BACKGROUND
Buxus sempervirens L. is used in Morocco as a plant with some medicinal properties including treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
METHODS
The objective of the study was to assess the effect of the aqueous extract of Buxus sempervirens L. (Boxwood) leaves on the blood lipid
The red leaf coloration of several plant species during autumn and winter is due to the synthesis of phenolic compounds such as anthocyanins or red carotenoids. The latter occur very rarely and are non-ubiquitous and taxonomically restricted compounds. The present study shows that the leaves of
Red (retro)-carotenoids accumulate in chloroplasts of Buxus sempervirens leaves during the process of winter leaf acclimation. As a result of their irregular presence, different leaf colour phenotypes can be found simultaneously in the same location. Five different colour phenotypes (green, brown,
In this study, different solvent extracts (methanol, dichloromethane and n-hexane) from aerial and stem parts of Buxus papillosa C.K. Schneid (Buxaceae) were investigated for a panoply of bioassays. Biological profiles were established by determining antioxidant and enzyme inhibition profiles.
Buxus sempervirens L. is a medicinal plant with several beneficial effects on health and is widely used in the Moroccan folklore as antidiabetic plant.The aim of this study was to evaluate the antidiabetic effect of both aglycone and glycoside flavonoid
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