a new natural and environmental friendly wound dressing was introduced for the first time that was prepared by electrospinning method. this new wound dressing has chitosan base, and poly (ethylene oxide) was added as co-spinning agent to improve spinnability of chitosan. moreover, thyme extract as a natural antibacterial additive was introduced in the as electrospun nanofibers scaffold in order...

results results showed desirable antimicrobial effects of the silver nanoparticles and plant extract on the formation of the pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm and the highest effect was observed in silver nanoparticles and the lowest inhibitory effects were observed in bucks beard and prangos ferulaceae. conclusions medicinal plants used in the study decreased the rate of biofilm formation. since ...

conclusions the results of this study reveal that the m. communis extract and methanolic extract of chamomile have a high antibacterial effect on regular and imp-producing p. aeruginosa strains; so, these extracts can be suitable alternatives for less-effective antibiotics, which are commonly used. materials and methods this cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on burn patients hospi...

objective this research was carried out to compare antibacterial effect of rosa nutkana sepal extract with synthetic antibiotics on methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) bacteria isolated from patients with sty. patients and methods this descriptive study was done in 2009 at remedial center of shahid beheshti university and sampling was performed from patients suffering from sty us...

background: sporadic alzheimer’s disease (sad) is caused by genetic risk factors, aging and oxidative stresses. the herbal extract of rosa canina (r. canina), tanacetum vulgare (t. vulgare) and urtica dioica (u. dioica) has a beneficial role in aging, as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative agent. in this study, the neuroprotective effects of this herbal extract in the rat model of sad was i...

objective(s): ischemia/reperfusion (i/r) injury of spinal cord is leading to the paraplegia observed. in this study, we investigated the protective effect of the saffron extract on spinal cord i/r injury. materials and methods: thirty five male sprague-dawley rats were divided into 5 groups: intact, sham surgery, normal saline (ns), low dose saffron aqua extract, high dose saffron aqua extract....

objective(s): inflammation is an immune response toward injuries. although inflammation is healing response, but in some condition it will lead to chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, alzheimer’s and various cancer. indonesian cassia (cinnamomum burmanni c. nees & t. ness) known to contain coumarin, is widely used for alternative medicine es...

background and objectives: tuberculosis (tb) is the major public health problem in the world. each year there are 2-3 million deaths worldwide caused by tb. the increasing incidence of multi drug resistance tuberculosis (mdr-tb) worldwide highlights the urgent need to search for new anti-tuberculosis compounds. it has been reported that medicinal plant, dracocephalum kotschyi, possesses some an...

background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the combination of vitex agnus castus extract, as a source of phytoestrogens, plus magnesium supplementation on osteogenic and angiogenic factors and callus formation in women with long bone fracture. material and methods: in a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial, 64 women with long bone fracture,20-45 years ol...

echinacea purpurea is an herbaceous perennial plant as members of the asteraceae family. it is one the important medicinal plant in pharmacy industrial. active substances of echinaceae are amplifier of body's immune system and antivirus. echinacea is not native to iran. the phytochemical traits of medicinal plants depend on ecological conditions involving growing areas, climate conditions; vari...