BACKGROUND Obesity and physical inactivity are currently on the rise due to industrialization of the communities, which has recently led to increased incidence of different diseases such as diabetes. Epidemiological studies and figures have demonstrated the growing incidence of diabetes. Relevantly, the side effects of chemical drugs have led patients to use medicinal plants and traditional app...

primary dysmenorrhea is a prevalent issue and it can reduce the quality of life in many females worldwide. based on the properties of teucrium polium as a herbal medicine with analgesic and inflammatory properties, this triple-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial was performed. the study aimed to evaluate the effects of teucrium polium on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea in students....

objective(s): in food industry, the inhibition of tyrosinase is very important, because this enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of phenolic compounds found in fruits and vegetables into quinones, which contribute in undesirable color and taste of fruits and vegetables. teucrium polium l. var. gnaphalodes (lamiaceae), a wild-growing flowering plant that has many applications in food preparations and...

some plant extracts showed the ability to retard the diffusion of glucose across the dialysis tube. the present study was designed to investigate the effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of teucrium polium (t. polium) on glucose movement across the dialysis tube. the t. polium powder was dissolved in ethanol and distilled water. then glucose was added to make a final concentration of 0.2 – ...

the composition of the essential oils of teucrium chamaedrys l. belongs to the family lamiaceae, it is growing wild in the margin of mountainous roads of arid and cold climate of north iran. in this research, essential oils of t. chamaedrys, extracted and measured at the different location by different methods of distillationand then were analyzed by gc and gc/ms. investigation and comparison o...

The chemical name of the title compound in the paper by Devi, Malathi, Rajan, Aravind, Krishnakumari & Ravikumar [Acta Cryst. (2004), E60, o117-o119] is corrected and the structural diagram is updated.[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1107/S1600536803028745.].

Teucrium polium L. (Lamiaceae) is used in the traditional medicine of Iran for the treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. The essential oil from the aerial parts of T polium was assessed for antispasmodic activity and compared with the effect of atropine and dicyclomine. Acetylcholine and KC I were used for induction of contraction on rat isolated ileum. Teucrium polium essen...