Fermented red yeast rice has been traditionally consumed as medication in Asian cuisine. This study aimed to determine the in vivo hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant effects of fermented red yeast rice water extract produced using Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) Monascus purpureus strains in mice fed with high cholesterol diet. Absence of monacolin-k, lower le...

objective(s) this study was aimed to assess the possible laxative and prokinetic effects of the boiled extract of rosa damascena. materials and methods rats in two groups (n= 7) of test and control were gavaged either with the extract or placebo, respectively. the number, weight and water percentage of feces were studied up to 24 hr. in order to assess the possible osmotic laxative effects of t...

background: rosa damascena is a traditional medicinal plant used in asia to treat several ailments. this study reports in vitro and in vivo antioxidative properties and toxicity of methanolic and aqueous extracts of white rose, an indigenous variety of rosa damascena from iran. methods: the antimicrobial activities, total phenolics, antioxidative properties and the blood sera ferric-reducing an...

Supernatants of atrial or ventricular myocardial homogenates were injected intravenously into anesthetized non-diuretic rats. Extract derived from atrial muscle caused a rapid, more than 30-fold increase of sodium and chloride excretions, while urine volume rose 10-fold, and potassium excretion doubled. No such changes were observed after injection of ventricular tissue extract obtained from th...

Abstract Basic Health Report (2013) reports that burns rank sixth in unintentional injuries. Rose petals have various pharmacological effects can increase wound healing activity. In this study, the activity of using rose as an ointment was tested on 25 male wistar rats which were grouped into: control (Ointment base), standard (Nebacetin), 7.5%, 10%, and 15% petal doses, respectively. The made ...

The purpose of this experiment is to compare the growth and water consumption efficiency five garden plants (marigold (Tagetes erecta ‘Red Brocade’), moss-rose (Portulaca grandiflora ‘Sun Rose’), dahlia (Dahlia sp. ‘Double Opra’), gazania (Gazania splendens ‘New Day’), Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella. Dance’)) during warmer seasons year under various levels drought stress based on field ca...