Background and objectives: Artemisia aucheri Boiss. is regarded as one of 34 Artemisia species growing in Iran. The aim of this study was to undertake an investigation of the antioxidant activity as well as identification of main compound of different extracts and fractions of A. aucheri. Methods: Antioxidant activity and tot...

Alcea rosea, known as hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flower in the Malvaceae family, and it has been used for different purposes, ranging from traditional medicine to food applications, through use of its leaves, roots, seeds. The hollyhock flowers possess several properties, including a diuretic, cooling, demulcent, emollient, febrifuge, astringent effects. Hollyhock were commonly included ...

Recommendation plays a vital role in adaptive educational systems. Learners often face large body of educational materials including not only texts (explanations), but also interactive content such as exercises and questions. These require various knowledge levels of multiple topics. For effective learning, personalized recommendation of the most appropriate items according to the learner's cur...

PURPOSE The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of in vitro anticancer and cytotoxic activity of the methanolic extracts of 14 medicinal plants, 8 of which are endemic species in Anatolia, against the human HeLa cervical cancer cell line and to compare to the normal African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line (Vero) using the MTT colorimetric assay. METHODS Values for cytotoxicit...

objective(s):the present study investigated the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic properties of dorema aucheri leave hydroalcoholic extract in nicotinamide-streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetic rats. materials and methods: nicotinamide/streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were supplemented orally with three different doses of d.  aucheri (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg bw) or glibenclamide (0.25 mg/kg) f...