Mohammad Sadegh Amiri

[ 1 ] - Potentiating effects of Perovskia abrotanoides on pentobarbital-induced sleep

Objective: Sleeplessness is the most common sleep disorder. In this study the hypnotic effect of the hydro-alcoholic extract (HAE) of Perovskia abrotanoides and its water fraction (WF), ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) and n-butanol fraction (NBF) were studied in mice.Materials and Methods: The test compounds were administered intraperitoneally to mice 30 min before the administration of sodium pen...

[ 2 ] - Cytotoxic and apoptogenic effects of Bryonia aspera root extract against Hela and HN-5 cancer cell lines

Objective: Bryonia aspera (Stev. ex Ledeb) is a plant that grows in northeast of Iran. In the present study, cytotoxic and apoptogenic properties of B. aspera root extract was determined against HN-5(head and neck squamous cell carcinoma) and Hela (cervix adenocarcinoma) cell lines. Materials and Methods: HN-5 and Hela cell lines were cultured in DMEM medium and incubated with different concent...

[ 3 ] - The evaluation and comparing of cytotoxic effects of Ferula gummosa gum, Scutellaria lindbergii, Kelussia odoratissima and Artemisia kopetdaghensis extracts on ACHN cell line

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of most fatal cancers. In most patients It is resistant to chemotherapy. Ferula gummosa gum, Scutellaria lindbergii, Kelussia odoratissima and Artemisia kopetdaghensis are herbs that there are some cytotoxic activity reports about them. In this study cytotoxic and apoptotic activity of these four extracts on RCC cell line (ACHN) were evaluated and compared.ACHN...

[ 4 ] - Ethno-Medicinal Plants used to Cure Jaundice by Traditional Healers of Mashhad, Iran

Jaundice is the commonest ailments affecting the citizens of both developed and poor Asians countries including Iran. An ethnobotanical survey of plants used by the traditional healers for the treatment of jaundice was conducted in the Mashhad city, Northeastern Iran. A total of 37 plants belonging to 32 genera and 26 families have been documented for their therapeutic use against jaundice. The...

[ 5 ] - Cytotoxic and Apoptotic Potential of Rheum turkestanicum Janisch Root Extract on Human Cancer and Normal Cells

Rheum turkestanicum Janischew. (Polygonaceae) is a plant that grows in central Asia and in north-east of Iran. Traditionally, people use roots of R. turkestanicum as an anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive as well as anticancer agent. In this study the cytotoxicity and apoptogenic properties of ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-hexane and H2O extracts from Rheum turkestanicum Janischew. (Polygonaceae) ro...

[ 6 ] - گزارش جنس Handelia از طایفه Anthemideae برای اولین بار از ایران

جنس تک گونه‌ای Handelia با گونهHandelia trichophylla برای اولین بار از ایران گزارش می‌شود. این گونه در شمال شرق ایران، استان خراسان می روید.

[ 7 ] - The evaluation and comparing of cytotoxic effects of Ferula gummosa gum, Scutellaria lindbergii, Kelussia odoratissima and Artemisia kopetdaghensis extracts on ACHN cell line

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of most fatal cancers. In most patients It is resistant to chemotherapy. Ferula gummosa gum, Scutellaria lindbergii, Kelussia odoratissima and Artemisia kopetdaghensis are herbs that there are some cytotoxic activity reports about them. In this study cytotoxic and apoptotic activity of these four extracts on RCC cell line (ACHN) were evaluated and compared.ACHN...

[ 8 ] - Ethno-Medicinal Plants used to Cure Jaundice by Traditional Healers of Mashhad, Iran

Jaundice is the commonest ailments affecting the citizens of both developed and poor Asians countries including Iran. An ethnobotanical survey of plants used by the traditional healers for the treatment of jaundice was conducted in the Mashhad city, Northeastern Iran. A total of 37 plants belonging to 32 genera and 26 families have been documented for their therapeutic use against jaundice. The...

[ 9 ] - Cytotoxic and Apoptotic Potential of Rheum turkestanicum Janisch Root Extract on Human Cancer and Normal Cells

Rheum turkestanicum Janischew. (Polygonaceae) is a plant that grows in central Asia and in north-east of Iran. Traditionally, people use roots of R. turkestanicum as an anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive as well as anticancer agent. In this study the cytotoxicity and apoptogenic properties of ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-hexane and H2O extracts from Rheum turkestanicum Janischew. (Polygonaceae) ro...

[ 10 ] - مطالعه فلوریستیک حوزه آبخیز زنگلانلو (استان خراسان رضوی)

حوزه آبخیز زنگلانلو در شمال شرق ایران و در 28 کیلومتری جنوب شرق شهر درگز، در مختصات جغرافیایی 8 ْ59 تا 35 ْ59 طول شرقی و َ13 ْ37 تا 27 ْ37 عرض شمالی واقع شده است. وسعت این منطقه 2482 هکتار است. زنگلانلو منطقه‌ای کوهستانی با میانگین بارندگی سالانه 7/412 میلی‌متر است. میانگین حداکثر دما 8/20 درجه سانتی‌گراد در مرداد ماه و میانگین حداقل دما 9- درجه سانتی‌گراد در دی ‌ماه است. پوشش گیاهی این منطقه به روش...

[ 11 ] - Ethnomedicinal uses of plants for the treatment of nervous disorders at the herbal markets of Bojnord, North Khorasan Province, Iran

Objective: Since ancient times, plants have been commonly used to cure human ailments by indigenous people throughout the world. Nervous diseases are rising all around the world. This paper provides important ethnobotanical information on plants that are used against neurological disorders and are available in medicinal markets of Bojnord, northeastern Iran. Materials and Methods: This survey, ...

[ 12 ] - Plantago lagocephala (Plantaginaceae), a new record for the flora of Iran

Plantago lagocephala is recorded as a new species for the flora of Iran from Razavi Khorassan Province. It is compared with the closely related species including P. lachnantha, P. ciliata and P. psammophila. Moreover, the diagnostic morphological characters and a distribution map are provided. The conservation status of the new record is evaluated based on the IUCN red list categories and crite...

[ 13 ] - Assessment of phytochemical components and antioxidant activity of Rheum turkestanicum Janisch

Background & Aims: Plants contain high antioxidant activities due to their redox and the chemical properties are affluent in secondary metabolites such as phenols, flavonoids, and other components. Rheum turkestanicum Janisch is a plant from polygonaceae that is widely used for diabetes. At this project that is a part of national thesis, relative levels of antioxidant activity, total phenols, t...

[ 14 ] - بررسی ویژگی‌های فیزیکومکانیکی دانۀ انجره (Urtica pilulifera) و بهینه‌یابی شرایط استخراج صمغ حاصل از آن به روش سطح پاسخ

در این پژوهش، خصوصیات هندسی، ثقلی و اصطکاکی دانۀ انجره موردارزیابی قرار گرفت. طول، عرض و ضخامت دانه‌ها به‌ترتیب 2/49، 1/98 و 0/78 میلی‌متر و میانگین‌های حسابی و هندسی قطر، ضریب کرویت و سطح دانه‌ها به‌ترتیب 1/75، 1/29 میلی‌متر، 0/52 و 5/31 میلی‌مترمربع به‌دست ‌آمد. دانسیتۀ واقعی، دانسیتۀ توده و درصد تخلخل دانه‌ها به‌ترتیب 1168/12، 19/457 کیلوگرم بر مترمکعب و 60/86 درصد و متوسط ضرایب اصطکاک استات...