Many aldehydes are important components of natural flavours. They are used in food, cosmetic, and biomedical industries in large amounts. Plant cells or microorganisms carry out their production by biotransformation, which is one of the biotechnological methods that allow them to be defined as 'natural'. Cell cultures of Silybum marianum and Peganum harmala have been studied with a view to in...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Dental caries is one the most prevalent diseases that affects humans throughout their lives. Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is recognized as the most important microorganism during tooth cariogenicity. Reducing this germ in oral cavity can reduce the rate of tooth decays in humans. PURPOSE The present study compared the antimicrobial activity of ethanolic extract of...

the effects of hydroalcoholic extract of peganum harmala seeds (eps) on spontaneous rhythmic contractions of isolated rat uterine was investigated in this study. eps was tested on the isolated uterus and endometrium free (i.e. stripped myometrium) preparations. eps was found to exhibit significant spontaneous contractions of the uterus and stripped myometrium relative to the solvent control. af...

conclusions according to the current study results, it may be concluded that ethanol extract of p. harmala is efficient in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis, and the efficiency is comparable with that of glucantime. results the results showed that ethanol extract of p. harmala had good therapeutic efficacy in treatment of lesions in mice (p < 0.05), and the efficacy was significant in th...

the enzymatic potential of the cultured plant cells can be employed for bioconversion purposes. plant enzymes are able to catalyze regio- and stereo-specific reactions, and therefore can be applied for the production of desired substances. the biotransformation of foreign substrates with suspension cells of peganum harmala was tested with (±) phenylethyl propionate. the callus cultures of pegan...