background and aims: neurons are injured under physical, chemical and pathological conditions. the effect of peripheral nervous system injuries may return as retrograde to the cell body of neurons in central nervous system resulting in brain and spinal cord degeneration. because of high content of camphor and borneol, achillea biebersteinii from asteracea family may be effective in prevention t...

microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) method has been compared with hydrodistillation (hd) conventional technique for extraction of essential oil from achillea millefolium. microwave-assisted hydrodistillation were examined at three levels of microwave powers (300, 500, and 700 w) .   obtained results show that   mahd offers important advantages over hd in terms of energy savings and extr...

objective: for many years in herbal medicine the antihypertensive and lowering blood lipid properties of achillea wilhelmsii (a. wilhelmsii) have been suggested. in the present study the impacts of the plant extract on rabbit’s blood pressure and heart rate have been investigated. materials and methods: twelve nwz rabbits weighed 2-3 kg were randomly divided into two groups of 6 rabbits. the te...

BACKGROUND Achillea kellalensis, which is frequently used by Chaharmahal va Bakhtiarians residing in, Southwest of Iran, as a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of acute diarrhea, has been selected to examine its antiviral activities against bovine rotavirus and cell toxicity activity in MA-104 cells. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic and anti-...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of four medicinal plants with antibacterial property on immune system and ileum bacteria population of broiler chicks.a total 336 day-old male ross broiler chicks were used in a crd design with 6 treatments and 4 replicates per each treatment. cuminum l, mentha piperita l, achillea l, teucrium polium l, in levels of 1.5, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.2 ...