background: corn silk (cs) is widely used in iranian traditional medicine. the aim of this study was to investigate hepatoprotective activity of cs by isolated rat liver perfusion system (irlp). methods: hydro-alcoholic extract of corn silk (10, 20, 40, and 100 mg kg-1) was evaluated for its hepatoprotective activity by irlp. phenol and flavonoid contents of the extract were determined as galli...

In this present work the fresh flowers of Allamanda Cathartica Linn. were collected and the solution of Allamanda Cathartica was extracted with 90% methanol under reflux. The alcoholic extract was concentrated in vacuo and the aqueous concentrate, successively fractionated with benzene, peroxide free diethylether and ethylacetate. The benzene fraction was not yielding any isolable material. The...

Fresh flowers of Allamanda Cathartica Linn. were collected and was extracted with 90% methanol under reflux. The alcoholic extract was concentrated in vacuo and the aqueous concentrate was fractionated with benzene, peroxide free diethylether and ethylacetate successively. The ethyl acetate fraction was concentrated in vacuo and left in an ice chest for a few days. The yellow solid obtained, a ...

This article presents data on the export of raw materials and results pharmacological studies caper buds for use in pharmaceutical industry. For this, volumes products last 2 years were studied preclinical aqueous-alcoholic extract obtained from local plant carried out comparison with reference preparations. As a result, has reliable hypoglycemic activity comparable to preparation “Gluqueir” ca...

background: diabetes is considered as one of the most common chronic disease. studies show that diabetes decreases the activity of antioxidant enzymes. the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the alcoholic extract of juglans regia leave on brain antioxidant enzymes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. materials and methods: in this study, adult male wistar rats (n=40, weight ...

Plants belonging to the Rhodiola genus, originating from Asia, are traditionally used as tonic, adaptogen, antidepressant and anti-inflammatory drugs. These plants have also potent immunomodulatory properties and in some situations possibly could be used instead of standard antibiotic therapy (e.g. during pregnancy or lactation). The aim of our present study was to establish whether aqueous (RK...

Introduction: Rosa Damasca essential oil is currently used as anti-depressant in animal models and human. Considering the similarities between Rosa Canina and Rosa Damasca, the effects of water and alcoholic extracts of R. Canina on depression induced by forced swimming test (FST) in mice were investigated. Methods: Male NMRI mice (25-30 g) were used (n=6/group). Intraperitoneal injections o...

objective(s) this study planned to assess antidepressant like activity of aqueous extract from leaves of citrus maxima merr. (rutaceae). materials and methods boiling was used for aqueous extraction. acute toxicity study was performed in mice. antidepressant activity was studied using locomotor activity test, modified forced swimming test (fst) and tail suspension test (tst). three doses 100, 2...