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Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea L.) is an adaptogenic plant, widely used in the traditional medicine of Scandinavia, Russia, China and Mongolia. The aim of the study was to determine the biometric and phytochemical co-variability of this species under field cultivation in western Poland (Plewiska near Poznań). The plant material originated from four-year-old cultivation established twice by rhizome division in autumn 2007 and 2008. In the study, 46 individuals (23 plants in 2011 and in 2012) were used. The biometric analysis included measurements of the basic characteristics of plants related to the size (luxuriance) of clumps, shoots, leaves and rhizomes with roots (raw material). The amounts of total polyphenols (expressed as gallic acid), tannins (expressed as pyrogallol) and flavonoids (expressed as quercetin) were determined spectrophotometrically. The obtained results showed high variation of Rh. rosea, especially in the level of flavonoids (0.01-0.20% DM) and in the weight of raw material (113-1156 g FM/plant). There were observed correlations between the phytochemical (flavonoid and total phenolic content) and biometric (water content, leaf number, shoot and clump size) features.

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Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants Kolejowa 262-064 Plewiska near Poznań,Poland

Department of Pharmacology and Phytochemisty Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants Libelta 27 61-707 Poznań, Poland

Department of Botany, Breeding and Agricultural Technology Institute of Natural Fibres and medicinal Plants Kolejowa 262-064 Plewiska near Poznań, Poland

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<article-title>Biometric and phytochemical variability of roseroot (<italic>Rhodiola rosea</italic> L.) from field cultivation</article-title>

Biometric and phytochemical variability of roseroot ( L.) from field cultivation

Model maidenhair tree (Ginkgo bilobae) leaf extracts were created basing on medium of diversified polarity (εM). Chromatographic analysis was performed with the HPLC method, with the so-called dry residue remaining after evaporating the dissolving agent from saturated aqueous solutions and from 0.1 mol HCl. Viscosity measure and surface activity estimations were conducted on phase boundary. Then, basic values of viscosity ([η], Mη) and hydrodynamic values (Ro, Robs., Ω) were calculated. Moreover, reference quercetin and rutin (rutoside) were used to mark the conversion contents of flavonoids in produced extracts with the UV method.

Europlant Group Phytopharm Klęka SA Klęka 163-040 Nowe Miasto n. Wartą, Poland

Drug Formation Technology Unit Department of Applied Pharmacy Medical University of Lodz Muszyńskiego 190-151 Łódź, Poland

Division of PhD Study Department of Applied Pharmacy Medical University of Lodz Muszyńskiego 190-151 Łódź, Poland

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<article-title>Maidenhair tree (<italic>Ginkgo Bilobae</italic>) leaf extraction products in the light of Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) requirements 
and medium of diversified polarity (εM)</article-title>

Maidenhair tree () leaf extraction products in the light of Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) requirements 
and medium of diversified polarity (ε)

Medicinal plants are considered to be new resources for the production of agents that could act as alternatives to antibiotics in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of some plants native to Syria in the treatment of brucellosis. In vitro activities of some essential oils and plant extracts of some medicinal plants against 89 Brucella melitensis isolates was determined by disc diffusion method at a concentration of 5%. The microdilution assay in the fluid medium was used to determine the MICs of essential oils and plant extracts. Among the evaluated herbs, only Thymus syriacus and Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oils and Laurus nobilis plant extract showed a high activity against B. melitensis strains. Thus, minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC50) values for T. syriacus, C. zeylanicum, and L. nobilis against B. melitensis were 6.25, 3.125 and 6.25 μl/ml, respectively. Among studied essential oils and plant extracts, T. syriacus and C. zeylanicum essential oils, and L. nobilis plant extract were the most effective ones. Moreover, T. syriacus - C. zeylanicum combination was more effective than use of each of them alone. Then, T. syriacus and C. zeylanicum essential oils and L. nobilis plant extract could act as bactericidal agents against B. melitensis.

Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Atomic Energy Commission of Syria

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<article-title><italic>In vitro</italic> antibacterial activity of several plant extracts and essential oils against <italic>Brucella melitensis</italic></article-title>

 antibacterial activity of several plant extracts and essential oils against 

Capparis spinosa roots and fruits are traditionally used for the treatment of diseases such as diarrhea and hemorrhoids. In the 10th century, farmers also used aqueous extract from its roots for disinfecting their plants’ seeds. Due to widespread use of this plant in traditional medicine, we evaluated different extracts (aqueous, methanol, ethanol and ethyl acetate) of fruits and roots of this plant against bacteria and fungi causing infections in plants or humans. The total phenolic and flavonoid content of extracts from fruits and roots and the antioxidant activity were evaluated. The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by microdilution assay in fluid medium. Among different extracts from roots and fruits, root ethyl acetate and fruit methanol extracts had higher total phenolic content, while fruit ethyl acetate extract contained higher total flavonoid content. The higher antioxidant activity was shown for roots ethanol extract (IC50=88 μg/ml). As its traditional uses, roots aqueous extract from C. spinosa exhibited inhibitory effect against bacteria and fungi with the exception of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. With the exception of fruit aqueous extract, other extracts (methanol, ethanol and ethyl acetate) from fruit and root exhibited good activity against microorganisms, especially fungi. This study reveals the traditional uses of roots and fruit extracts as antimicrobials agent.

Department of Microbiology Biology Center Medicinal Plant Center of Barij Essence Km. 5 Mashhad-Ardehal 87135-1187 Kashan, Iran

Chemistry Department Faculty of Sciences University of Isfahan Isfahan, Iran

<article-title>Antimicrobial activity of <italic>Capparis spinosa</italic> as its usages in traditional medicine</article-title>

Antimicrobial activity of  as its usages in traditional medicine

Androgenetic alopecia is caused by the influence of sex hormones on hair follicles and by hereditary factors. Characteristic for that type of alopecia is shortening of the hair growth phase and elongation of the rest phase caused by disturbance of the process of transformation of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone. Treatment of that type of alopecia involves 5α-reductase inhibitors, antagonists of the androgenic receptor or stimulating proliferation of cells to induce the hair growth. A number of plant raw materials work that way, thus they can be used in treatment of this type of alopecia.

Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences Mazowiecka 3360-623 Poznań, Poland

<article-title>Plants as potential active components in treatment of androgenetic alopecia</article-title>

Plants as potential active components in treatment of androgenetic alopecia

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Editor-in-Chief Waldemar Buchwald, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poland Secretary of the Editorial Board Anna Krajewska-Patan, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poland Editorial Advisory Board Dea Baričevič, Agronomy Department, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Waldemar Buchwald (Editor-in-Chief), Department of Botany, Breeding and Agricultural Technology of Medicinal Plants, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland Jaromir Budzianowski, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Plant Biotechnology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland Peter Butko, Department of Chemistry, Nagoya University, Japan Ewa Capecka, Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, University of Agriculture, Kraków, Poland Lyle E. Craker, Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Bogusław Czerny, Department of Research on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland; Department of General Pharmacology and Pharmacoeconomics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland Alexandru Dascaliuc, Center of Advanced Biological Technologies, Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova Karol Wojciech Duczmal, Polish Seed Trade Association, Poznań, Poland Włodzimierz Grajek, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland Edmund Grześkowiak, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland Jerzy Jambor, Phytopharm Klęka S.A., Poland Bogdan Kędzia, Department of Innovative Biomaterials and Nanotechnologies, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland Wanda Kisiel, Department of Phytochemistry, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland Eckhard Leistner, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Germany Frank Marthe, Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural Crops, Julius Kühn Institut, Quedlinburg, Germany Ákos Máté, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary Henry O. Meissner, Therapeutic Research, TTD International Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Przemysław Ł. Mikołajczak, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Biology, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland; Department of Pharmacology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland Éva Németh-Zámboriné, Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary Johannes Novak, Institute for Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria Renata Ochocka, Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland R. R. Rao, Indian National Science Academy, Bangalore, India Ivar Roots, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University Medical Center Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Jan J. Rybczyński, Botanical Garden – Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Hartwig Schulz, Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection, Julius Kühn Institut, Quedlinburg, Germany Katarzyna Seidler-Łożykowska, Department of Botany, Breeding and Agricultural Technology of Medicinal Plants, Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland Agnieszka Seremak-Mrozikiewicz, Department of Perinatology and Women’s Diseases, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland Ahmed El-Sayed Shalaby, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt V. Sivaram, Department of Botany, Bangalore University, India Ryszard Słomski, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland Barbara Steinhoff, German Medicines Manufacturers’ Association, Bonn, Germany Eva Szőke, Institute of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Zenon Węglarz, Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Poland Halina Wysokińska, Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Łódź, Poland Vincente Castell Zeising, Department of Plant Production, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain Jordan Zjawiony, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Jackson, USA Editorial Council Waldemar Buchwald (Editor-in-Chief) Institute of Natural Fibres and Medical Plants, Kolejowa 2, 62-064 Plewiska, Poland tel. 48(61)665-95-50, fax 48(61)665-95-51, e-mail: <A href="mailto:waldemar.buchwald@iwnirz.pl">waldemar.buchwald@iwnirz.pl</A> Anna Krajewska-Patan (Secretary of the Editorial Committee) Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Kolejowa 2, 62-064 Plewiska, Poland, tel. 48(61)665-95-50, fax 48(61)665-95-51, e-mail: <A href="mailto:anna.patan@iwnirz.pl">anna.patan@iwnirz.pl</A> Artur Adamczak Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland e-mail:<A href="mailto:artur.adamczak@iwnirz.pl">artur.adamczak@iwnirz.pl</A> Katarzyna Bączek Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Warsaw, Poland Teresa Bobkiewicz-Kozłowska Department of Pharmacology Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland Bogusław Czerny Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland Department of General Pharmacology and Pharmacoecnomics, Pomeranian Medical Academy Szczecin, Poland Andrzej Członkowski (Editor in Medical Sciences) Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Anna Geszprych Department of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Warsaw, Poland Małgorzata Górska-Paukszta Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Poznań, Poland e-mail:<A href="mailto:malgorzata.gorska-paukszta@iwnirz.pl">malgorzata.gorska-paukszta@iwnirz.pl</A> Dr. hab. 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<DIV align=justify> Focus and Scope Herba Polonica, edited since 1955, is an international, open access scientific journal devoted to all aspects of medicinal plant sciences. Herba Polonica is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, publishing experimental papers, short communications and review articles in four issues per year. Herba Polonica invites articles related to the following disciplines concerning the medicinal plants: <UL> <LI>Taxonomy </LI> <LI>Ecology </LI> <LI>Ethnobotany </LI> <LI>Cultivation </LI> <LI>Breeding </LI> <LI>Genetics </LI> <LI>Phytochemistry </LI> <LI>Bromatology </LI> <LI>Cosmetology </LI> <LI>Physiology </LI> <LI>Pharmaceutical technology </LI> <LI>Biotechnology </LI> <LI>Microbiology </LI> <LI>Toxicology </LI> <LI>Pharmacology </LI> <LI>Clinical research </LI></UL> Journal owner: Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Wojska Polskiego 71B, 60-630 Poznań, Poland Editorial Office: Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants, Kolejowa 2, 62-064 Plewiska, Poland The articles are available free of charge in pdf files from <A href="http://www.herbapolonica.pl/">www.herbapolonica.pl</A>. and <A href="https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/hepo/hepo-overview.xml">content.sciendo.com/view/journals/hepo</A> <A>Similarity Check Plagiarism Screening System</A> The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process. Detailed description of the Similarity Check System can be found at: <A href="https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/">www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/</A> </DIV>

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