due to the limited availability of effective pharmaceutical products and serious side effects of the available therapy for leishmaniasis, search for useful medicinal plants is necessary. previous studies reported preventative effect of echinacea against leishmania infections through immunologic stimulation. here we tested concentrated ethanolic extract of the root of echinacea purpurea prepared...

Aims: Phytosterols are a subgroup of the steroids, as an important class of bioorganic molecules, widespread in plants, animals, marines as well as fungi and have similarity to cholesterol in structure. These compounds have a long history of consumption as food or pharmaceutical products, and generally recognized as safe without undesirable side effects. Place and Duration of Study: Medicinal p...

Increasing importance of pharmaceutical plants in the world and the presence of many of these plants in our country, which has one of the richest Flora of the world, suggest the need for comprehensive studies. Research of secondary metabolites of medicinal and essential oily plants from Iran’s dry to super dry deserts is very important. One of the most famous species from “Labiatae” family is D...

BACKGROUND The capacity of plants and plant cells to produce large amounts of recombinant protein has been well established. Due to advantages in terms of speed and yield, attention has recently turned towards the use of transient expression systems, including viral vectors, to produce proteins of pharmaceutical interest in plants. However, the effects of such high level expression from viral v...

INTRODUCTION There are increasing concerns over the presence and implications of pharmaceutical agents in water. In 2002, California banned pharmaceutical use of lindane because of concerns about water quality, as lindane treatment for head lice and scabies was found to be a significant factor adversely affecting wastewater quality. OBJECTIVES In this article we describe the effects the ban h...

Increasing importance of pharmaceutical plants in the world and the presence of many of these plants in our country, which has one of the richest Flora of the world, suggest the need for comprehensive studies. Research of secondary metabolites of medicinal and essential oily plants from Iran’s dry to super dry deserts is very important. One of the most famous species from “Labiatae” family is D...

arshadchamani rangelands are placed in the north foothill of sahandmountain and near kandovan village. therefore, it has plant diversity andeconomical values. in this region, medicinal plants are cut and sold by the storeswith non-standard packaging without scientific name. regarding the economicalvalue of medicinal plants and thereby the investment necessity on these valuableresources for usin...

objective: today, medicinal plants are widely used in remedies for several ailments and improvement of human health because of their pharmaceutical properties. this study aimed to document important useful medicinal plants and their medicinal characteristics for treatment of human ailments in the arjan _ parishan protected area in fars province of iran during 2010-2012. materials and methods: d...