The effect of Methanolic, chloroform and diethel ether extracts of Mimosa pudica was investigated in rats to evaluate the anti-ulcer activity by using three models, i.e. Aspirin, Alcohol and pyloric ligation models experimentally induced gastric ulcer. The parameters taken to assess anti-ulcer activity were volume of gastric secretion, PH, free acidity, total acidity and ulcer index. The result...

background: innovative bioactive films incorporated with antimicrobial agents have been recently developed for food preservation. the aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial activity of polylactic acid (pla) films incorporated with ziziphora clinopodioides essential oil (zeo) and ethanolic propolis extract (epe) against some common food-borne pathogens. methods: the volatile chemical co...

background and objective:   the aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical effects of a mouthwash containing sage (salvia officinalis) extracts on streptococcus mutans (sm) causing dental plaque in school-aged children. material and methods: a double blind clinical trial study was conducted in a dormitory on 70 girls aged 11-14 years having the same socioeconomic and oral hygiene conditions....

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) have shown antibacterial activity in some recent studies. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of diclofenac against enterococcus faecalis (e. faecalis) as a resistant endodontic bacterium in comparison with ibuprofen, calcium hydroxide and amoxicillin.the antibacterial activity of materials was evaluated using agar diffus...

background silver has been used from ancient times by humans, and recently nanoparticles of silver have been used in many aspects of human life including as a potent antibacterial agent. objectives in the current study a completely green method to prepare silver nanoparticles is reported. two types of starches (potato and corn starches) were used to produce and stabilize silver nanoparticles. a...

conclusions due to the variable nature of antibiotic susceptibility patterns and etiological agents of septicemia, continual assessment of the most frequent pathogens associated with bloodstream infections and detection of their sensitivity patterns to locally available antibiotics seem to be reasonable measures. results from a total of 491 blood cultures, 74 (15.1%) samples were detected as po...

patients and methods sixty children aged between 2 and 12 years, and scheduled for on-pump surgery due to a congenital heart disease were randomly assigned into two groups. oral midazolam (0.5 mg/kg up to 15 mg per patient) and dexmedetomidine (2 µg/kg) were administered 45 minutes pre-anesthesia. children’s anxiety, mask acceptance behavior, hemodynamic measures, and cardiopulmonary outcomes w...

background: to investigate the prevalence of antibiotic usage in children aged <5 years with acute respiratory tract illness (arti) in iran. materials and methods: data were collected from a national health survey conducted in 2010 (iran’s multiple indicator demographic and health survey). participants of this cross-sectional study were selected by multistage stratifi ed cluster-random sampling...

background: listeria monocytogenes is an important gram-positive disease-causing bacterium existing in milk and dairy products. inhibitory effects of mentha pulegium essential oil at concentrations of 0.03, 0.015, and 0.0075% on growth of l. monocytogenes were studied in iranian white cheese during 60 days of storage. methods: essential oil of m. pulegium plant, collected from north of iran, wa...

the urgent need of neuraminidase inhibitors (ni) has provided an impetus for understanding the structure requisite at molecular level. our search for selective inhibitors of neuraminidase has led to the identification of pharmacophoric requirements at various positions around acyl thiourea pharmacophore. the main objective of present study is to develop selective ni, with least toxicity and dru...