Thirty eight bottles of red wine (Carbanet Sauvignon) were randomly selected based on vintage, region, price, and age (number of months in a barrel). The total phenolic content of each wine was determined using Folin-Ciocalteau assay. The radical scavenging activity was evaluated using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. Apart from a few bottles that exhibited above average radical scave...

Dysmenorrhoea, pain during menstruation, affects 40-95 per cent of menstruating women, and has been reported as the most common of all gynecologic complaints and the leading cause of absenteeism of women from work, school, and other activities. Common treatment for dysmenorrhoea is medical therapy such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) or oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) which both wo...

this study was aimed to evaluate the effects of diets containing some hot and coldtemperament herb seeds according to iranian traditional medicine (itm) on some metabolicparameters in acute (24 h) and sub-acute (7 day) experiments that were performed on rats. foreach experiment, effects of diets containing 10% herb seeds in category of hot (anise, fennel,ajowan) and cold (cucumber, watermelon, ...

Background & Aim: Anise studies have demonstrated different properties such as anti-cancer, anti-fungal,   antibacterial, antioxidant, strengthen the liver, gastrointestinal tract,   wounds heal and strengthen the nerve cells. Outbreaks of listeriosis in the   general population are 7.0 per 100,000 populations. Pregnant women, infants,   the elderly and immunocompromised patien...

Background & Aim: Anise studies have demonstrated different properties such as anti-cancer, anti-fungal,   antibacterial, antioxidant, strengthen the liver, gastrointestinal tract,   wounds heal and strengthen the nerve cells. Outbreaks of listeriosis in the   general population are 7.0 per 100,000 populations. Pregnant women, infants,   the elderly and immunocompromised patien...

Maintaining optimum quality and eliminating dates of contamination, cleanup and packaging to extend the shelf life is one of the country's priorities and policies. Edible coatings with vegetable oils are one way to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In this study, the influence of the coating with natural zein and chitosan polymers along with the essential oil of Roman anise on the microbial...

Dysmenorrhoea, pain during menstruation, affects 40-95 per cent of menstruating women, and has been reported as the most common of all gynecologic complaints and the leading cause of absenteeism of women from work, school, and other activities. Common treatment for dysmenorrhoea is medical therapy such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) or oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) which both wo...

Introduction: Anethole is the main constituent of Pimpinella anisum L. (anise), a herbaceous annual plant which has several therapeutic effects. In the folk medicine, anise is employed as an antiepileptic drug. Specifically, this study was focused on the cellular effect of anethole, an aromatic compound in essential oils from anise and camphor. Anethole has various physiological effects on the ...

the botrytis cinerea is one of the most important agents of strawberry fruit rot. in order to identify the pathogenicity potential of the isolates on fruits and the antifungal effect of anise essence on this fungus, forty one isolates of b. cinerea was collected from different areas of mazandaran province on strawberry showing symptoms of gray rot on fruits. following the purification of the fu...