Objective: Control of weight gain is an important strategy in reducing the diabetes incidence. Recently, herbal drugs have been used as a complementary and alternative medicinal care. This study was conducted to determine the effect of Ferula asafoetida on weight gain, fat accumulation, liver steatosis and leptin level. Materials and Methods: All rats of control and treatment groups received d...

objective: control of weight gain is an important strategy in reducing the diabetes incidence. recently, herbal drugs have been used as a complementary and alternative medicinal care. this study was conducted to determine the effect of ferula asafoetida on weight gain, fat accumulation, liver steatosis and leptin level. materials and methods: all rats of control and treatment groups received da...

OBJECTIVE(S) Based on knowledge from traditional herbal medicine, Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida) has several therapeutic applications but there is less knowledge about its effect on neurons. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to evaluate neuronal differentiation, neuronal like cells were stained against neuronal specific markers β-Tubulin III and MAP2. After establishment of neuronal differenti...

several complications attributed with herpes virus related infections and the emergence of drug resistant viruses prompt scientists to search for new drugs. several terpenoids and coumarins have shown anti hsv effects while no sesquiterpene coumarin have been previously tested for hsv treatment. three sesquiterpene coumarins [badrakemin acetate (1), kellerin (2) and samarcandin diasteromer (3) ...

ferula gummosa boiss is a good source of biologically active compounds such as monoterpene and sesquiterpene derivatives. there are also several reports on antioxidant effects of these compounds. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of daily administration of f. gummosa root hydro-alcoholic extract on serum oxidant-antioxidant status. twenty four wistar rats were randomly divided...

The xanthippe group of species of the genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is revised and keyed. It contains seven species with a yellow area on the scutum medial to the notopleuron: Urophora bakhtiari new species (from flowerheads of Cousinia archibaldii), Urophora dirlbeki new species (from flowerheads of Onopordum acanthium), U. iani Korneyev & Merz 1998, U. impicta (Hering 1942) (= Uropho...

Two new 9,19-cycloartane triterpene glycosides 1-2, together with four known compounds--26-deoxyactein (3), actein (4), 7,8-didehydro-26-deoxyactein (5) and cimiaceroside B (6)--were isolated from the rhizome of Cimicifuga foetida. The new triterpene glycosides were identified as 23-O-methyl-24-deoxy-2'-O-(3''-methylmalonyl)-cimiaceroside B (1) and 2'-O-(3''-methylmalonyl)actein (2) based on an...