conclusions our findings indicated that oxidative stress could play an essential role in male infertility caused by varicocele and may impair spermatogenesis leading to infertility. objectives in the current study, we aimed to assess the tac (total antioxidant capacity) and mda (malondialdehyde) as stress oxidative markers in infertile men with varicocele and fertile men, and moreover, their co...

abstract introduction: medicinal plants belong to lamiaceae family are potential sources of new drugs to improve the treatment of diseases which its treatment is linked to anti-oxidative agents. in this paper, antioxidant potentials of some lamiaceae species have been evaluated by two methods. methods: phosphomolybdate assay for total antioxidant capacity and ferric reducing antioxidant potenti...

background: infertility is defined as the inability to achieve the pregnancy within a year of unprotected intercourse. infertility is a complex issue and different factors such as stress oxidative can be involved in this problem. so, any attempt to neutralize oxidative stress would be helpful in the treatment of infertility. melatonin is a known scavenger of free radicals. objective: the aim of...

several lichen species have been used for medicinal purposes throughout the ages, and they were reported to be effective in the treatment of different disorders including tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, ulcer, dysentery and cancer. it is revealed that they may be easily accessible sources of natural drugs that could be used as a possible food supplement or in pharmaceutical industry after their safe...

introduction: perepubertal varicocele can result in hypotrophy of testes, sperm damage and decrease the function of leydig cells in future. pathophysiology of varicocele is unclear. increased reactive oxygen species (ros) is a major theory. there are many controversies in treatment of pediatric varicocele. flaxseed (fs) is the richest source of lignans with antioxidant properties. the aim of th...

the hawthorn fruits have been used as food and medicine for centuries. in the present study, pulp and seed extract of crataegus elbursensis rech. f. fruits belonging to the family rosaceae and native of northern part of iran were evaluated for the polyphenol contents, antiradical, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities. the total phenolic, flavonoid, and anthocyanin contents of methanolic pu...

sumac (rhus coriaria l.) is used as an herbal remedy in traditional medicine. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sumac (rhus coriaria l.) on serum glycemic status, apolipoprotein (apo) b, apoa-i and total antioxidant capacity (tac) in type 2 diabetic patients. this double blind randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 41 type 2 diabetic volunteers randomly assign...

objective: the inoculation of substrates with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) is one of the most important effective strategies applied and one of the aims of sustainable agriculture. methods: this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of amf inoculation (0, 2.5, and 5 w/w) on morpho-physiological traits such as flower and root dry weight, water-use efficiency and antioxidant capa...

background & aim: fruits from the jujube plant (ziziphus jujuba) possess health-promoting effects and medicinal properties. jujube has a long history of usage as a remedy in iranian traditional medicine and is recommended for the treatment of some diseases. this study investigated the variations in antioxidant capacities (aox), total phenol (tph), total flavonoid (tf) and total anthocyanin ...