Hanczakowska E., Świątkiewicz M., Grela E.R. (2017): Effect of dietary supplement of herbal extract from hop (Humulus lupulus) on pig performance and meat quality. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 287–295. The study deals with the effect of diets supplemented with a hop extract on growing pigs. Two levels of the extract (500 or 1000 mg/kg of diet) were used. Feeds either unsupplemented or supplemented ...

PURPOSE Wedelia chinensis is a common ingredient of anti-inflammatory herbal medicines in Taiwan and southern China. Inflammation is involved in promoting tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. This study aims to test the biological effects in vivo of W. chinensis extract on prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The in vivo efficacy and mechanisms of action of oral administration of a standar...

Introduction and objective: Otitis externa, commonly called ear disease, is characterized by inflammation of the external ear canal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of Cassia fistula flowers, leaves and bark extracts against Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis, Escherchia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter sp., and Candida albicans, pathogens caus...

Some plant compounds or herb mixtures are popular alternatives to conventional therapies and contain organic compounds that bind to some nuclear receptors, such as the estrogen receptor (ER), to exert various biological effects. We studied the effect of various herbal extracts on ERalpha and ERbeta isoforms. One herbal extract, Rhei rhizoma (rhubarb), acts as an agonist to both ERalpha and ERbe...

The development of new effective drug to stimulate the spermatogenesis on the patients with various causes of male infertility has been proposed in the clinical field. We studied the usefulness of the two herbal extract mixtures, KH-465, consisted of Epimedium Koreanum and Angelica Gigas as a spermatogenesis enhancer. Experimental spermatogenic failure was made by administrating leuprolide acet...

PURPOSE To evaluate the hepatic effect of Croton cajucara Benth (sacaca) herbal extract in rats. METHODS 60 Wistar rats (Rattus novergicus albinus) were used, weighing between 250 and 350 g. The animals were distributed randomically in 2 groups: GS - animals which received daily 0,1 ml/ 100 g of sacaca herbal extract through gavage, and GA -animals which received daily 0,1 ml/100g of distille...

The development of new effective drug to stimulate the spermatogenesis on the patients with various causes of male infertility has been proposed in the clinical field. We studied the usefulness of the two herbal extract mixtures, KH-465, consisted of Epimedium Koreanum and Angelica Gigas as a spermatogenesis enhancer. Experimental spermatogenic failure was made by administrating leuprolide acet...

abstract background: aloe vera (aloe barbadensis miller) is an evergreen perennial plant widely used in modern herbal practice and is often available in proprietary herbal preparations. objective: this study was designed to investigate the semen picture and spermatozoa morphology of west african dwarf (wad) bucks treated with aloe vera extract. materials and methods: twelve sexually matured wad...

Backgrounds and aims: Recently, herbal extracts attracted attention in various medical fields, including treatment of problematic wounds and dermatology. Based on these lines, this study was planned to investigate the antibacterial, antioxidant and epidermal keratinocyte growth stimulation of herbal extracts in the HEK cell lines. Methods: MTT viability test and BrdU Cell Proliferation Assay we...

PURPOSE The increasing use of herbal drugs and their easy availability have necessitated the use of mutagenicity test to analyze their toxicity and safety. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotoxicity of Supermint herbal medicine in DNA breakage of rat hepatocytes in comparison with sodium dichromate by single cell gel electrophoresis technique or comet assay. METHODS Hepatocytes we...