fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) is widely cultivated for its edible, strongly-flavored leaves, fruits, seeds andmedicinal uses. as the wild and cultivated plants are influenced by environmental stresses, the effects of salt (25, 50 and 75 mm nacl), nitrogen and iron deficiency (0 n, 0.5 n of hoagland’s solution, 0 fe and 0.5 fe ofhoagland’s solution), 2°c cold (2, 3 and 4 h) and drought (3, 5...

dysmenorrhea is among the most common gynecological complaints. there are several mechanisms which initiate dysmenorrhea. therefore, different compounds can be employed to control its symptoms. nsaids such as ibuprofen are highly used in modern medicine to relieve the pain in short-term therapy. this method is not acceptable for long-term therapy due to side effects. our previous data showed th...

in this study, genetic diversity of 30 accessions of the fennel from different cities of iran and other asian and european countries were assessed by using 20 selective aflp primers. totally, from 1127 observed bands, 250 bands were polymorph. e11-m20 primer with 20 bands, also e46-m35 and etg-m20 primers with 8 bands indicated the maximum and minimum numbers of polymorphism, respectively. acco...

one of the strategies for improving the quality of agricultural products is using bio-fertilizers. so in order to study the effects of mycorrhizal fungi, vermicompost and humic acid on growth characteristics and yield of fennel, an experiment was studied on research farm of agricultural college of shahrood university. this study was conducted as factorial experiment based on completely randomiz...

introduction during the last decades interest in organic production of seed specially for medicinal plants take into consideration because of higher quality of organic products (hermes, 2010). seed germination is one of the principal stages in the plant life cycle and seeds with higher quality and vigour resulted in more pronounced seedlings growth and development. therefore, investigation of a...

Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands years and moving number modern drugs have isolated from natural sources they plays an important role in the treatment management different diseases. The practice herbal medicine existed since prehistoric times as primary medicine. In recent technology very much advanced, medicines still show are finding exceptional acceptance both devel...

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...