AIM To compare the antibacterial effect of hydro alcoholic extract of Salvia officinalis, Pimpinella anisum, Satureja hortensis, Rhus coriaria, Carum copticum, Mentha longifolia, Achillea millefolium against Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Actinomyces viscosus through two in vitro methods. METHODS In this experimental study, hydro-alcoholic extracts have been prepared from t...

Gemcitabine is an anti-cancer drug with clinically uses in the treatment of various neoplasms, including breast, ovarian, non-small cell lung, pancreaticand cervical cancers, T-cell malignancies, germ cell tumours, and hepatocellular carcinomas. However, it has also been reported to have many adverse effects. Naturally occurring anti-mutagenic effects, especially those of plant origin, have rec...

Traditional Chinese medicine can promote the proliferation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). We chose four "Kidney-tonifying" Chinese herbal medicines, Radix Astragali, Salvia, Herba Epimedii, and Saussurea Involucrata, to evaluate whether they had positive effects on the proliferation of BMSCs and TGF-β1-induced chondrogenic differentiation of BMSCs. The four Chinese herba...

Von der Mitte des 19. bis in die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts hat die Klimatherapie z.B. in der Schweiz eine große Rolle bei Lungenund Knochentuberkulose gespielt. In etwa zeitgleich entstand die Thalassotherapie an der französischen Atlantikküste und in Deutschland im ersten Seebad Heiligendamm. Damals lagen zahlreiche Anwendungsbeobachtungen über gute Effekte der Klimatherapie vor. Ab der zweit...

Electric vehicles introduce new problems in vehicle route planning. Due to limited battery capacity the fastest route from origin to destination is not always feasible. Existing techniques compute the energy optimal route, however this route is often too conservative in terms of travel time. Optimizing both energy consumption and travel time may allow us to identify routes which are both fast a...

Objectives: Herbal medicine is known as a valid alternative treatment. Salvia Reuterana, which has been used in the Iranian traditional medicine, is mostly distributed in the central highlands of Iran. Salvia Reuterana is a medicinal herb with various therapeutic usages. The aim of the present review is to take account of pharmacological properties of Salvia Reuterana. Materials and Methods: Th...

Among 17 species and cultivars of plants exposed to Anguina plantaginis, only Plantago aristata (bracted plantain) was a host. Larvae penetrated the emerging apical meristem; reproduces and migrated progressively; caused twisting and galling of leaves, looping andspiraling of peduncles, and transformation of floral structures into galls. Extreme infections caused stunting and death of entire pl...

IT-Sicherheit muss sein: Nicht nur in börsennotierten Unternehmen, sondern auch in GmbHs, AGs und anderen Kapitalgesellschaften sind Vorstände und Geschäftsführer für die IT-Sicherheit persönlich haftbar. Der Gesetzgeber schreibt außerdem die Rechtskonformität sämtlicher Unternehmensabläufe vor. Wichtigster Bestandteil ist dabei die" IT-Compliance", deren zentrales Element wiederum die ITSicher...