usage of herbal medicine has been under so much attention for many years. they are gradually replacing synthetic drugs in pharmaceutical fields due to their fewer side effects. nowadays, essential oils are widely used for the treatment of diseases as well as being applied as pesticide. in this study, 32 components of zingiber essential oil were identified representing 97.42% of the extracted oi...

A fitoterapia é uma terapia integrativa desenvolvida a partir do uso de plantas medicinais. Dentre diversas cunho medicinal, o gengibre (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) amplamente utilizado na medicina popular, tendo em vista que apresenta propriedades terapêuticas comprovadas cientificamente, destacando-se seu potencial antifúngico, e possível no tratamento da candididíase, doença causada pela inf...

Dendrobium officinale (Tie Pi Shi Hu in Chinese) has been widely used to treat different diseases in China. Anticancer effect is one of the important effects of Dendrobium officinale. However, the molecular mechanism of its anticancer effect remains unclear. In the present study, gastric carcinogenesis in rats was used to evaluate the effect of Dendrobium officinale on cancer, and its pharmacol...

Salinity in soil and irrigation water is one of the major factors that limit crop productivity. The effects of salinity on growth, lipid peroxidation, the antioxidant defence system and changes in artemisinin content were studied in Artemisia annua L. Salinity treatments were established by adding 0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM of sodium chloride (NaCl) to the soil. Salt stress negatively affected ...

Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo, a highly valued Chinese herbal medicine, is on the verge of extinction in wild, and not cultivated efficiently. In this study, we explored possibility that orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF) might improve growth cultivation D. officinale. Serendipita sp., Tulasnella calospora asymmetrica isolated from three different orchids were co-cultured with sterile seedli...

Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Zingiber officinale in mitigating oxidative damage and reproductive toxicity in the testis, induced by chronic dichlorvos administration in male Wistar rats. Methods: Twenty-four adult male Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups of 6 rats in each group. Group I received olive oil (1 ml/kg bwt/day) and served as control group, while Grou...