Objective: The present study was conducted to find cytotoxic compounds from oleo-gum-resin of Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida). Materials and Methods: A di...

Boswellia serrata and Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri) are important medicinal plants widely used for their content of bioactive lipophilic triterpenes. The qualitative and quantitative determination of boswellic acids (BAs) is important for their use in dietary supplements aimed to provide a support for osteoarthritic and inflammatory diseases. We used High Performance Liquid Chromatography (...

on a Sumerian clay tablet dating from about 2500 B.C. It describes the cleansing of wounds with water and milk followed by a dressing with honey and resin. The Egyptians discovered that a closed wound will heal faster than a wound which is left open. They devised an adhesive dressing by applying gum to linen strips which were applied to draw the edges of an open wound together. The Ebers papyru...

The use of herbal therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing worldwide. The aim of this study was to review the literature on the efficacy of herbal therapy in IBD patients. Studies on herbal therapy for IBD published in Medline and Embase were reviewed, and response to treatment and remission rates were recorded. Although the number of the relevant clinical studies is relatively...

Ferula asafoetida is a plant from Umbelliferae Family, which its gum traditionally used to treat the gastrointestinal disorders (parasite, bloating, digestion, cancer). According traditional applications, subject of this review was evaluate efficacy F. in management different modern medicine. For purpose, scientific resources (PubMed, Web Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, SpringerLink, SciFinder...

background and objectives:gamma-irradiation is used vastly for both decontamination and sterilization of natural products; but these high-energy rays can affect heat-sensitive essential oils. methods: the oleo-gum-resin of boswellia carterii (burseraceae) was sterilized by γ-irradiation at dose 30 kgy. the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of non-irradiated boswellia (nib) and irradi...