an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of thyme (thymus vulgaris) and satureja (satureja khuzestanica) ethanolic extracts on the performance, blood metabolites and immune response of broiler chickens. 300 day-old ross chicks were assigned to six dietary treatments in a randomized 2 × 3 factorial block design. each treatment was given to five replicates of ten birds. variables we...

helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common human infections which have been associated with many upper gasterointestinal complications. different treatment regimens for helicobacter pylori eradication have been used. one of these regimes is the quadruple therapy regimen which metronidazole is one of the medications. in recent years several reports on h. pylori resistance to this an...

objective in previous studies, the relaxant, anticholinergic (functional antagonism), antihistaminic and its stimulatory effects on b-adrenoceptors of nigella sativa have been demonstrated on guinea pig tracheal chains. in the present study, the relaxant effects of hydro-ethanolic, macerated aqueous (ma) and lipid-free macerated aqueous (lfma) extract of nigella sativa on tracheal chains of gui...

Abstract Background Application of organic amendments could improve soil properties as well controlling soil-borne pathogens. Soil with dry powders six plant species materials, i.e . caraway seeds, fennel garlic gloves, onion bulbs, pomegranate peel and spearmint leaves were separately applied for Fusarium solani Meloidogyne incognita on pea plants in pots. The control is untreated check pots R...

introduction: flavor plays a pivotal role in consumer satisfaction and further consumption of foods. most available aroma compounds are synthetic and most of consumers tend to avoid them as they are of the idea that the chemical flavors are toxic or detrimental to their health. recently, the market of flavors from natural sources is shifting its focus on application rather than synthetic flavor...