In order to investigate the effects of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) alcoholic extract on liver injury caused by the oxidant carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), an experiment was performed as a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement (2 × 2) with 4 replications of 10 broilers each. Factors included two levels of peppermint leaf alcoholic extract (0 and 2 mL/Kg body weight) and CCl4 (...

the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) was investigated for its possible hypoglycemic and antioxidant potentials in streptozotocin (stz) induced diabetic wistar female rats. a single intraperitoneal injection of stz at a dose of 55 mg/kg body weight elevated the glucose levels more than 230 mg/dl after 3 days. treatment with the aqueous extract of syzygium cumini (pulp) at 100 mg/kg and ...

Background: The results of the chemical detection showed that active groups in fruit extracts tannin plant contained glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, terpene and phenols.
 Aim: To evaluate Tannins inhibition activity against Candida albicans. 
 Materials methods: A number aqueous, alcoholic acetone were prepared, their effect on albicans was tested. Four concentrations used ...

(Japanese name “Tsurureishi”) is cultivated as a vegetable in Asian countries. In Chinese, Indian Ayurvedic, and Indonesian Jamu traditional medicines, the fruit of this plant has been used as a bitter stomachic, a laxative, an antidiabetic, and an anthelmintic for children. Recently, the alcoholic extract from the fruit of M. charantia originated in Sri Lanka was reported to inhibit the increa...

Introduction: In traditional medicine, pumpkin seeds are prescribed and used commonly as energetic and sexual enhancer substances. This study was planned and carried out in order to fill the gap caused by the lack of sufficient scientific evidence on the effect of this substance on oogenesis and hormone-pituitary-ovarian axis. Revealing the effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of pumpkin seeds on ...

abstract aims: bovine mastitis continues to be the most costly disease to the dairy farmers. it dominates in iran as one of the most prevalent diseases in dairy cattle among the dairy farms. mastitis treatment with antibiotics leads to the development of antibiotic resistant strains and consumer health problem. this study was performed for the first time to analyze in vitro effects of hydro-alc...

Electrocoagulation of a plant extract and certain substances representative of selected classes of plant pigments, viz. chlorophyll, a carotenoid, a phenolic substance and a tannin, was performed in ethanol containing varying amounts of water (15-75%). The results showed that the extent and efficiency of coagulation of these substances tends to vary in a manner directly related to the water con...

Removing the bacteria, including Enterococcus faecalis, from the root canal is one of the important aims in endodontic treatment.We aimed to compare the antibacterial activity of Chlorhexidine with two natural drugs. The antibacterial activities of three different propolis extracts (alcohol concentrations: 0, 15, 40%) and Aloe vera gel on E. faecalis were compared using three methods: disk dif...

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is one of the common complications of diabetes mellitus which is caused by impairment in nerve conductivity. The role of flavonoid and polyphenol compounds in treatment of neuropathic pain has been revealed, and extract of onion contains significant amounts of these compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alcoholic extract of onion on ...