OBJECTIVES Annual incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly growing and development of the alternative drugs against it is a major concern. Artemisia genus is a traditional medicinal plant in Iran. The aim of this study was to examine the leishmanicidal activity of various Iranian Artemisia species extracts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Different extracts were gathered from eleven Iranian...

Propolis is a sticky resinous mixture of plant secretions and bee wax. has used for ethnobotanical reasons from ancient cultures nowadays the researchers focus on testing propolis extracts raw forms health problems. Knowledge about quality samples very important to solve various The highly associated with botanical origin. This preliminary study was conducted determining origin Malatya in 2022....

The antimicrobial activity of four propolis samples collected from Upper Egypt against Staphylococcus aureus; Escherichia coli and Candida albicans was evaluated. There was a variation in the antimicrobial activity according to the propolis origin. Banisweif propolis showed the highest antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans, but Fayoum propol...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic resistance is an emerging public health problem. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described antibiotic resistance as one of the world's most pressing health problems in 21st century. WHO rated antibiotic resistance as "one of the three greatest threats to human health". One important strategy employed to overcome this resistance is the use of combinatio...

The aim of this study is to add functional food feature ice cream, which a popular food, by enriching it with propolis. In addition, another the provide widespread consumption potential through cream propolis, cannot be consumed raw and whose benefits properties are unknown most consumers. A mixture consisting total 6 sample groups containing 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4% 0.5% propolis powder wa...

Water-based propolis extracts usually contain up to 10-fold lower quantities of active ingredients due poor solubility in water bioactive compounds when compared with ethanol-based extracts. Since are limited use, water-based preferred nowadays. The application alternative extraction techniques should be evaluated improve efficiency. Aqueous were prepared using purified and propylene glycol, 2-...