The chamazulene and α-(−)-bisabolol contents and quality of the chamomile oil are affected by genetic background and environmental conditions. Salicylic acid (SA), as a signaling molecule, plays a significant role in the plant physiological processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical profile, quantity, and improve the essential oil quality as a consequence of the increase of c...

Periodontal disease is the major cause of tooth loss in adults. Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans are considered key pathogens in periodontitis. The treatment consists of oral hygiene education, instrumentation for removal of calculus (scaling), chemotherapy and periodontal surgery. Several agents are commercially available; these chemicals can alter oral microb...

The present investigation was carried out in the two consecutive years i.e. 2011-12 and 2012-13 at Main Experiment Station, Department of Horticulture, NDUA&T, Faizabad, (U.P.). The experiment was conducted in RBD replicated four times with twelve treatments. The treatments involved in the study were 12 in numbers i.e. FYM in six different doses (0, 05,10,15,20 and 25 t/ha) and nitrogen through...

INTRODUCTION Osteoarthritis is the most prevalent chronic non-infective joint arthritis. Because of its chronic disease nature, local drugs are preferred due to lower complications. In the present study, the new herbal pomade Marhame-Mafasel for knee osteoarthritis was used in a double-blind crossover trial. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of Marhame-Mafasel pomade, w...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assay the antifungal activity of selected essential oils obtained from plants against both fluconazole (FLU)-resistant and FLU-susceptible C. albicans strains isolated from HIV positive patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation method from Myrtus communis (My. communis),...

a 3-month-old short haired pointer with crusty local alopecia around the eyes was presented to smallanimal hospital of tehran university. scraping and biopsy were obtained from lesions of affected area.notoedres sp. was diagnosed in skin scraping by parasitologic examination. furthermore, histopathology oflesions demonstrated moderate hyperplastic epidermis, parakeratosis and acanthosis.

over production of uric acid by xanthine oxidase (xo) causes gout. xo inhibitors for example allopurinol are the most important available anti gout drugs. medicinal herbs are available natural sources that may be useful for the treatment of gout. in this study the inhibitory activity of aqueous extracts of matricaria chamomilla l., hypericum perforatum l., fraxinus excelsior l., zea mays l., tr...