the plant chicorium intybus is used in traditional medicinal system as skin nourisher and to treat several skin aliments such as warts. the objective of this study was to evaluate ethanolic extract of chicorium intybus for its wound healing activity in rats. the extract was tested on three groups of male albino rats, consisting of six animals each, which were placed individually in cages. all a...

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the hepatoprotective activity of hydro-ethanolic fruit extract of Rosa canina (R. canina) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Methods: Male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into six groups of 8 animals of each, including control, toxic (CCl4), R. canina 250, 500, and 750 mg/kg + CCl4 and R. canina ...

OBJECTIVE To study the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of an ethanolic extract of the whole plant of Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS The whole plant of T. procumbens was collected in different regions of Madurai districts, Tamil Nadu. The air dried whole plant of T. procumbens was extracted with ethanol (95%) in a Soxhl...

The aqueous extract of Jatropha Gossypiifolia were studied for their anti-hyperglycemic activity, fifteen animals were taken and they were divided into five groups. First group act as the control, while the remaining four groups were induced diabetics by administering alloxan (120 mg/kg). Second group induced with diabetes with insulin treatment , third group induced with diabetes without treat...

dorema aucheri is a plant that grows in iran. in persian it is called (bilhar). this experimental study was carried out at ferdowsi university of mashhad in 2014. after collection and preparation of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of dorema aucheri (bilhar), the antibacterial activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of bilhar was evaluated against 7 laboratory strains of microorganisms, includ...

The ethanolic extract of T. purpurea Linn. was studied for its in vitro effect on rat mast cell degranulation and erythrocyte membrane integrity in vitro. The extract in concentration of 25-200 microg/ml showed a dose-dependant inhibition of rat mast cell degranulation induded by compound 48/80 and egg albumin. T. purpurea extract was found to inhibit haemolysis of erythrocytes induced by hypot...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the anti-arthritic potential of the plant Justicia gendarussa using two different rat models. MATERIALS AND METHOD The anti-arthritic potential of the alcoholic extract of the plant Justicia gendarussa was evaluated using the Freund's adjuvant-induced and collagen-induced arthritic rat models. The rats were treated with the ethanolic extract of Justicia gendarussa and wi...

The stimulatory effect of the extract of Portulaca oleracea (P. olerace) on β-adrenoceptor of tracheal smooth muscle was examined. To examine β-adrenoceptor stimulatory effect, concentration response curve to isoprenaline was obtained in pre-contracted tracheal smooth muscle in the presence of three concentrations of aqueous-ethanolic extract, propranolol and saline. Values of EC50 (the effecti...

objective: oxidative stress plays an important role in the development of diabetic complications including metabolic abnormality-induced diabetic micro-vascular and macro-vascular complications. urtica dioica l. (u. dioica) has been traditionally used in iranian medicine as an herbal remedy for hypoglycemic or due to its anti-inflammatory properties. the aim of the present study was to evaluate...