abstract background and purpose: in traditional medicine, herbal products still remain the principal source of pharmaceutical agents. the present study aimed to investigate the antifungal effects of echinophora platyloba and rosmarinus officinalis extracts on c. albicans species. materials and methods: the aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts of e. platyloba and r. officinalis, collected from th...

background: premenstrual syndrome (pms) is a condition characterized by a number of behavioral, psychological and physical symptoms recurring cyclically during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. the uncertainty in the pathogenesis of pms has led to many treatment protocols being suggested as possible therapies. the present study was carried out to compare the effects of echinophora-platyl...

background: dysmenorrhea occurred in about fifty percent of women with regular menstruation. different methods were applied for treatment and medications with lower side effects are preferred. aim of this study was to detect the effect of echinophora-platyloba on primary dysmenorrhea in students. methods: this single blind clinical trial was carried out in single students with primary dysmenorr...

In the current study, the antibacterial effect of Echinophora platyloba essential oil and common liquid smoke (individually and in combination) against Staphylococcus aureus in beef meat samples is investigated. Using an automated microbiological growth analyser and the turbidimetric technique, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBC) of the ...

Abstract Background and Purpose: In traditional medicine, herbal products still remain the principal source of pharmaceutical agents. The present study aimed to investigate the antifungal effects of Echinophora platyloba and Rosmarinus officinalis extracts on C. albicans species. Materials and Methods: The aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts of E. platyloba and R. officinalis, collected f...

the present study is conducted in order to investigate the antioxidant capacity of echinophora platyloba dc (duncan) essential oil (eo), growing wild in west azerbaijan, iran, with four different assays. the aerial parts of echinophora platyloba dc were provided from maraghe city district, northwest of iran and its phytochemicals were determined using gc-ms analysis. in order to evaluate and co...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of the ethanolic extract of Echinophora platyloba DC. on Candida albicans. Using the agar dilution method, the growth condition of standard Candida albicans ATCC 10231, cultured on the media containing plant extracts at different concentrations (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 and 256 mg/ml) was studied. The results were recorded twenty one...