In recent years, the use of photosynthetic micro-organisms, such as microalgae, in life sciences has received increasing attentions due to their diverse phytometabolic contents with various chemical structures and biological activities[1]. Use of microalgae for human consumption as a source of high value health food, functional foods and for production of biochemical products, such as vitamins,...

BACKGROUND Cancer has been one of the leading causes of mortality in this era. Ruta angustifolia L. Pers has been traditionally used as an abortifacient, antihelmintic, emmenagogue and ophthalmic. In Malaysia and Singapore, the local Chinese community used it for the treatment of cancer. METHODS In this study, the methanol and fractionated extracts (hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and water...

abstract this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of collaborative form-focused activities on grammar learning of elementary efl learners. to this end, 58 adult male iranian efl learners at elementary level of proficiency in three classes of language institutes were chosen. they formed the three groups of the study. the grammar section of cambridge michigan placement test was used to...

different solvent extracts of a red algae, hypnea flagelliformis,and two brown algae, cystoseira myrica and sargassum boveanum, collected from the persian gulf coast were subjected to different bioassays including: 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (dpph) free radical scavenging assay, antibacterial and antifungal activity by thin layer chromatography (tlc)-bioautography, agar disc diffusion (add) ...

methanol 70% extract of bauhinia racemosa aerial parts was tested for antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal strains and for antioxidant activity and also total content of polyphenols with phytochemical analysis of the extract was determined. the results have showed that the extract has a significant antimicrobial activity, it inhibited the growth of bacillus subtilis and...

background and objectives: application of garlic oil in food industry can be improved by encapsulation. there is no study about the formation of inclusion complex of garlic oil by beta-cyclodextrin. the aim of the present study is comparison of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of free and encapsulated garlic oil with beta-cyclodextrin. materials and methods: antioxidant activity was...

background and objectives: dermatophytes possess a wide array of virulence factors and various antifungal susceptibility patterns which influence their pathogenesis in humans and animals. the aim of this study was to evaluate antifungal suscep- tibility and keratinase and proteinase activity of 49 dermatophyte strains from the genera microsporum , trichophyton and epidermophyton which were isol...

objective(s) as an important class of natural products, coumarins exhibit many biological activities and the diversity of their bioactivity is so huge that the pharmacological promiscuity has been applied on their case. oxypeucedanine also named as prangolarin is a linear furanocoumarin with an oxygenated prenylated substitution at c-5 of the nucleus. to our knowledge, there are few reports on ...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to determine barriers and motivators of physical activity in older adults. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study 153 older adults were participated through classified randomized clustering method. the questionnaires were completed in face to face interview. descriptive statistics and u mann whitney test were used to analyzing data. results:...

The stem and root barks, leaves and seeds of Millettia pachycarpa Benth. are used for various medicinal purposes in Chinese and Mizo traditional practices. The plant extract reportedly showed potent vermicidal activity on cestodes. The ethanol extract of the root bark was tested against the poultry nematode, Heterakis gallinarum Schrank. In vitro treatment at 37±1°C revealed that a serial dose ...