objective: antibiotic resistant to antimicrobial agent is one of the most important concern in hospitals, which can cause lots of costs, treatment fails and mortality rates. acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen notorious for causing serious nosocomial infections that resist antibiotic therapy. the purpose of current study was to define the evolution of antimicrobial imp...

the oxidative stability of margarine supplemented with different concentrations of fennel (foeniculum vulgare) seed extract (fse) was compared to the synthetic antioxidants; butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) and butylated hydroxytoluene (bht) at legal concentrations. the experiment was carried out under accelerated storage conditions for 4 weeks employing peroxide value (pv), p-anisidine value (av...

in a completely randomized design, the effect of the extract from trifolium alexandrium (0, 0.2 and 0.4%) on the germination, some morphological characteristics, photosynthetic pigments, and nutrients uptake of prosopis cineraria was evaluated. the highest germination rate and percentage (9.16 and 21%, respectively) were recorded in the 0.2% treatment. the maximum and minimum lengths of radicle...

background: deodorant products prevent the growth and activity of the degrading apocrine gland bacteria living in the armpit. common antibacterial agents in the market like triclosan and aluminum salts, in spite of their suitable antibacterial eff ects, increase the risk of alzheimer’s disease, breast and prostate cancers or induce contact dermatitis. th erefore, plant extracts possessing ant...

reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ros/rns) play a crucial role in inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) exacerbating the chronic inflammatory process. endogenous and diet antioxidants can neutralize these compounds. the apple is widely consumed, with several antioxidant activity compounds. the present study evaluated the effects of concentrated apple extract (cae) in acetic acid induced colitis....

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...

introduction: olive leaf contains anti-inflammatory and cox-2 inhibitor compounds. considering the role of the cox enzyme in seizures, this research was performed to assess the effects of this extract in treatment of seizures induced by ptz. methods: in this research, male wistar rats (200±20 g) were injected intra-cerebroventricularly with 1 μl saline or olive leaf extract (125 μg, 250 μg and ...

background: previous studies have confirm the effects of water extract of crocus sativus on the euphoric and behavioral properties of morphine in mice. objective: in the present study, the effects of intra-accumbal administration of alcohol extract of crocus sativus stigma on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference (cpp) in male wistar rats (250-300 g) we...

b a ckground: we aimed to extract the ingredients from leaves of gossypium hirsutum (bt cotton) using different solvents and evaluate for potential use to control different larval stages of mosquito species, aedes aegypti and anoph eles stephensi . m e t hods: qualitative and quantitative estimation of ingredients from go. hirsutum (bt) plant extract was carried out and their inhibitory action ...

thymus vulgaris is a plant from lamiasceae family. the antimicrobial activities of t. vulgaris essential oil and extract depend on the phenolic compounds like carvacrol, thymol, γ-terpinene and p-cymene, which are reported to have antibacterial properties. in this research the antimicrobial effect of different concentration (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4%)of thymus vulgaris extract was studied on salmonella...