A herbarium report on: Aralia spinosa, saponaria officinalis, schinus molle and sphaeralcea cisplatina

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[...] “Turk's Cap”. Retrieved on April from http://aggie- horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/tips/flowers/turkscap.html. Gilman E. & Watson, D. (1993). “Aralia spinosa - Devils Walkingstick”. Retrieved on April from http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/ARASPIA.pdf. Grieve, M. (2008). “Angelica tree”. Retrieved on April from http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/angel038.html. International Rice Research Institute. “Process of seed formation”. Retrieved April from http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/hybridriceseed/default.htm# Process_of_seed_formation.htm . Jackson, D. & Bergeron, K. “Soapwort”. Retrieved on April from http://www.altnature.com/gallery/soapwort.htm. James Cook University (2007). “Schinus molle var. areira”. Retrieved April from http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/weedscommon/JCUDEV_012296. Kane, C. (2006). Globemallow. Tucson Clinic of Botanical Medicine. [...]

[...] Hence, some recommendations that this report propose is to conduct a more thorough investigation on the specific details of the chemical and physical nature of these plants in order to develop potential uses. By doing so, all-natural products can be developed that will not destroy the environment and will not cause any further harm. References American Hemerocallis Society, Inc. (2007). Retrieved April from http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/ramet.html. Bass, Krawetz, J., OBrian, G., Zinselmeier, Habben, J., & Boston, R. (2004). Maize ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) with distinct expression patterns have similar requirements for proenzyme activation. [...]

[...] Retrieved April from http://www.unomaha.edu/lichens/Bio%201450%20PDF/Angiosperms%20I.pdf . Land for Wildlife (2002). National Bushlands and Waterways Guidelines. Retrieved on April from http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/attachment%5Cplanningscheme %5Cpolicies%5Cbushcare_2.pdf. Meesapyodsuk D., Balsevich, J., Reed, D. & Covello, P. (2007). Saponin biosynthesis in Saponaria vaccaria. cDNAs encoding b-Amyrin Synthase and a Triterpene Carboxylic Acid Glucosyltransferase. Plant Physiology Retrieved April from http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/143/2/959. Plant for a Future. (2000). “Saponaria officinalis Retrieved April from http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Saponaria+officinalis. Purple Sage Botanicals (2008). “Soapwort”. Retrieved April from http://www.purplesage.org.uk/profiles/soapwort.htm. Rusell, A. (1997). Poisonous Plants of North Carolina. Retrieved April from http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Saponof.htm. Soltis, [...]

[...] For bronchitis, the plant can be prepared as a tea that when drunk would “diminish the cough reflex and sooth inflamed bronchial and throat tissues” (Kane, 2006). On the other hand, the plant soothes the urinary tract tissues when the Malvacea constituents of the plant get in with them (Kane, 2006). Accordingly, these constituents will later be eliminated through the urine. In addition, the “globe mallow's immunological stimulation quickens the tissue's natural process of resolution” (Kane, 2006), hence it is very helpful in reducing swellings from injuries. [...]

[...] For instance, the root or even the entire plant can be used as an “antiscrophulatic, cholagogue, depurative, diaphoretic, mildly diuretic, expectorant, purgative, sternutatory and tonic” (as cited in Plant for a Future, 2000). What is more, plant has proved of use in the treatment of jaundice and other visceral obstructions” (as cited in Plant for a Future, 2000). In addition, the molecules of the compound Saponin also have “potentially useful pharmacological activities, including immunogenic, anticholesterolemic, and anticancer activities” (Meesapyodsuk, Balsevich, Reed & Covello, 2007). [...]