abstract diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases and in the long term affects many parts of body, including liver and kidneys. this study was to investigate alcoholic extract effect of alhagi camelorum on functional tests of liver and kidney in diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin. in this study, 28 wistar male rats were divided into the four groups (n = 7): non-diabetic contro...

Background: Exposure to glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone (Dex) leads to numerous changes in various biological systems including the reproductive system. The present study investigates the efficacy of Alcoholic extract of grape seeds, an active component of turmeric, to attenuate Dex-induced spetmatogenic defects in the mouse testicles. Materials and Methods: A total of 32 male mice were d...

The husk fibres of Areca catechu (areca nut) are reported to be used by the people of rural areas of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka for cleaning their teeth. The beneficial effects of these plant materials are not scientifically proven, so the study was carried out to estimate the antimicrobial properties of A.catechu against common oral pathogens. These antimicrobial properties in addition to mec...

Diet is one of the important factors in cancer etiology and prevention. The Indian diet is particularly interesting in its many unique dietary constituents, including spices like chili pepper, cloves, black pepper and black cumin, that have promise as chemopreventive agents. The objective of the present study was to compare the in vitro anticancer activities of aqueous and ethanolic extracts ag...

Preliminary studies revealed that Urtica dioica has been known as a plant that decrease blood glucose. Despite the importance of this plant in herbal medicine, relatively little research has been down on effects of this plant on islets yet. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of dried urtica dioica leaf alcoholic and aqueous extracts on the number and the diameter of t...

The effect of the alcoholic and aqueous extract leaves M.azedarach plant against growth pathogenic fungus T. rubrum was studied, results showed that more efficient than in inhibiting rubrum, as it completely inhibited 0.00 cm at concentrations (15-20-25) mg/ml. As for (5-10) mg/ml, average diameter colony after an incubation period 14 days (4.25-1.25) cm, respectively, while had on (6.25-2.25) ...

Solanum trilobatum is a widely used plant in the Indian indigenous systems of medicine. It is mainly used in the treatment of respiratory diseases like bronchial asthma. In our present study, we report that the aqueous and alcoholic extracts of S. trilobatum exhibited inhibition of mast cell degranulation. Further, aqueous and alcoholic extracts of S. trilobatum significantly decreased the rele...

Objective: Previously, analgesic, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant effects have been suggested for Rosa damascena (R. damascena). In the present study, possible anti-seizure and neuro-protective effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of R. damascena has been investigated after inducing seizures in rats by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ). Materials and Methods: The rats were divided to five groups: (1) Control...