There have been many treatments suggested for the management of mastalgia; one of these is the fruit extract of Vitex Agnus castus L. commonly known as Agnus castus, an extract of a deciduous shrub native to Mediterranean Europe and Central Asia. It is postulated that A. castus suppresses the stress-induced latent hyperprolactinemia which is a release of supra-physiological levels of prolactin ...

The beginning of medicinal uses of plants dates back to the scribing period of Vedas in India. In ancient days, such uses came into vogue due to accidental experimentation or observation which subsequently gave rise to practice either by a qualified physician or by an astrologer or by lay men, called nostrum or folk-lore. All these have their own distinct manner of use though they are very ofte...

Article history: Received 31 March 2009 Received in revised form 29 June 2009 Accepted 1 July 2009 Available online 26 August 2009 PACS: 87 87.19.Hh 87.19.xj

ABSTRACT Objective: İn this study, we planned to investigate the view of community supportive treatment methods and use them according educational level. Material method; it is a cross-sectional survey involving 300 patients different ages, socio-economic levels demographics who applied infertility outpatient clinic. Results; most participants were between ages 20-30 majority illiterates had no...

for maintaining of zagros forests role in wild life, water and soil conservation, the suitable solutions and methods for assessing the existing conditions and planning for management of this forests should be given. to detection of suitable sampling method to study tree density in the northern zagros forest, blake forest, in baneeh region, kurdistan province, and west of iran was selected. 40 s...

the importance of shea tree to the people of south-western nigeria cannot be over emphasized considering both the economic and environmental uses of the tree. however, efforts have not been made to propagate its production by the farmers as the shea tree still grows in the wild state. it would be worthwhile to investigate farmers’ perception of shea nut tree as an economic tree and their attitu...

This study compared leaf gas exchange, leaf hydraulic conductance, twig hydraulic conductivity and leaf osmotic potential at full turgor between two drought-deciduous trees, Vitex peduncularis Wall. and Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) W. Theob., and two evergreen trees, Hopea ferrea Lanessan and Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, at the uppermost canopies in tropical dry forests in Thailand. The aims were to...