abstract background: herbal distillates have been used for many centuries as drinks, flavors, and herbal medicine in iran, especially in the city of urmia. recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates. methanol is a highly toxic compound which can cause acute or chronic toxicity in humans. acute poisoning with methanol can cause different comp...

BACKGROUND Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease (SAD) is caused by genetic risk factors, aging and oxidative stresses. The herbal extract of Rosa canina (R. canina), Tanacetum vulgare (T. vulgare) and Urtica dioica (U. dioica) has a beneficial role in aging, as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative agent. In this study, the neuroprotective effects of this herbal extract in the rat model of SAD was in...

Herbal medications are being progressively utilized all over the world. Nevertheless, herbal remedies are not without hazards and several cases of adverse reactions have been described. Tribulus terrestris is traditionally used because of its aphrodisiac and antiurolithiatic activities with almost complete inhibition of stone formation. We report a case of T. terrestris-induced hepatotoxicity, ...

Background: Herbal distillates had been used for many centuries as herbal medicine in Traditional Persian medicine. Recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates which can cause different complications or even death as methanol is highly toxic. The main purpose of this study was to determine methanol content in the commonly-used industrial herb...

BACKGROUND Medicinal plants in Uganda and other developing countries have been scientifically demonstrated to have medicinal benefits but few or none have been translated to products for clinical use. Most herbal products developed by local herbalists and sold to the public are not standardized and lack efficacy and safety data to support use. OBJECTIVE To formulate from two Ugandan medicinal...

Introduction Recently, fructose consumption has been suggested to be one of the environmental factors contributing to the development of insulin resistance, obesity, dislipidemia and other abnormalities of the metabolic syndrome. Aim Herbal extracts with established therapeutic efficiency in patients with obesity and diabetes have been traditionally used in Bulgarian ethnomedicine.This study in...

sporadic alzheimer’s disease (sad) is affected by genetic risk factors, aging and oxidative stresses. the herbal extract of r. canina, t. vulgare and u. dioica has a beneficial role in aging, as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative agent. we investigate the neuroprotective effects of this herbal extract in the rat model of sad.  the rats were divided into control, sham, model, herbal extract...

background: sporadic alzheimer’s disease (sad) is caused by genetic risk factors, aging and oxidative stresses. the herbal extract of rosa canina (r. canina), tanacetum vulgare (t. vulgare) and urtica dioica (u. dioica) has a beneficial role in aging, as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative agent. in this study, the neuroprotective effects of this herbal extract in the rat model of sad was i...

Title:Gastroprotective effect of the traditional herbal medicine, Sipjeondaebo-tang water extract, against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury.