In the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, the ovary appears to be one of the main sources of regulatory peptides involved in the successive steps of egg-laying. Following the identification of the SepCRP-1, which is a peptide extracted from ovary and involved in egg capsule secretion, investigations were focused on the identification of related peptides. Seven related-Sepia Capsule Releasing Peptid...

Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) has been used for many centuries in traditional Indian Ayurvedic formulations for the prevention and treatment of many inflammatory diseases. The present study evaluated the anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant properties of amla fruit extract. The amla fruit extract potentially and significantly reduced lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tissue factor expression...

mRNA from two molluscs, the snail Levantina hierosolima and the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, and one arthropod, the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus, were found to contain species that hybridize with an oligodeoxynucleotide sequence corresponding to the six-amino-acid sequence His-His-Trp-His-Trp-His postulated to carry binuclear copper in arthropod haemocyanins. The duplexes formed between th...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that was characterized with deposit of beta amyloid (Aβ) aggregate in senile plaque. Oxidative damage to neurons and loss of cholinergic neurons in forebrain region are observed in this disease. Melissa officinalis is a medicinal plant from Lamiaceae family, used traditionally in the treatment of cognitive disorders. It has cholinomimetic ...

background & aim: marigold or calendula officinalis l. is a annual herb belongs to the asteraceae family.  marigold is a valuable medicinal plant which is used in pharmaceutical industry.  in addition, this plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant. aim of current study was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of jasmonic acid (ja), and salicylic acid (sa) on phytochemical pr...

Background & Aims: There are several reports about anti-oxidant effects of garlic in the literature. In this study the effect of garlic alcoholic-water extract on the treatment of lead-induced toxicity in kidney of neonatal rat and the protective effect of garlic alcoholic water extract on body and kidney weight and also kidney tissue were investigated. Method: Neonatal rats were divided in...

Melissa officinalis, Labiateae has been used for the treatment of several disorders including diseases of the heart, liver, brain, insanity, giddiness, gripping, muscular pain, asthma, hydrophobia, tuberculous glands, headache, and scabies. In the present study immunomodulatory property of isolated compound obtained from ethanolic extract of whole plant of Melissa officinalis was investigated. ...