Background: Increase of blood glucose leads to structural and functional changes in various target tissues and organs. Gonadal dysfunction and decrease in testosterone production are the consequence of diabetes and these conditions lead to insufficient production of spermatozoids. Besides the use of chemical agents, herbal medications for treatment and reduction of diabetic side effects have be...

The food needs for increasing population, climatic changes, urbanization and industrialization, along with the destruction of forests, are main challenges modern life. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate plant genetic resources in order cope these problems. this study, a set ninety-one walnut (Juglans regia L.) accessions from Central Anatolia region, composed seventy-four eight commerc...

the relocation of nutrients and water fluxes to the forest floor varies spatially due to partition of rainfall into throughfall and stemflow by tree canopies. in this study, nutrient concentrations of rainfall and stemflow were measured for seven rainfall events in chaboksar area in the hyrcanian ecozone of iran composed of juglans regia linn and cup. sempervirens l. var. fastigiata where such ...

Purpose: Median septum of Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae) with anti-diabetic effects has been used in Iranian traditional medicine. The present study estimates both oral acute and subchronic toxicities. Methods: In the oral acute toxicity study, female Wistar rats were treated with doses of 10, 100, 1000, 1600, 2900 and 5000 mg/ kg of the Juglans regia septum of methanol extract (JRSME), and we...