burns are known as one of the most common forms of injury with devastating consequences. despite the discovery of several antiseptics, burn wound healing has still remained a challenge to modern medicine. herbal products seem to possess moderate efficacy with no or less toxicity and are less expensive compared to synthetic drugs. burn is a well-known disorder in iranian traditional medicine (it...

in the present study, anti-anaphylactic, anti-inflammatory and membrane stabilizing properties of a lupine alkaloid plumerianine (compound 1), isolated from the root bark of plumeria acutifolia poir were investigated in animal models. the anti-anaphylactic activity of compound 1 (10, 25 and 50 mg/kg) was studied by using models such as passive cutaneous anaphylaxis, passive paw anaphylaxis and ...

background: evidences show that aloe vera (a. vera), camellia sinensis, hibiscus sabdariffa and sophora alopecuroides may prevent gastric ulcer induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids). objective: to examine the protective potential of these plants against indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer in the rat. methods: saline, a. vera leaf gel powder and 70% alcoholic extracts of the o...

background: teucrium polium has been known as an important traditional medicinal plant and is used for different therapeutic purposes such as gastrointestinal disorders. therefore, the anti-spasmodic and antinociceptive activities of aqueous extract of teucrium polium w as examined. methods: anti-spasmodic effect of different concentrations (47-470 mg/l) of teucrium polium extract was assessed ...

conclusions high prevalence of thyroid antibodies in euthyroid patients with pcos refers to the importance of investigation for thyroid autoimmune state in those patients. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and levels of thyroid antibodies in euthyroid women with pcos in syria. patients and methods this study included 56 euthyroid women with pcos and 30 healthy wome...

background worldwide, the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is increasing. this study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of two serological markers, atypical perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (atypical-p-anca) and anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (asca), with the intent to determinetheir relationship to ulcerative colitis (uc) and crohn's disease (cd), in...

conclusions results demonstrated the relatively high prevalence of hcv infection in the patients. applying sensitive methods to screen blood units is recommended to minimize the risk of transfusion associated hepatitis. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate characteristics of hepatitis in patients with β-tm visiting imam khomeini hospital of zabol, in sistan and baluchistan province of...

in this paper, we apply the biswas’ idea of anti fuzzy subgroups toideals of near-rings. we introduce the notion of anti fuzzy ideals of near-rings,and investigate some related properties.

anti-n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti-nmdar) encephalitis is is most common form ofimmune-mediated encephalitis with prominent neurologic and psychiatric features at disease onset. we describe a 16 years old patient who presented with fever and status epilepticus. his mri sequences was normal. anti-nmdar antibodies were detected in the csf.  mri, ct and other studies didn,t show any tumor.