Abstract Background: For long time medical scientists have speculated about alleviation of pain so that they have attempted to prescribe a potent analgesic with the least side effects. There are some records in Iranian traditional medicine showing that Elaeagnus angustifolia L. decreases inflammation and pain. Therefore, in this study the analgesic effect of the aqueous extracts of E. angustif...

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a common presentation of the ischemic heart disease. Lavandula angustifolia is an herbaceous plant with antioxidative effects. This study was designed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of lavandula angustifolia essential oil against isoproterenol-induced MI in rats. The dried sample was subjected to hydrodistillation by using a Clevenger and the oils were...

Flooding regime changes resulting from natural and human activity have been projected to affect wetland plant community structures and functions. It is therefore important to conduct investigations across a range of flooding gradients to assess the impact of flooding depth on wetland vegetation. We conducted this study to identify the pattern of plant height, species richness and aboveground bi...

Because of the popularity of Echinacea as a dietary supplement, researchers have been actively investigating which Echinacea constituent or groups of constituents are necessary for immune-modulating bioactivities. Our prior studies indicate that alkylamides may play an important role in the inhibition of prostaglandin E2 (PGE(2)) production. High-performance liquid chromatography fractionation,...

IN VITRO EVALUTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS METHANOLIC AND ACETONE EXTRACTS PEGANUM HARMALA LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA AGAINST SOME HUMAN PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM

introduction: jugulans regia (jugulandaceae), astragaus hamosus (papilionaceae), crocus pallasii subsp. haussknechtii boiss. (iridaceae) and cassia angustifolia vahl. (caesalpinaceae) have been suggested as antiepileptic remedies in traditional medicine of iran. the possible anticonvulsant effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves of j. regia, fruits of a. hamosus, corm of c. haussknec...

introduction: it has been shown that the extract of elaeagnus angustifolia can inhibit inflammation and pain induced by formalin in mice and rats. the aim of the present study is to reach evaluations of possible cellular and molecular mechanisms of elaeagnus angustifolia extract in reducing pain and inflammation through examining the extract ability for inhibition of cyclooxygenase (cox) type 1...