1 Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2 Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 3 Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 4 Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran...

BACKGROUND This is a first description of the main ethnoveterinary features of the peasants in the Sierras de Córdoba. The aim of this study was to analyze the use of medicinal plants and other traditional therapeutic practices for healing domestic animals and cattle. Our particular goals were to: characterize veterinary ethnobotanical knowledge considering age, gender and role of the specialis...

The capacity to identify an unknown organism using the DNA sequence from a single gene has many applications. These include the development of biodiversity inventories ( Janzen et al. 2005), forensics (Meiklejohn et al. 2011), biosecurity (Armstrong and Ball 2005), and the identification of cryptic species (Smith et al. 2006). The popularity and widespread use (Teletchea 2010) of the DNA barcod...

1. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. 2. Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; Tehran, Iran. 5. Behavioral Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sc...

Plant Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63132 (E.M.H.); University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute, 1120 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 (R.M.H.); Pioneer Hi-Bred International, 7300 NW 62nd...

The present work offers a review addressing the chemistry and pharmacology of Limnophila geoffrayi Bonati (belonging to Scrophulariaceae family) regarded as one of the most significant plant species in traditional system of medicine. The plant is used traditionally as an antipyretic, expectorant, lactogogue and to prepare a decoction as antidote for detoxification of poisons. Few phytochemical ...

The holistic concept of Xhosa and Zulu traditional medicine and sorne differences from Western orthodox practice are briefly outlined. The transmission of herbal knowledge within various social groups is outlined. The background, training and sorne procedures followed by five of the informants are discussed. Plant characteristics that may be seen, felt, smelled or tasted are considered as possi...

Polyphenols (PPH) are a group of chemical substances found in plants, characterized by the presence of more than one phenol unit . The largest and best studied polyphenols are the fl avonoids, which include several thousand compounds. PPH are the most abundant antioxidants in human diets. Their sheer mass in the diet exceeds that of the consumed vitamins. The Mediterranean diet is rich in PPH b...

young, there are purple patches and youthful vanities in his writing. Not for him the advice of Samuel Johnson to the effect that if ever you write a passage of which you are particularly proud, strike it out. For all that, the diaries are very readable and one grows fond of young Wright as he records every conceivable detail of his hopes and ambitions, what he had to eat, how he dressed for va...

Part I: Passionflower and Anxiety The beautiful purple passionflower is renowned as an ornamental flower, but it has been touted as an effective herbal medicine in cultures around the globe for centuries.[1] The Aztecs of Mexico and South America used passionflower as a sedative and nerve tonic, a use which the Spanish conquistadors took back to Europe, where use of passionflower has flourished...