DNA Barcoding of Two Thymelaeaceae Species: Daphne mucronata Royle and Thymelaea hirsuta (L.) Endl.

Alkaraki AK et al (2021).

Plants (Basel).

DOI:

10.3390/plants10102199

PubMed:

34686008

Effect of Fire Frequency on the Flammability of Two Mediterranean Pines: Link with Needle Terpene Content.

Romero B and Ganteaume A (2021).

Plants (Basel).

DOI:

10.3390/plants10102164

PubMed:

34685974

Divergence of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Slovenians on the Edge of the Mediterranean as a Result of Historical, Geographical and Cultural Drivers.

Vitasović-Kosić I, Kaligarič M and Juračak J (2021).

Plants (Basel).

DOI:

10.3390/plants10102087

PubMed:

34685896

Quantitative Ethnobotanical Analysis of Medicinal Plants of High-Temperature Areas of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Usman M et al (2021).

Plants (Basel).

DOI:

10.3390/plants10101974

PubMed:

34685784

Antioxidant and Antiinflammatory Effects of Epilobium parviflorum, Melilotus officinalis and Cardiospermum halicacabum Plant Extracts in Macrophage and Microglial Cells.

Merighi S et al (2021).

Cells.

DOI:

10.3390/cells10102691

PubMed:

34685671

Conversion of Organic Dyes into Pigments: Extraction of Flavonoids from Blackberries (Rubus ulmifolius) and Stabilization.

Candela RG et al (2021).

Molecules.

DOI:

10.3390/molecules26206278

PubMed:

34684859

Discovery and Chromosomal Location a Highly Effective Oat Crown Rust Resistance Gene Pc50-5.

Toporowska J et al (2021).

Int J Mol Sci.

DOI:

10.3390/ijms222011183

PubMed:

34681841

In Vitro Effect of Taraxacum officinale Leaf Aqueous Extract on the Interaction between ACE2 Cell Surface Receptor and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein D614 and Four Mutants.

New SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have multiple mutations in the ACE2 receptor recognition site, potentially causing immune escape. Researchers found that common dandelion can block the virus spike protein's interaction with the ACE2 receptor in kidney and lung cells, including mutant forms. High-molecular-weight compounds in the water-based extract account for this effect. The extract also prevented infection and pro-inflammatory response in lung cells using both the original virus and a new variant. This safe medicinal plant could be further researched as a non-invasive, oral post-exposure prophylaxis for SARS-CoV-2.

Tran HTT et al (2021).

Pharmaceuticals (Basel).

DOI:

10.3390/ph14101055

PubMed:

34681279