objective(s):various species of genus trigonella are important from medical and culinary points of view. the essential oil of trigonella torbatejamensis ranjbar as an endemic plant in iran has not been studied previously. the essential oil of this plant was analyzed by different methods for identification of its components. materials and methods: the essential oil composition of aerial parts of...

abstract  introduction: diabetic rats display exaggerated hyperalgesic behavior in response to noxious stimuli that may resemble and model aspects of painful diabetic neuropathy in humans. this study was designed to investigate the effect of trigonella foenum-graecum (tfg) on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formalin test) in streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats.  methods:...

Comparative efficacy of two indigenous herbal extracts, (Trigonella foenum-graecum seed & Coccinia indica leaves) with the commonly used drug Glimepiride were studied. Healthy young rats (n=30) of both sexes weighting between 150 to 200 gm were selected and divided into six equal groups, as A (Control), B (diabetic), experimental diabetic groups wereC, D, E and F, treated with combined extract ...

India is a country of herbs where a lot of varieties are cultivated, and their formulation developed and used for preventing, mitigating and curing of diseases and other health problems. Trigonella foenumgraecum (Fenugreek) is one of them. Its origin is in India and Northern Africa. The plant contains a variety of components i.e. alkaloids, glycoside, polyphenols, steroids, amino acids and vola...

a field experiment was conducted during 2009-2011 at the aligarh muslim university agricultural research farm, india, to evaluate the efficacious nature of some oil-seed cakes such as neem cake and castor cake, a botanical calotropis procera and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (psb) pseudomonas fluorescens singly and in various combinations, on the growth and productivity of trigonella plant. g...

Amphibian populations worldwide are currently experiencing unprecedented declines due to the combined effects of emerging infectious disease and climate change. The skin is the first line of defence in preventing establishment of pathogens and associated infections. Although amphibians undergo regular sloughing of the outer layer of the skin, the potential for regular sloughing to play a role i...