background medicinal plants have been used traditionally in golestan province (north of iran), against mycobacterium tuberculosis or the clinical signs of tuberculosis (tb). objectives this study aimed to define the inhibitory effects of ethanolic extracts of six of these medicinal plants against mycobacterium tuberculosis. materials and methods peganum harmala (seed extract), punica granatum (...

background and objectives: because of toxical and hazardous properties of hexavalent chromium (cr(vi)), its removal by an economical and efficient method is necessary. the use of activated carbon, as an adsorbent, is a common and effective method for hexavalent chromium removal. thus the aim of this study was to produce granular and powdered activated carbon form peganum harmala and compare the...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important health problem caused by leishmania spp . as there is no vaccine, drug treatment is the only way to tackle leishmaniasis. in the present study, inhibitory and kill­ing effects of peganum harmala and alkana tinctoria extracts on amastigotes and promastigotes forms of leishmania were evaluated in-vitro. methods: the seeds of peganum harmala, ste...

based on the extensive application of peganum harmala (p.h) seeds in the asian traditional medicine, we tried to investigate its possible anxiety effect. method: the effect of p.h. extract inhalation was evaluated in adult male rats using elevated plus-maze apparatus. the humidity of prepared ethanol extract was 37%. animals in different groups (n=6) received 2, 4, 6, 12 or 18 gr/ml doses of th...