background: amoebiasis is due to infection with the protozoan parasite entamoeba histolytica. the patients infected with e. histolytica must be treated right after definite diagnosis and no need to treat infected individuals with e. dispar isolates. metronidazole is used as a drug of choice against amoebiasis. however, like a lot of other chemical agents, this drug has its own side effects. thi...

Watary extract of ALLIUM SATIVUM when administered Intravenously (I.V.) to NORMOTENSIVE dogs, produced a significant fall in their mean blood pressure. This effect was not antagonized by atropine or antihistamines. The extract increased the activity of Isolated Guinea Pig Ileum preparation. This effect of A Sativum was blocked by Diamentane (JPMA 31:12, 1981).

Lepidium sativum Linn. has been used in traditional and folklore medicine for the treatment of bronchial asthma, diabetes, local and rheumatic pain. An ethanolic extract of cress (L. sativum L.) shoot, leaf, stem and seed has been studied for antioxidative active against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), total glutathione S-transferase assay, reduced glutathione activity, reducing power (Fe...

Avian coccidiosis is the most costly and wide-spread parasitic disease in the poultry industry, and has been mainly controlled by the use of different chemotherapeutic agents. Due to the emergence of drug-resistant strains, alternative control strategies are needed. In this study, the protective effects of Allium sativum or Aloe vera aqueous extracts were investigated in broiler chickens follow...

Drug induced nephrotoxicity is one of the most common causes of renal failure. Gentamicin belongs to aminoglycosides, which elicit nephrotoxic potential. Natural antioxidants from plants demonstrate a number of biotherapeutic activities. Coriander is an important medicinal plant known for its hepatoprotective, diuretic, carminative, digestive and antihelminthic potential. This study was designe...

the effects of allium sativum on yogurt formation and subsequent storage (4°c, up to 28 days) on proteolysis, microbial activity, and inhibition of α-amylase, α-glucosidase and angiotensin-i converting enzymes were investigated in vitro. allium sativum yogurt showed higher rates of ph reduction and increment of titrable acid than control during the incubation at 41°c. highest proteolysis was ob...

Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a malignant clonal disorder of hematopoietic stem cells resulting in the increase of myeloid cells, erythroid cells and platelets in the peripheral blood and hyperplasia in bone marrow. The research evaluated the cytotoxic effects of hydro-alcoholic extracts of Lepidium Sativum (Cress plant) shoots before and after flowering on K562 cell line as a...

Light and fungal elicitor induce mRNA encoding 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase in suspension cultured cells of parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.). The kinetics and dose response of mRNA accumulation were similar for DAHP synthase and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). Six micrograms of elicitor from Phytophthora megasperma f. glycinia gave a detectable induction withi...