Background and Objective: In recent years,there has been a growing trend  towards the use of herbal medicine in the treatment and prevention of diseases. Blood lipid-lowering drugs have many side effects. On the other hand, various studies have reported the effect of dill (Anethum graveolens) on the reduction of blood lipids in different ways. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dill on ...

The aim of this experiment was to determine the response of dill (Anethum graveolens L.) towater deficiency and salinity. In spring, dill biomass decreased with increasing water deficiencydue to a reduction in the number and mean weight of leaves per plant. The concentrations ofchlorophyll, carotenoids, vitamin C and total phenolics within the leaves were unaffected bywater stress, but the Cl, ...

Background and Objective: Pain is a normal and inevitable phenomenon in childbirth. The present study aimed to compare the effects of brewed dill seeds and oxytocin on the intensity of labor pain. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 100 participants. A total of 100 cards labeled A or B were prepared and placed in a container; each participant randomly picked one card; t...

Hydrosol soft drinks in Persian nutrition culture are produced as side products of the essential oil industry to be used as safe remedies for treatment of some ailments. This study investigated hydrosols for women's hormonal health conditions. Detailed information was gathered by questionnaires. Chemical constituents of these mono- or poly-herbal hydrosols were identified after liquid/liquid ex...

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of selected oils from seeds herbs and vegetables (basil, fenugreek, coriander, tomato, garden cress, parsley, dill), especially their oxidative stability. The were tested for oxidation degree (acid value, peroxide p-anisidine TOTOX indicator, specific extinction under ultraviolet light), colours, content carotenoid chlorophyll pigments, fatty acid compos...

in order to study the influence of compost and biofertilizer on yield and essential oil of dill (anethum graveolens l.), an experiment was conducted as factorial experiment in the base of randomized complete blocks design with eight treatments and three replications at research field of agriculture company of ran in firouzkuh of iran in 2012. the factors were compost in four levels (0, 5, 10 an...

objective: the genus psammogeton, belonging to the umbelliferae family, has 4 annual species in iran. in the present work, psammogeton canescens (dc) methods: vatke was collected from saheb-al-zaman mountain slope, northeast of kerman province, iran in may 2013. the essential oils of leaves, flowers and stems of the plantwere separately extracted using hydrodistillation method and analyzed by g...

background: it has been established that hyperlipidemia increases the  incidence and mortality associated with coronary heart disease. in this study, the effects of dill (anethum graveolens) were evaluated on lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic patients. materials and methods: in this clinical study, 91 hyperlipidemic patients were randomly designated into two groups. one group received gemfi...