Obesity refers to abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the human body which results in health risk. Obesity leads to several risk factors for a number of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and osteoarthritis. Curcumin, the major polyphenol of turmeric spice, is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). Growth of adipose tissue is enhanced by the process...

Most plant lectins exhibit other properties. Some also bind plant growth regulators, the cytokinins, which are small hydrophobic molecules derivate from adenine [5,6]. They are secreted proteins and are found in vacuoles, cell walls, or intercellular spaces, of just about every plant organ [7]. Legume root lectins, are involved in the recognition and binding of Rhizobium and Brudyrhizobium sp. ...

Medicinal use of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L) has ancient history, but the isolation of morphine was not described until the early nineteenth century. Morphine is the most important alkaloid of opium poppy in the last 50 years. In the morphine pathway has been reported to generate morphine in this species, CODM has a crucial role as the gene coding the enzyme respons...

Objective IL-1α produces by sertoli cells and considered as a growth factor for spermatogonia. In this study we investigated the association of C376A polymorphism in IL-1α gene with male infertility in men referring to Kashan IVF center which followed by an in silico approach. MaterialsAndMethods In a case-control study, 2 ml blood was collected from 230 fertile and 230 infertile men. After DNA...

Medicinal use of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L) has ancient history, but the isolation of morphine was not described until the early nineteenth century. Morphine is the most important alkaloid of opium poppy in the last 50 years. In the morphine pathway has been reported to generate morphine in this species, CODM has a crucial role as the gene coding the enzyme respons...

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a multifunctional cytokine that plays a critical role in apoptosis, differentiation and proliferation. The intensity of IL4 response depends upon binding to its receptor, IL-4R. The therapeutic efficiency of interleukins can be increased by generating structural mutants having greater stability. In the present work, attempts were made to increase the stability of human I...