Introduction: Considering the prevalence of epilepsy and the failure of available treatments for many epileptic patients, finding more effective drugs in the treatment of epilepsy seems necessary. Oxidative stress has a special role in the pathogenesis of epileptic syndrome. Therefore, in the present study, we have examined the anti-epileptic and anti-oxidant properties of the Ferula Assa Foeti...

objective(s) this study planned to assess antidepressant like activity of aqueous extract from leaves of citrus maxima merr. (rutaceae). materials and methods boiling was used for aqueous extraction. acute toxicity study was performed in mice. antidepressant activity was studied using locomotor activity test, modified forced swimming test (fst) and tail suspension test (tst). three doses 100, 2...

Gum of Butea monosperma is used to treat microbial and fungal infections in folk medicine. To validate this use, the in- vitro antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and alcoholic extract of Butea monosperma gum was evaluated against various microbial strains such as Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella typhimurium , Pseudomonas aeuriogenosa, Esch...

A strategy for the unambiguous identification and selective quantification of xanthan gum and locust bean gum (LBG) in gelled food concentrates is presented. DNA detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed to be a fast, sensitive, and selective method that can be used as a first screening tool in intact gelled food concentrates. An efficient isolation procedure is described removing com...

The administration of aqueous thyme extract was investigated for its hepatoprotective effect in rabbits with acute liver injury induced by a single i.p. injection of cisplatin (6.5 mg/kg). Aqueous thyme extract treatment (500 mg/kg/day, orally) was applied for 7 consecutive days, starting 4 days before cisplatin administration. Aqueous thyme extract significantly reduced serum levels of liver e...

the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) was investigated for its possible hypoglycemic and antioxidant potentials in streptozotocin (stz) induced diabetic wistar female rats. a single intraperitoneal injection of stz at a dose of 55 mg/kg body weight elevated the glucose levels more than 230 mg/dl after 3 days. treatment with the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) at 100 mg/kg and ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of media compositions on the production of βmannanase by Nonomuraea sp. ID06-379. The study was focused on the influence of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and detergents on β-mannanase synthesis through manipulating media compositions on production medium. The results indicated that for carbon sources, locus bean gum (0.745 ± 0.036 U/ml) s...

Xanthan gum (XG) is widely used in cosmetic and pharmaceutic products (creams, pastes) oil industry (drilling fluids) as a stabilizing and/or thickening agent. In literature, its rheological behavior mainly presented that of shear-thinning or yield stress fluid. Here, order to clarify this behavior, we study detail the flow characteristics during continued under given conditions (i.e., controll...

several therapeutic effects including hypnotic, antispasmodic, treatment of abdominal and chest pain and strengthening the heart have been described for the flowers of rosa damascena. north american indian tribes use a decoction of the roots obtained from the rosa damascena plant as a cough remedy and to treat eye problem. therefore, in the present study the antitussive effect of this plant in ...