIANA LEAF EXTRACT

  M. Nawwar, N. Ayoub, S. Hussein, A. Amani, N. Hegazi

  379-380

• CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CAMEROONIAN DORSTENIA SPECIES

  B. Ngadjui, M. Bezabih, B. Abegaz

  380

• THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF EXTRACTS OF ANNONA SENEGALENSIS AND EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS.

  E. O. Ogbadoyi, A. Kabiru, A. Salako, J. Okogun

  380-381

• BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTS OF PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS (WELW.) WARB

  P. Onocha, E. Otunla

  381

• INSECTICIDAL, ANTIMICROBIAL, PHYTO- AND CYTOTOXICITY OF CHASSALIA KOLLY WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT

  P. A. Onocha, S. M. Ali

  381-382

• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF HERACLEUM PASTINACIFOLIUM SUBSP. TRANSCAUCASICUM AND H. PASTINACIFOLIUM SUBSP. INCANUM ESSENTIAL OILS

  G. Ozek, F. Demirci, G. Iscan, N. Tabanca, D. E. Wedge, A. Duran, E. Hamzaoglu, K. H. C. Baser

  382

• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF UMBELLIFERAE SPECIES FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN REGIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN

  G. Ozek, Y. Suleimenov, M. Yu Ishmuratova, S. B. Rakhmadieva, K. H. C. Baser

  383

• COMPOSITION OF THE VOLATILE METABOLITES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF TORILIS LEPTOPHYLLA (L.) REICHB. AND T. UCRANICA SPRENGEL

  T. Özek, G. Özek, M. G. Pimenov, E. V. Kljuykov, K. H. C. Baser

  383-384

• COMBINED MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF TAMARINDUS INDICA IN THAILAND

  S. Pongsamart, S. Sukrong, P. Khanthapok, P. Bhusawang

  384

• A RAPID IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE REPELLENTS AGAINST LEPTOTROMBIDIUM CHIGGERS

  W. Rodkvamtook, A. Prasartvit, J. Gaywee, C. Jatisatienr

  384-385

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN NATURAL PLANT PRODUCTS

  J. E. Simon, R. Juliani, D. Acquaye, E. Jefthas, J. Asante-Dartey, B. Diawuo, M. Diatta B. Diouf, P. Langenhoven, N. Hitimana, P. Tannous, K. Hughes, R. Govindasamy, J. Brown

  385

• MOSQUITO REPELLENTS FROM ESSENTIAL OILS OF PLANTS FROM FRENCH POLYNESIA

  I. Vahirua-Lechat, F. Adam, E. Deslandes, U. Bernier

  386

• SPICATIC ACID: A 4-CARBOXYGENTISIC ACID FROM A GENTIANA SPICATA EXTRACT WITH POTENTIAL HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY

  N. Ayoub, H. Handoussa, L. Mahran

  386-387

• IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS INHIBITORS: DEVELOPMENT OF A 96-WELL PLATE SCREENING

  A. Chaigneau, P. Richomme

  387-388

• SENSITIZING EFFECT OF CURCUMIN ON CISPLATIN-INDUCED APOPTOSIS INVOLVES SUPEROXIDEANION INDUCTION AND BCL-2 DEGRADATION

  P. Chanvorachote, V. Pongrakhananon, S. Luanpitpong, U. Nimmannit

  388

• EXPRESSION OF MRNAS FOR TYROSINASE GENES ON EXPOSURE TO PLANT EXTRACT/COMPOUNDS

  W. K. Cheung, N. Lall, B. Mapunya, S. Naidoo, P. Houghton

  388-389

• THE EFFECT OF SEASONAL CHANGE ON THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF C. EDULIS

  P. K. Chokoe, P. Masoko, M. P. Mokgotho, R. L. Howard, L. J. Mampuru

  389

• α – AMYLASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF PARKIA BIGLOBOSA (MIMOSOIDEAE) SEED

  Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi, Kio Abo, Richard Wilkins

  390

• ANTI-CANCER AND OXIDANT PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT SESQUITERPENE LACTONES ISOLATED FROM INDIGENOUS LEBANESE PLANTS

  A. Ghantous, H. Gali-Muhtasib, N. Saliba, N. Darwiche

  390-391

• TRICHILIA EMETICA: ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY AND THE ANTITYROSINASE ACTIVITY RESULTS

  B. Komane AM, A. M. Viljoen

  391

• EMBLICA EXTRACT INDUCES TYPE I PRO-COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS AND INHIBITS COLLAGENASE ACTIVITY IN MOUSE FIBROBLASTS

  S. Luanpitpong, P. Chanvorachote, V. Pongrakhananon, U. Nimmannit

  391-392

• PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF A PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA EXTRACT AGAINST CISPLATIN-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN DERMAL PAPILLA FIBROBLASTS

  S. Luanpitpong, U. Nimmannit, V. Pongrakhananon, P. Chanvorachote

  392

• BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF TYPHA CAPENSIS (TYPHACEAE) FROM LIMPOPO PROVINCE (SOUTH AFRICA)

  P. Masoko, M. P. Mokgotho, R. L. Howard, L. J. Mampuru

  392-393

• THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACTS AGAINST THREE STRAINS OF PATHOGENIC YEASTS

  T. J. Mmushi,, P. Masoko, M. Mogashoa, M. P. Mokgotho, L. J. Mampuru, R. L. Howard

  393

• ISOLATION OF AN ANTIFUNGAL TRITERPENES FROM COMBRETUM NELSONII (COMBRETACEAE) LEAVES

  P. Masoko, L. K. Mdee, L. J. Mampuru, J. N. Eloff

  393-394

• EFFECT OF THE PHYTOESTROGEN DAIDZEIN ON TESTICULAR CELL FUNCTIONS

  T. K. Monsees, K. Bittorf, S. Hinkel, J. Hayatpour

  394

• WIL-2 NS LYMPHOMA CELL LINE SHOW APOPTOTIC FEATURES WHEN TREATED WITH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE COMMELINA BENGHALESIS

  M. P. Mokgotho, P. Masoko, V. G. Mbazima, K. W. Lebogo, L. J. Mampuru

  394-395

• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM CYMBOPOGON NARDUS (L.) RENDLE

  N. Naidoo, K. Thangaraj, B. Odhav, H. Baijnath

  395

• ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES OF THAI LOCAL VEGETABLE EXTRACTS: APPLICATION IN A CHINESE-STYLE SAUSAGE

  Suree Nanasombat

  395-396

• EFFECT OF CONCENTRATIONS AND CARRIERS ON CHARACTERISTICS OF SPRAY-DRIED TAMARIND PULP EXTRACT

  U. Nimmannit, R. S. Pornthip, N. S. Pongsamart

  396

• SCREENING FOR ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY OF A CRUDE ACETONE EXTRACT OF SENNA SPP ON HL-60 AND WIL-2 NS CELL LINES

  A. Ngobeni, M. P. Mokgotho, P. Masoko, R. L. Howard, L. J. Mampuru

  396-397

• BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTIVES OF SOME ALPINIA AND HEDYCHIUM SPECIES

  Nuchnipa Nuntawong

  397

• IN VITRO BIOACTIVITY OF VENDA MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS

  C. Pallant, V. Steenkamp

  397-398

• ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF THE ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF HEARTWOOD OF BIJASAR (PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM ROXB.) IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-NICOTINAMIDE INDUCED TYPE 2 DIABETIC RATS

  U. K. Patil

  398

• CURCUMIN INDUCES ANOIKIS IN H460 NON-SMALL LUNG CANCER CELLS THROUGH SUPEROXIDE ANION INDUCTION

  V. Pongrakhananon, S. Luanpitpong, P. Chanvorachote, U. Nimmannit

  398-399

• PROFILING OF CANNABIS EXTRACTS AND CONSTITUENTS FOR CYTOTOXIC AND NF-KAPPA B-MODIFYING EFFECTS

  W. Peschel, M. Politi, G. Appendino, A. Constanti, M. Heinrich, J. M. Prieto

  399-400

• VARIABLE EFFECTS OF LEUZEA CARTHAMOIDES (ASTERACEAE) EXTRACTS AND 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE ON NF-KAPPA B

  W. Peschel, M. Leonti, J. M. Prieto

  400

• EFFECT OF NYPA FRUTICANS STEM AND LEAF EXTRACT ON GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN GLUCOSE-INDUCED HYPERGLYCEMIC MICE

  H. Reza, S. Jahan, M. Wahid, M. M. Rahmatullah

  400-401

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND CYTOTOXICITY OF PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACTS AND COMPOUNDS AGAINST SELECTED BACTERIAL ORGANISMS AND ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

  Amidou Samie

  401

• THE IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY OF HERBAL EXTRACTS

  M. Sandasi, A. Viljoen, C. Leonard

  402

• INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF FIVE TROPICAL PLANTS IN MALAYSIA AGAINST MEDICALLY-IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS

  N. W. Sit, Y. S. Lau, P. Y. Soo, S. R. Teo, K. S. Teoh

  402-403

• SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED TO TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS

  Gary Stafford, M. Pedersen, A. Jäger, J. Van Staden

  403

• ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT FROM SEED COAT OF MAJOR TAMARIND CULTIVATED IN THAILAND

  M. Suksomtip, S. Ukrisdawithid, S. Pongsamart, P. Bhusawang

  403-404

• ANTIPLASMODIAL TRITERPENOIDS ISOLATED FROM CANTHIUM MULTIFLORUM

  M. Traoré, H. L. Ziegler, C. E. Olsen, H. Millogo, J. B. Ouédraogo, I. P. Guissou, O. G. Nacoulma, T. R. Guiguemdé, S. B. Christensen

  404-405

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF PIPER CAPENSE L.F. EXTRACTS

  A. Thorburn, D. Cromarty, V. Steenkamp

  405

• TWO FACES OF THE QUATERNARY BENZO[C]PHENANTHRIDINE ALKALOID SANGUINARINE

  J. Ulrichova, V. Simanek

  405-406

• PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF PRIMULA SPECTABILIS TRATT., AN ENDEMISM OF VALVESTINO (ITALIAN ALPS)

  S. Vitalini, G. Fico, A. Valaguzza, F. Visioli, F. Tomè

  406-407

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS ACCENTUATING ASPECTS RELATING TO METHODOLOGY

  S. van Vuuren, A. Viljoen

  407

• DIFFERENCES IN THE AMOUNT OF POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN DIFFERENT AERIAL PARTS OF PLANTAGO MAJOR

  M. Zubair, Nybom Rumpunen Lindholm

  407-408

• IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CRUDE LEAF EXTRACTS OF HELICHRYSUM PEDUNCULATUM AND SOME ANTIBIOTICS

  O. A. Aiyegoro, A. J. Afolayan, A. I. Okoh

  408

• ANTIOXIDANT AND PROOXIDANT EFFECTS OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE AND TANNIC ACID ON DNA DAMAGE IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES

  A.. A Basaran, D. Tokaç, S. Aydin, N. Basaran

  408-409

• THE HEAMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO THE CRUDE AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF CRINUM MACOWANII BULBS (CAEB) IN ANAESTHETIZED WISTAR RATS

  A. Burger, K. Persson, P. Mugabo, I. Green

  409-410

• INNOVATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION: PLANT REFERENCES IN A NEW ACCESSIBLE FORMAT: VIRTUAL HERBARIUM FOR ECONOMIC PLANTS AND THEIR RELATIVES

  T. Flaster

  410

• BIOCHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII (LORANTHACEAE) LEAF

  A. Fred-Jaiyesimi, T. Onabanjo, A. Jaiyesimi

  410-411

• TRACE ELEMENT AND HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL GINSENG AND HYPOXIS SUPPLEMENT PRODUCTS

  G. Gabriels, P. Smith

  411

• A COMPARATIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF NIPRD AM1 AGAINST A CHLOROQUINE AND SULPHADOXINE/PYRIMETHAMINE COMBINATION IN SYMPTOMATIC BUT UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA

  K. Gamaniel

  411-412

• PLANTS AS SOURCES OF HUMAN HEALTH PRODUCTS

  Peter Houghton

  412

• MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. BY PCR AMPLIFICATION OF THE RDNA ITS REGION

  C. Howard, P. Bremner, M. Fowler, A. Slater

  412-413

• QUALITY AND CHEMISTRY OF AFRICAN BIRDS EYE CHILI (CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS) FROM ZAMBIA

  H. R. Juliani, J. Coppin, K. Kim, H. Malumo, B. Diawuo, P. Langenhoven, J. Simon

  413

• ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF FADOGIA TRIPHYLLA HERBAL TEA OF ZAMBIA

  H R. Juliani, A. Koroch, Y. Fonseca, H. Malumo, B. Diawuo, J. E Simon

  414

• PLANT CULTIVATION, SCALED UP PREPARATION AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING OF NON ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES DC

  O. Kayser, W. Kohnen, L. Nyhuis, R. van Breda

  414-415

• STABILITY OF PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA EXTRACT IN LIPOSOMES

  P. Kongiampitee, U. Nimmannit

  415

• EFFICACY OF ASTAXANTHIN, A NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT FROM ALGAE, IN THE TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, AND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY

  L. Kupcinskas, A. Lignell, L. Andersen, T. Wadström

  415-416

• HYPOTENSIVE EFFECTS AND ACUTE TOXICITY PROPERTY OF METHANOL EXTRACT OF BAISSEA AXILLARIS HAU. LEAF ON ANIMAL MODELS

  M. Idu, O. Timothy

  416

• DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES USING NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS)

  J. Maree, A. Viljoen, M. Manley

  416-417

• CHEMICAL PROFILING OF SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS AND S. MICROPHYLLA

  N. Mncwangi, A. Viljoen, M. Manley

  417-418

• QUALITY, EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PHYTOMEDICINES AND PHYTOCOSMETICS

  J. O. Ogendo, A. L. Deng, M. Kostyukovsky, U. Ravid, J. C. Matasyoh, E. O. Omolo, S. T. Kariuki, A. W. Kamau, E. Shaaya

  418

• EFFECT OF CD ACCUMULATION ON GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MERWILLA PLUMBEA (HYACINTHACEAE) €“ A WIDELY USED MEDICINAL PLANT

  R. Street

  418-419

• PHENOLIC CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF BERKHEYA BERGIANA LEAVES

  O. Odeleye, A. Oyedeji, A. Opoku

  419-420

• QUALITY AND COMPOSITION OF SCELETIUM PLANT MATERIAL FOR USE AS PHYTO-MEDICINES

  S. Patnala, I. Kanfer

  420

• EFFECT OF POLYSACCHARIDE GEL FROM THE FRUIT-RIND OF “DURIAN” AS AN IMMUNOMODULATOR IN PENAEUS MONODON (BLACK TIGER SHRIMP)

  K. Pholdaeng, S. Pongsamart

  420-421

• CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF SELECTED PLANTS USED IN ETHNOMEDICINE IN WESTERN NIGERIA

  A. Sowemimo, M. Van De Venter, L. Baatjies, T. Koekemoer

  421

• AUTHENTICATION OF PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE– CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  M. S. J. Simmonds, C. Leon

  421-422

• IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTI-AGING ACTIVITIES OF ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCHA HEARTWOOD EXTRACT

  P. Tengamnuay, W. Prugsakij, A. Wongkajornsilp

  422

• PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE USE OF WATER ACTIVITY (AW) MEASUREMENTS FOR POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN THE PLANT EXTRACT INDUSTRY

  A. van Ginkel, L. R. Peña, G. R. Villar

  422-423

• TOWARDS A RAPID QUALITY CONTROL METHOD FOR HOODIA GORDONII RAW MATERIAL AND PRODUCTS

  L. Vermaak, A. Viljoen, M. Manley

  423

• HYPOGLYCEMIC AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECT OF SALVADORA OLEOIDES IN NORMAL AND ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  J. P. Yadav, S. Saini

  423-424

• TOXICITY OF HYDNORA JOHANNIS BECCARI (HYDNORACEAE) DRIED ROOTS AND ETHANOL EXTRACT IN RATS

  S. Yagi, S. Adam, Y. Chapleur, D. Laurain-Mattar

  424-425

• CLEAN PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL FREEZE–DRIED MANGOSTEEN POWDER FOR MEDICINAL HERB AND NUTRITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS

  S Chaisawadi, W. Methawiriyasilp

  425

• EFFECT OF POTASSIUM RATES ON HYDROPONICALLY-GROWN PEPPERMINT (MENTHA X PIPERITA)

  M. H. El-Masry, M. R. Morales, D. J. Charles, J. E. Simon

  426

• INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SANDALWOOD SEED OIL

  D. Hettiarachchi

  426

• GOOD MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES (GMPS) IN THE HERB FOOD AND MEDICINAL PLANT INDUSTRY. ACTUAL SITUATION AND PARTICULARITIES.

  A. van Ginkel

  427

• PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF VARIOUS MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC SEEDS

  P. R. Venskutonis

  427

• MODELS OF CROP COMMERCIALIZATION AND CROP CLUSTERS

  J. Simon, K. Shawe, E. Jefthas, E. Renaud, P. Langenhoven, R. Juliani, R. Govindasamy, D. Acquaye

  428

• USE OF LIPPIA SCABERRIMA ESSENTIAL OIL TO PROMOTE POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF SUBTROPICAL FRUITS

  S. Combrinck, T. Renier, W. du Plooy, B. Botha

  428-429

• DIVERSITY AND THE MOST COMMON TRADED SPECIES IN THE SUDANESE MEDICINAL PLANTS

  H. Khalid, W. Abdalla

  429

• MODELS OF ORGANIC CERTIFICATION IN HERBAL SECTOR OF TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES OF WESTERN BALKAN (SE EUROPE)

  S. Redzic, H. Basic, S. Barudanovic

  429-430

• SIPPO TRADE PROMOTION PROGRAMME OF OSEC FOR MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS

  F. Staubli, K. Duerbeck

  430

• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF OIL AS PART OF MARKETING ESSENTIAL OIL CROPS E.G. PELARGONIUM VAR ROSE

  K. Swanepoel

  430-431

• VALUE ADDING AND NATURAL PRODUCTS: HOW MUCH DOES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTER?

  R. Wynberg, J. Silveston, C. Lombard

  431-432

• THE TRADITIONAL USE AS A REGULATORY CATEGORY – EXPERIENCES IN EUROPE

  E. Coquillette, W. Peschel

  432

• ANTIPLASMODIAL TRITERPENOIDS ISOLATED FROM CANTHIUM MULTIFLORUM

  M. Traoré, H. L. Ziegler, C. E. Olsen, H. Millogo, J. B. Ouédraogo, I. P. Guissou, O. G. Nacoulma, T. R. Guiguemdé, S. B. Christensen

  432-433

• ETHNOBOTANICAL AND ANTIMALARIAL STUDIES ON PLANTS USED FOR MALARIA MANAGEMENT IN COAST, EASTERN AND NYANZA PROVINCES OF KENYA

  S. Chhabra

  433-434

• THE POTENTIAL OF SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICINAL ORCHIDS

  M. Chinsamy, J. Finnie, J. van Staden

  434

• THE EFFECT OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA (BITTER GOURD) EXTRACT ON THE WOUND HEALING IN STREPTOZOTOCIN- INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  S. Das, T. Lin, A. Latiff

  434-435

• ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF DIOSPYROS PEREGRINA FRUITS AGAINST TYPE II DIABETIC RATS.

  S. Dewanjee, A. Maiti, S. C. Mandal

  435

• STUDIES ON ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF SOME ACACIA SPECIES

  E. Elgorashi, N. Wada, E. Warrag, H. Satoh

  435-436

• CHRONIC TOXICITY, ANTIDIABETIC AND HYPOLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITIES OF SPONDIAS MOMBIN L. (ANACARDIACEAE) ON ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  A. Gbolade, A. Akinlolu, M. Ekor, A. Odewabi

  436-437

• ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF SPONDIAS MOMBIN (ANACARDIACEAE) STEM BARK ON ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  A. Gbolade, M. Ekor, A. Akinlolu, M. Ayoola

  437

• ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH AND LABORATORIES EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL PHARMACOPOEIAS IN 30 CARIBBEAN BASIN TERRITORIES: TWO PRECONDITIONS TRAMIL FOR THE USE OF LOCAL MEDICINAL PLANTS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.

  L. Germosén-Robineau

  437-438

• ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY IKARE AND IPE PEOPLE OF AKOKO IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

  A. Giwa, W. Odofin, S. Aladele, B. Daramola

  438

• TYPHA CAPENSIS EXTRACTS DECREASE ROS PRODUCTION AND AFFECT HUMAN SPERM FUNCTIONS

  R. Henkel, W. Fransman, U. Hipler, G. Schreiber

  438-439

• EFFECT OF PICRORHIZA KURROA ROOTS ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL ON ALLOXAN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  P. Hurakadle, M. Patil, S. Jalalpure, F. Manvi

  439

• EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATION OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA .DEL LEAVES TO GUINEA PIG DAMS ON MILK PRODUCTION AND CONTRACTION OF THE MAMMARY GLAND AND UTERUS.

  I. I. Ijeh, K. K. Igwe, Chukwunonso E. C. C. Ejike

  439-440

• EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS LEAVES EXTRACT OF CASSIA GLAUCA LAM. IN STREPTOZOCIN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

  S. S. Jalalpure, Md. Salahuddin

  440

• TRADITIONAL MEDICINE VALUE IN HIV/AIDS

  K. Josiah

  440-441

• INHIBITION OF WIL-2 NS CELLS PROLIFERATION IS RELATED TO G2/M ARREST AND INDUCTION OF CASPASE-MEDIATED APOPTOSIS

  V. G. Mbazima, M. P. Mokgotho, P. Masoko, R. L. Howard, L. J. Mampuru

  441

• PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO ANTIMYCOPLASMAL ACTIVITY OF TRADITIONALLY USED NIGERIAN PLANTS

  I. A. Muraina, L. J. McGaw, J. Picard, J. N. Eloff

  441-442

• ENDOMETRIAL AND HORMONAL CHANGES IN RATS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF FENUGREEK EXTRACTED DIOSGENIN

  I. Sulaiman, A. Nimir, S. Das

  442-443

• PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF HELYCHRISUM PLICATUM EXTRACTS ON ANTIOXIDANT DEFENCE STATUS IN CCL4-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY IN RATS

  T. K. Panovska, S. Kulevanova, M. Bogdanova

  443

• VARIATION IN ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF BOSWELLIA CARTERII BIRDW. AND ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

  G. P. Kamatou, A. Viljoen, S. van Vuuren, P. Balwanth, R. Gosai

  443-444

• A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE IN VITRO ANTI-DIABETIC PROPERTIES OF FOUR PLANTS FREQUENTLY USED TO TREAT DIABETES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

  T. Koekemoer, M. van de Venter, S. Roux

  444

• BIODIVERSITY AND UTILITY OF HERBAL DRUGS IN INDIAN CONTEXT

  C. Kokate

  444-445

• INFLUENCE OF URTICA DIOICA SEED EXTRACTS ON ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL HEPATOTOXICITY IN VIVO: ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIHEPATOTOXIC EFFECT

  S. Kulevanova, T. K. Panovska, M. Bogdanova

  445

• THE GASTROPROTECTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF BELLIS PERENNIS L. (ASTERACEAE) EXTRACTS

  L. Açik, I. Gurbuz, H. Demir, F. Demirci, R. Göktürk

  446

• IN VITRO ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO MEDICINAL PLANTS IDENTIFIED FROM NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

  A. Mann, K. Ibrahim, A. O. Oyewale, J. O. Amupitan, J. I. Okogun

  446-447

• STUDY OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS OF THE STEM BARK EXTRACTS OF PARKIA BIGLOBOSA (JACQ.) BENTH AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

  H. Millogo-Koné

  447-448

• FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF TWO MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY DIABETIC PATIENTS IN BOTSWANA

  D. Motlhanka, P. Motlhanka

  448

• COVARIUM 10 A NEW MEDICINE AGAINST INTESTINAL AMOEBIASIS FROM CODIAEUM VARIEAGATUM (EUPHORBIACEAE)

  K. Melanie, N. Bilong, P. Moundipa

  448-449

• BASELLA ALBA (BASELLACEAE) AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION

  P. F. Moundipa, T. K. Monsees, N. S. E. Beboy, S. Carreau, E. A. Nantia

  449

• ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY OF COMMELINA BENGHALESIS A MEDICINAL PLANT AGAINST WIL-2 NS LYMPHOCYTES

  M. P. Mokgotho, K. W. Lebogo, V. G. Mbazima, P. Masoko, J. N. Eloff, L. J. Mampuru

  449-450

• ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF TRADITIONALLY USED INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANT FROM LIMPOPO PROVINCE

  M. Mokgotho, P. Masoko, V. Mbazima, J. N. Eloff, R. Howard, L. Mampuru

  450

• THE ANTIULCER ACTIVITY OF THE ROOT EXTRACTS OF TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA

  L. Ntobaki, N. Makhanya, A. Opoku

  450-451

• THAI INDIGENOUS MEDICINE TREATMENT FOR KNEE PAIN

  D. Onchomchant, P. Pimpisut, P. Deenoi Mae Fah Luang

  451

• MEDICINAL PLANTS USED AGAINST VARIOUS AILMENTS BY THE PEOPLE OF ”CHAR” AREAS IN RANGPUR DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  Md. Harun-or- Rashid, R. Tanzin, R. Jahan, M. Rahmatullah

  451-452

• STANDARDISATION OF A STEM BARK EXTRACT OF NAUCLEA POBEGUINII AND ITS IN VIVO ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY

  L. Pieters

  452-453

• A SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY KAVIRAJES IN THE RAUMARI AREA, KURIGRAM DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Nasir Uddin, A. Al Farabi, M. Rahmatullah

  453

• MEDICINAL PLANTS USED AGAINST VARIOUS AILMENTS BY THE PEOPLE OF ”CHAR” AREAS IN SIRAJGONG DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  Md. H. Rahman, K. C. Ghosh, Md. Harun-or-Rashid, M. Rahmatullah

  453-454

• ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF THE MURONG TRIBE INHABITING THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS REGION OF BANGLADESH

  Md. M. Rana, Md. Shahadat, H. A. Hanif, M. Rahmatullah

  454

• AN ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE CHAK TRIBAL COMMUNITY OF BANGLADESH

  Md. M. Rana, Md. S. Hossan, A. Hanif, M. Rahmatullah

  454-455

• PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES AND THEIR USE IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (W. BALKAN, SE EUROPE)

  S. Redzic

  455

• AN ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF SHAPAHAR AREA, NAOGAON DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  Md. H. Reza, M. Ali, Md. Ariful, H. Mollik, M. Rahmatullah

  455-456

• PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS LINN. USING ALBINO RATS.

  J. Robert, C. Louis, M. Ayyavoo

  456-457

• THE ANTIMALARIAL AND TOXICITY STUDIES OF SWAZI MEDICINAL PLANTS

  G. F. Sibandze, R. L. van Zyl

  457

• ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE AND CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF TAPINANTHUS DODONEIFOLIUS (DC. DANSER) (LORANTHACEAE) IN RATS.

  S. Ouedraogo, L. Belemnaba, B. Bucher, I. P. Guissou

  457-458

• ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF NOAGAON DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  F. Yesmin, Md. Shahidullah, S. M. Nasir Uddin, M. Rahmatullah

  458

• OPTIMIZATION AND BENCHMARKING OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF ATHRIXIA PHYLICOIDES EXTRACTS

  D. De Beer, E. Joubert

  459

• VARIATION IN MAJOR POLYPHENOLS OF ROOIBOS (ASPALATHUS LINEARIS) AND HONEYBUSH (CYCLOPIA SUBTERNATA)

  E. Joubert, D. De Beer, M. Manley

  459-460

• NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES FROM SENEGAL

  H. R. Juliani, Y. Fonseca, M. Diatta, B. Diouf, J. E. Simon

  460

• ANTIOXIDANT AND SUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS ON THE SYNTHESIS OF NITRIC OXIDE AND PROSTAGLANDIN E2 BY THE ETHANOLIC-EXTRACTS OF CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L. FLOWER

  J. Lee, G. Kim

  460-461

• EXTRACTION, POTENTIATION AND QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF RESVERATROL FROM SOUTH AFRICAN RED ’CONCORD’ GRAPE PUMICE USING ASSAY-GUIDED METHODS

  C. Igwe, J. N. Eloff, R. van Brummelen

  461-462

• EVALUATION OF THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF SWEETENERS FROM THAUMATOCCOCUS DANIELLI AND SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM OF NIGERIAN ORIGIN

  C. Igwe, A. Ahmed, O. Olatunji, J. N. Eloff

  462

• ANTIOXIDANT AND FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES OF EDIBLE WEEDS

  S. Kumar, D. Kumar

  462-463

• CONTENTS OF PLANT PIGMENTS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS OF FAMILY LAMIACEAE IN W. BALKANS AS AN INDICATOR OF POTENTIAL ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

  S. Redzic, N. Sejdic, S. Pilipovic, A. Palic

  463

• DNA AND ANTIMICROBIAL FINGERPRINTING OF MEDICINAL ALOE SPECIES FROM THE MASCARENE ISLANDS

  J. Govinden-Soulange, S. Khoyratty, M. Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, N. Makunga, H. Kodja

  463-464

• USE OF EDIBLE MUSHROOMS AND LICHENS IN ADDITIONAL NUTRITION OF PEOPLE IN WAR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (W. BALKAN)

  S. Redzic, A. Biscevic,, A. Redzic

  464-465

• POTENTIAL USE OF VASCULAR ENDEMIC PLANTS AS A SOURCE OF NEW MEDICINES

  S. Redzic

  465-466

• USE OF WILD EDIBLE PLANTS IN HUMAN NUTRITION DURING WAR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (W.BALKAN)

  S. Redzic, A. Redzic, A. Biscevic

  466

• ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY IN SOME TRADITIONAL UGANDAN DIETS

  T. Stangeland

  466-467

• BIOSEPARATION AND ACTIVITY OF KHAYA SENEGALENSIS FRACTIONS AGAINST INFECTIVE LARVAE OF HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS

  I. O. Ademola, B. O. Fagbemi, S. O. Idowu

  467-468

• A MIXTURE OF PLANT EXTRACTS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A COMMERCIAL ANTIBACTERIAL FEED ADDITIVE IN POULTRY CHALLENGED WITH CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

  J. N. Eloff

  468

• IN VITRO ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF PROANTHOCYANIDIN A2 AGAINST CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS

  V. Galligioni, F. Dal Pozzo, G. Fontana, E. Bombardelli, E. Baldelli, A. Scagliarini

  468-469

• CINNAMOSMA MACROCARPA AND ITS FRACTIONS ARE ACTIVE IN VITRO AGAINST BETANODAVIRUS

  V. Galligioni, F. Vaccari, E. Galletti, R. Matera, G. Fontana, S. Ciulli, A. Scagliarini

  469-470

• FOLK HERBAL VETERINARY MEDICINES FROM INDIAN DESERT

  S. S. Katewa

  470

• HERBAL PRODUCTS FOR PIG HEALTH

  G. Kleijer-Ligtenberg, T. Van Asseldonk, M. Groot, B. Halkes, G. Binnendijk, J. Wagenaar Johanna

  470-471

• PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF PLANT SPECIES THAT MAY BE USEFUL IN CONTROLLING DIARRHOEA IN PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK.

  N. P. M. Komape, L. J. McGaw, J. N. Eloff

  471

• SOUTH AFRICAN ETHNOVETERINARY PLANT EXTRACTS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIVIRAL POTENTIAL

  L. J. McGaw, V. P. Bagla, T. A. Mokoka, E. E. Elgorashi, J. N. Eloff

  472

• HAEMATOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF BITTER LEAF (VERNONIA AMYGDALINA) EFFICIENCY IN REDUCING INFECTIONS IN COCKERELS

  R. Y. Olobatoke, J. A. Oloniruha

  472-473

• MEDICINAL PLANTS USED TO TREAT CATTLE DISEASES IN NETRAKONA DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

  Md. Harun-or-Rashid, R. Tanzin, R. Jahan, M. Rahmatullah

  473

• SECONDARY METABOLITES OF THE SELECTED SPECIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE RELATION TO THE PRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS OF LAYING HENS

  J. Poracova, M. Blascakova, I. Salamon, M. Zahatnanska

  473-474

• ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE (EVM) - USING FRESH HERBALS FOR LIVESTOCK HEALTHCARE AT FARMERS’ LEVEL

  N. Punniamurthy

  474

• PLANTS, PLANT EXTRACTS AND PHYTOCHEMICALS FOR MANIPULATING RUMINAL FERMENTATION

  J. Wallace

  474-475

• EVALUATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF TREES THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO TREAT DIARRHOEA IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS

  G. Wuerger, L. J. McGaw, C. Franz, J. N. Eloff

  475-476

• COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF LAVANDULA STOECHAS L. SUBSP. STOECHAS (BOISS.)

  S. Alan, A. Altintas, B. Demirci, F. Koca, K. H. C. Baser

  476

• COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF CALAMINTHA NEPETA (L.) SAVI SUBSP. NEPETA AND CALAMINTHA NEPETA (L.) SAVI SUBSP. GLANDULOSA (REQ.) P.W. BALL

  S. Alan, M. Kürkçüolu, K. Hüsnü C. Baser

  476-477

• COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF CENTAUREA DIFFUSA LAM. AND CENTAUREA ZEYBEKII WAGENITZ

  A. Altintas, O. Tugay, B. Demirci, K. Husnu C. Baser

  477

• ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF LIPPIA EXTRACTS AND PURIFIED COMPOUNDS AGAINST PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM

  E. S. Amukohe

  477-478

• EFFECTS OF A WILD GREEN OAT EXTRACT ON MENTAL PERFORMANCE: A HUMAN CLINICAL STUDY USING SOURCE DENSITY ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN EEG

  C. Aydogan, C. Schellekens, C. Wullschleger

  478-479

• EFFECT OF OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT IN ADULT TWINS WITH MILD HYPERTENSION

  C. Aydogan, C. Schellekens, T. Moccetti,, A. Busjahn

  479

• THE OPUS STUDY: OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION USING SOY

  C. Aydogan,, W. Wong, R. Lewis, F. Steinberg, M. M. Margaret

  479-480

• PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTISICKLING ACTIVITIES OF TERMINALIA CATAPPA (COMBRETACEAE) LEAF EXTRACTS

  B. Samuel, J. Okogun, K. Idowu, A. A. Olaniyi

  480

• SCREENING FOR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS IN SAUDI ARABIA

  M. M. Aly, S. O. Bafeel

  480-481

• LEARNING FROM TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS TO ENRICH DEVELOPMENT: WORLD BANK EXPERIENCE

  N. Gorjestani

  481

• DEVELOPING A SECTOR BY CREATING COMMUNITY-OWNED ENTERPRISES BASED ON THE CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING OF ESSENTIAL OILS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

  M. Horak, L. Khumalo, E. Wadiwala, B. Brown

  481-482

• MEDICINAL PLANT BASED PRODUCTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF A MICRO-ENTERPRISE IN MEXICO

  L. Ibargüen

  482-483

• BIOTRANSFORMATION AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE METABOLITES OF (R)-(-)-PHELLANDRENE

  G. Iscan, N. Kirimer, F. Demirci, K. Hüsnü C. Baser

  483

• COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MARRUBIUM ANISODON C. KOCH

  N. Kirimer, M. Kürkçüolu, G. Akgul, K. Hüsnü C. Baser

  483-484

• AN ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF THE NEEDLES OF SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) GROWING IN THE SOILS OF DIFFERENT TYPE

  E. Kupcinskiene, A. Judzentiene

  484

• BIOACTIVITY OF OCIMUM AMERICANUM L. ESSENTIAL OILS AGAINST FOUR INSECT PESTS OF STORED FOOD COMMODITIES

  J. O. Ogendo, A. L. Deng, M. Kostyukovsky, U. Ravid, J. C. Matasyoh, E. O. Omolo, S. T. Kariuki, A. W. Kamau, E. Shaaya

  484-485

• BIOMARKERS AMONG TERPENOIDS AND QUANTITY OF EPIPHYTIC MICROFLORA OF ARTEMISIA L. SPECIES NATIVE FOR LITHUANIA

  E. Kupcinskiene, A. Judzentiene, A. Pavilonis

  485-486

• THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF FOUR ENDEMIC SALVIA SPECIES IN TURKEY: S. DIVARICATA, S. ERIOPHORA, S. LONGIPEDICELLATA AND S. PILIFERA

  M. Kurkcuoglu, A. Duran, K. Hüsnü C. Baser

  486

• THE ACETONE EXTRACT FROM DRIED MATERIALS OF COMMELINA BENGHALESIS HAVE ENHANCED EFFECT ON THE CANCEROUS JURKATS T-CELLS

  M. P. Mokgotho, P. Masoko, V. G. Mbazima, N. Sibuyi, L. J. Mampuru

  486

• THE VARIABILITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION IN THE SAGE COLLECTION OF THE GENEBANK GATERSLEBEN

  A. Lamien-Meda, C. L. Schmiderer, U. Lohwasser, A. Börner, Ch Franz, J. Novak

  487

• PLANT ANTIFUNGAL EXTRACTS ACTIVE AGAINST PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI

  M. Salome, L. McGaw, J. N. Eloff

  487-488

• GLORIOSA SUPERBA: REMEDY OR POISON?

  A. Maroyi, J. J. G. van der Maesen

  488

• PROSPECTS FOR USE OF ALIEN INVASIVE WEED EXTRACTS AGAINST FUNGAL PHYTOPATHOGENS

  M. Meela, L. Mdee, J. N. Eloff

  488-489

• ANTI-TRYPANOSOMAL ACTIVITY OF THE ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF BUCHHOLZIA CORIACEA SEEDS

  N. E. Nweze, L. B. Fakae, I. U. Asuzu

  489-490

• APPLICATION OF WATER COLOUR PAINT INCORPORATED WITH ESSENTIAL OILS AGAINST TRAMETES VERSICOLOR ON RUBBERWOOD

  M. Narumol

  490

• EVALUATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS OF CNESTIS FERRUGINEA (DE CANDOLLE) ROOT EXTRACT IN MALE RATS

  F. Olayemi, Y. Raji, O. Adegoke, M. Oyeyemi

  490-491

• ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF PURE OR IMPURE SUBSTANCES IN THE MICRO- TO MILLIGRAM RANGE BY 1H-NMR

  J. Schripsema

  491

• LAVANDULA PEDUNCULATA (MILLER) CAV.: TRICHOMES, ESSENTIAL OILS AND IN VITRO CULTURE

  M. Zuzarte, M. J. Gonçalves, A. D. Carlos

  492

• QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE – ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF SUBSTITUTED GLUCOSYLFLAVONE AND ITS ANALOGUES BY MOLECULAR ORBITAL AND LINEAR FREE ENERGY APPROACHES

  C. Louis, J. Robert

  492-493

• VARIABILITY OF ROSMARINIC ACID, CARNOSIC ACID AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN THE SAGE COLLECTION OF THE GENEBANK IN GATERSLEBEN

  A. Lamien-Meda, N. Nell, U. Lohwasser, A. Börner, C. Franz, J. Novak

  493