Background and objectives: The genus Centaurea from the Asteraceae family is one of the most widely distributed plant genera worldwide that has been extensively used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. The present study is the first investigation about the principal constituents of Centaurea albonitens Turrill which is native to Iran. Methods: The aerial parts of C. albonitens were extracte...

OBJECTIVE Boerhaavia elegans L. (Nyctaginaceae) is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of kidney disorders, urinary tract disorders and blood purification in Baluch tribe. The aim of present study is to evaluate the antioxidant property of B. elegans species for the first time. MATERIALS AND METHODS Different parts (leaf, stem and fruit) of the plant were extracted by using various solve...

UNLABELLED Maytenus ilicifolia is a native plant from South America, with several medicinal properties including antioxidant effects. AIM using an original cisplatin induced ototoxicity model, we evaluated a possible otoprotection caused by Maytenus ilicifolia extract. MATERIALS AND METHODS clinical and experimental study design with female albino guinea pigs divided in groups as follows: 9...

The virulence factors of Candida albicans are germ tube and biofilm formation, adherence to host tissues, and production of hydrolytic enzymes. This study investigated the effect of Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia extract on the germ tube and biofilm formation of C. albicans. Serum containing the three subinhibitory concentrations of leaf extract was inoculated with C. albicans, incubated, a...

in this study, invitro evaluation of some iranian plants against staphylococcus aureus isolation of urinary tract infection by microtiterplate method. all 12 strains of staphylococcus aureus isolated from urine culture of hospitalized patients during the years 2012- 2013. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of plant extract and essential oilagainst bacteria were determined using micro diluti...

plant tissue culture technique could provide sterile and controllable condition in order to assay direct effect of different compounds on plant growth accurately. in this study, the effects of aqueous extracts prepared from roots and shoots of goosefoot (chenopodium album l.), redroot pigweed (amaranthus retroflexus l.), fennel (foeniculum vulgare), and wormwood (artemisia absinthium l.) were e...

the efficacy and safety of salvia officinalis combined with statin have not been evaluated in dyslipidemic diabetes mellitus type 2 (ddmt2) so far. the plant extract antioxidant activity was determined by the dpph radical scavenging assay. the total flavonoid, total phenolic and quercetin contents of the capsules containing the plant extract were also measured. moreover, the effects of 2-month ...

Herbal medicine development against the non-communicable disease like diabetes is one of the thrust area of research in the field of global medicine. Here we have studied the separate and composite methanolic extract of seed of Eugenia jambolana and root of Musa paradisiaca for the management of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. We have measured the fasting blood glucose level and glyco...