issue 2 publication date 2011-09-01

• Historical uses of saffron: Identifying potential new avenues for modern research
• Antimicrobial activity of aqueous and methanolic extracts of pomegranate fruit skin
• Study of cytotoxic properties of Rosa damascena extract in human cervix carcinoma cell line
• Effect of berberine on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in rats
• Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and antiviral activity of essential oil of Carum copticum from Iran
• Antidepressant-like effect of aqueous extract from Rosa damascena in mice
• Effect of commercial (vimang) and hydroalcoholic extract of Mangifera indica (Mango) on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rat
• The essential oils compositions of Iranian Oregano (Origanum vulgareL.) populations in field and provenance from Piranshahr district, West Azarbaijan province, Iran