abstract           background and objective: stachys inflata benth. is used as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic agent in traditional medicine in most mountain villages of golestan province. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the antioxidant, ethnopharmacological and phytochemical properties of extract from different parts of s. inflata, collected from chahar bagh mountain.          m...

abstract        background and objective: leishmania major is a flagellate protozoan parasite causing cutaneous leishmaniasis. although pentavalent antimony compounds are the first-line drugs for leishmaniasis, their application is often accompanied by numerous limitations and side effects. therefore, it is necessary to seek drugs of herbal origin that have fast-acting benefits and few side eff...

allelopathic plants, because of reduction in herbicide uses, are important in weed management. the allelopathic effects of sage salvia officinalis and white wormwood artemisia sieberi water extract were evaluated on germination and seedling growth of redroot pigweed amaranthus retroflexus at concentration of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20% in controlled conditions. anova revealed that the extract concent...

The present investigation is to evaluate the antioxidant activity of various extracts of root and leaf of F. strobilifera using different in vitro methods and its phytochemical analysis. The antioxidant activity was studied by DPPH radical scavenging method, nitric oxide radical inhibition assay and scavenging of hydroxyl radical by p-NDA method. Methanolic extract of root and leaf of F. strobi...

This study was conducted to assessthe preventive effect of aqueous extract of Berberis integerrima Bge. root (AEBIR) on liver damage and oxidative stress induced by diabetes mellitus in rats. Forty male rats were divided into 5 groups as follows: 1- normal (N); 2- normal + barberry (N+B) (they received barberry root extract for 6 weeks); 3- diabetic (D) (they received Streptozotocin (STZ), 65 m...