TY - BOOK AU - Nashwa Moheyeldine Mohamed AU - Hossam Abdallah , AU - Mona Elmahdy , AU - Seham Elhawary , TI - A phytochemical study of scabiosa atropurpurea family dipsacaceae cultivated in Egypt / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nashwa Moheyeldine Mohamed , KW - Family dipsacaceae KW - Phytoconstituents KW - Scabiosa atropurpurea N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmacognosy; Issued also as CD N2 - Family Dipsacaceae is a small family comprising of about 150 species distributed among 8 genera . It is distributed mainly in Europe , Asia , Africa , but espcially Mediterranean region . Scabiosa atropurpurea L. traditionally known as Ambarina in Northern Peru and as Escabiosa in north - east Catalonia ( Iberian Peninsula ) has been used traditionally for its antibacterial activity in bronchitis , for menstrual regulation and as veterinary diuretic UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -