Background & Aim: Turmeric, scientifically named (Curcuma longa L.), a member of ginger (Zingiberaceae) family, is a perennial plant, with pharmaceutical properties and with a rhizome. This plant has many medicinal characteristics including anti-cancer, anti-bacteria and anti-hepatitis properties. Experimental: To study the effects of Gibberellic acid and Salicylic acid on leaf, the r...

background & aim: turmeric, scientifically named (curcuma longa l.), a member of ginger (zingiberaceae) family, is a perennial plant, with pharmaceutical properties and with a rhizome. this plant has many medicinal characteristics including anti-cancer, anti-bacteria and anti-hepatitis properties. experimental: to study the effects of gibberellic acid and salicylic acid on leaf, the rhizome...

background & aim: achillea (fam. asteraceae) is a medicinal plant and different species of it have several uses in the folk medicine all around the world. achillea species are used for feverish conditions, common cold, digestive complaints, slow healing wounds and skin inflammations. this study aims to investigate the essential oil composition and antioxidant activities from the aerial part...

Background & Aim: Achillea (Fam. Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant and different species of it have several uses in the folk medicine all around the world. Achillea species are used for feverish conditions, common cold, digestive complaints, slow healing wounds and skin inflammations. This study aims to investigate the essential oil composition and antioxidant activities from t...

background & aim: increasing of drug resistances and more attention to the hazards of side effects of synthetic drugs has caused extensive researches on medicinal plant resources. the aim of this study was to determination of the chemical composition of native silybum marianum and foeniculum vulgare extractions in ardabil, iran; and investigation of their anticancer effect on liver cancer cell ...

todays, essential oils from aromatic plants have been qualified as natural antioxidants and proposed as potential substitutes of synthetic antioxidants in food products. in this research chemical compositions and antioxidant activity of artimisia essential oil on oxidative stability of frying oil were analyzed. essential oil was extracted by hydro distillation and its chemical composition was d...

P icrotoxin (PTX) is the prototypic antagonist of GABAA receptors (GABARs), the primary mediators of inhibitory neurotransmission (rapid and tonic) in the nervous system. Picrotoxinin (Fig. 1A), the active ingredient in this plant convulsant, structurally does not resemble GABA, a simple, small amino acid, but it is a polycylic compound with no nitrogen atom. The compound somehow prevents ion f...

Background & Aim: Achillea (Fam. Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant and different species of it have several uses in the folk medicine all around the world. Achillea species are used for feverish conditions, common cold, digestive complaints, slow healing wounds and skin inflammations. This study aims to investigate the essential oil composition and antioxidant activities from t...

Background & Aim: Increasing of drug resistances and more attention to the hazards of side effects of synthetic drugs has caused extensive researches on medicinal plant resources. The aim of this study was to determination of the chemical composition of native Silybum marianum and Foeniculum vulgare extractions in Ardabil, Iran; and investigation of their anti...