background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium found in water and soil. it is a normal flora in skin and gastrointestinal tract of human beings. p. aeruginosa as an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections having multiple pathogenic factors and shows high rate of resistance to different antibiotics. the aim of this study was to identify t...

background & aim: iran has a long history in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. the indigenous people in yahyaabad area, is located in the conserved area of the karkas mountains, are used many plants and natural material for treatment their diseases.  yahyaabad area is an important part of central mountains of kashan, central iran. there are many plant species in this area which have medici...

background & aim: reason destroyer and side effectories some chemical drugs , many pations would to use medicinal plants , on the other hand new medicine nevereless cost and powerful ,have problems for treat some maladies specically chronic maladies. we at this article surveid satisfactoryُ s pations of herbal medicine to compare with new therapeutic ways and defined that further pations for...

random samples from asymptomatic leaves and branches of five native medicinal plants: stachys lavandulifolia, rumex pulcher, hypericum scabrum, starja bachteriarica and achillea kellalensis were collected from chaharmahal province of iran and examined for the presence of endophytic bacteria and fungi with biological activity. from 8 isolated endophytic fungi, all displayed considerable activity...

The main objective of this study was identifying the effects of educational, extension and research factors on the development of medicinal plants in Markazi Province of Iran. The statistical population included all managers, extension agents and experts involved in medicinal plants in Markazi Province in 2014 (N = 50), who were selected by the census sampling method (n=50). The research instru...

Medicinal plants are increasingly recognized worldwide as an alternative source of efficacious and inexpensive medications to synthetic chemo-therapeutic compound. Rapid declining wild stocks of medicinal plants accompanied by adulteration and species substitutions reduce their efficacy, quality and safety. Consequently, the low accessibility to and non-affordability of orthodox medicine costs ...

UNLABELLED Medicinal plants play an important role in health care. The use of medicinal plants for treatment is growing in view of cost and non-compliance of modern medicine as in case of non-communicable diseases. Plants such as Boswellia, ovalifoliolata, Cycas beddomei, Pimpinella tirupatiensis, Pterocarpus santalinus, Shorea thumbuggaia, Syzygium alternifolium, Terminalia pallida are endemic...

In the face of threats caused by both anthropogenic and natural reasons, the question of the sustainability of medicinal plants has emerged very strongly in recent times. These plant resources, therefore, have become important domains of intervention and are increasingly attracting the attentions of public and private sector policy researchers, policy makers and development program implementers...

AIM OF THE STUDY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE This paper presents the first ethnobotanical survey conducted among the Achuar (Jivaro), indigenous people living in Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. The aims of this study are: (a) to present and discuss Achuar medicinal plant knowledge in the context of the epidemiology of this population (b) to compare the use of Achuar medicinal plants with the...

Knowledge of medicinal plants is not only one of the main components in the structure of knowledge in local medical systems but also one of the most studied resources. This study uses a systematic review and meta-analysis of a compilation of ethnobiological studies with a medicinal plant component and the variable of gender to evaluate whether there is a gender-based pattern in medicinal plant ...