Increasing public concerns about fungicide residues have prompted interests in biological control especially use of herb extracts derived from several medicinal plants as an alternative strategy for disease management. Recently tomato leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata has become epidemic in almost areas of Iran. This study was conducted for the identification of the effect of ant...

urtica dioica l. is an iranian native pharmacological plant for which little attention has been paid to the anatomical structure. medical applications of this plant include diabetes therapy, digestive improvement, anemia and kidney disease therapy. because climatic conditions can affect the anatomical structure which in turn affects pharmacological compositions, research on the anatomy of this ...

In Mexico, local empirical knowledge about medicinal properties of plants is the basis for their use as home remedies. It is generally accepted by many people in Mexico and elsewhere in the world that beneficial medicinal effects can be obtained by ingesting plant products. In this review, we focus on the potential pharmacologic bases for herbal plant efficacy, but we also raise concerns about ...

Page 87, right hand column, line 1, “Stinging Nettle Root” should be “stinging nettle leaf extract 4:1 Ratio”. 1. Page 87, left column, Supplements section, line 3 “10 mg” should be “7 mg” 2. Page 87, left column, Supplements Section, line 3 the text “(sourced from Norway Spruce/Picea abies)” 3. should be added after “HMR lignans” Page 87, left column, Supplements Section, line 5 the text “seed...

The aim of this systematic review is to summarize the evidence for or against the efficacy of plant food supplements (PFS) for coping inflammatory conditions by considering epidemiological and human intervention studies. The review considers six botanical species commonly used as food supplements/medicinals: Urtica dioica L., Symphytum officinalis L., Calendula officinalis L., Curcuma longa L.,...

Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins (VSG) are glycosylated by both paucimannose and oligomannose structures which are involved in the formation of a protective barrier against the immune system. Here, we report that the stinging nettle lectin (UDA), with predominant N-acetylglucosamine-binding specificity, interacts with glycosylated VSGs and kills parasites by provoking defects in...

objective(s) urtica dioica l. has been known as a medicinal plant in the world. this study was conducted to determine the effects of the hydroalcoholic extract of urtica dioica leaves on seminiferous tubules of diabetic rats. materials and methods animals were allocated to control, diabetic and protective groups. treated animals received extract of u. dioica (100 mg/ kg/ day) ip for the first 5...

The study evaluated the antibacterial effect of stinging nettle extract by liquid microdilution method to obtain quantitative results. Unlike other studies in literature, MIC and MBC values showing bacteriostatic bactericidal effects were investigated for four different bacterial concentrations. Six pathogen strains studied, including Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Enterococcus faecalis 2921...

Background: Antioxidant activities of plant extracts are being studied to increase the shelf life of fish products. Some plants such as Urtica dioica L. (nettle) can be a good source of antioxidants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of hydroalcoholic and water extracts of nettle leaf on the chemical properties of superchilled minced meat of the common kilka fish (Clupeone...