The current study evaluated the general toxicity, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activity of extracts obtained from the rhizomes of Eremostachys azerbaijanica (Labiatae) as well as analyzed the potent extracts using GC-MS. Extracts of E. azerbaijanica in n-hexane, dichloromethane (DCM) and methanol (MeOH) were prepared using a Soxhlet apparatus. The antioxidant activity of the extrac...

Pistacia vera L., a member of Anacardiaceae family, has been used for sedation and analgesia in traditional medicine. In this study, the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects as well as acute toxicity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of P. vera leaves were investigated in mice. The antinociceptive activity was studied using hot plate and writhing tests. The effect of the extracts a...

conclusions these extracts can be used as antibacterial agents in treating infectious diseases. further studies are needed for considering this plant as an antibacterial plant and benefit from its clinical applications for routine use. background tagetes genus contains 56 species and is native in north and south america, but some have become widespread around the world. objectives this study wa...

rheum ribes is among the polygonaceae family which is endemic in iran and a few neighboring countries. in this investigation, antibacterial effects of root, stalk and leaves extracts of rheum ribes on a few common clinical isolates of gram negative pathogens were studied, using the cup plate and paper disc methods. gram negative microorganisms studied were escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumonia...

the experiment was done in a factorial design based on completely randomized with three factors and five replications in vitro. the first factors, plant extract (nine plant species), the second factor, solvent (5 solvent) and the third factor, concentration (3 concentration) were considered. in pot condition, the experiment was carried out in factorial based on completely randomized design with...

it has been reported that latex and extracts of different species of ficus are cytotoxic to some human cancerous cell lines. in this study, cytotoxicity of fruit and leaf extracts as well as the latex of ficus carica l. on hela cell line were evaluated. ethanolic extracts of leaves and fruits were prepared through percolation and ethyl acetate and dichloromethane extracts were prepared by reflu...

plants are potent biochemists; biologically active compounds present in the medicinal plants have always been ofgreat interest to scientists working in this field. thus, the aim of the current study was to screen the antimicrobial activity of acacia nilotica, ziziphus mauritiana, bauhinia variegate and lantana camara against some selected clinical isolated strains. although previous studies hav...

the experiment was conducted to determine α-amylase activity and the effect of seven plant species extracts including punica granatum l. (punicaceae), rheum officinale b. (polygonaceae), rhus coriaria l. (anacardiaceae), artemisia sieberi b. ( compositae), peganum harmala l. (nitrariaceae) , datura stramonium l. (solanaceae) and thymus vulgaris l. (lamiaceae) on α-amylase activity of four store...

background and purpose: pistacia atlantica, which belongs to the anacardiaceae family, grows in the zagrossian region of iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal properties of pistacia atlantica and olive leaf extracts against different fungal species. materials and methods: in this study, we assessed the activities of olive leaf extracts and pistacia atlantica leaf and fruit ...