effects of yeast extract (ye) (0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 1%) were investigated on rosmarinic acid (ra) accumulation and tyrosine aminotransferase (tat) gene expression in melissa officinalis seedlings at different time intervals (4 and 17 hours). based on the results, only ye concentrations of 0.05%, 0.1%, and 0.2%, for the 17-hour treatment, significantly stimulated ra biosynthesis pathway. a...

in the present study ethanol and water extracts of 15 seaweeds, dictyota dichotoma var. velutricata, dictyota indica, iyengaria stellata, padina pavonia, sargassum swartzii, sargassum variegatum, stoechospermum marginatum, stokeyia indica, jolyna laminarioides, caulerpa taxifolia, halimeda tuna, ulva fasciata, ulva lactuca, solieria robusta, and melanothamnus afaqhusainii, were evaluated for th...

methanol 70% extract of bauhinia racemosa aerial parts was tested for antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal strains and for antioxidant activity and also total content of polyphenols with phytochemical analysis of the extract was determined. the results have showed that the extract has a significant antimicrobial activity, it inhibited the growth of bacillus subtilis and...

background and objectives: application of garlic oil in food industry can be improved by encapsulation. there is no study about the formation of inclusion complex of garlic oil by beta-cyclodextrin. the aim of the present study is comparison of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of free and encapsulated garlic oil with beta-cyclodextrin. materials and methods: antioxidant activity was...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the possible protective effect of sodium selenite on serum, liver, and kidney antioxidant enzymes activities in alloxan-induced type 1 diabetic rats. methods: forty sprague-dawley male rats were randomly divided into four groups; group one as control, group two as sham-treated with sodium selenite by 1 mg/kg intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections dai...

background: the approaches chosen for control of outbreaks of infectious diseases in aquatic farming industry include improvement of environmental conditions, stocking of specific pathogen free (spf) brood stockings, and application of vaccines and immunostimulants. despite numerous studies on the effects of ergosan on immune system of aquatic animals, there is no data available on antioxidant ...

pomegranate, a small tree with potential human health benefits, is grown mainly in iran, india and usa as well as in most near and far east countries. it has been used extensively in folk medicine for a number of therapeutic purposes. in the present study, the ferric reducing/antioxidant power assay (frap) was employed and the frap value of the seed fraction of six different cultivars of pomegr...

the subject handled in this study is the determination of antioxidant activities of extracts obtained from the urginea maritima (l.) baker plant’s leaves and tubers. extractions which were obtained using various solvents as methanol, ethanol, acetone and benzine. the antioxidant activity of the extracts was determined using β-karotene-linoleic acid system. moreover, the free radical scavenging ...

lemon verbena (lippia citriodora) belongs tothe verbenaceae (shahpasand) family.l.citriodora is chemical  composition of the leaves plant have antimicrobial properties, refrigerant,anti-headaches one-sided, anti- pains nerve and housing, carminative, helping to digestion, relaxation, dizziness, colds therapy,  memory booster and etc.  in this study, phenolic compounds of l.citriodoraleaves were...

background: essential oils of medicinal plants such as chamomile are very complex natural mixtures which can contain compounds at quite different concentrations and some of their components have antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in foodstuff. objective: the antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of chamomile essential oil in cake preparation were evaluated during 75 days of storage. metho...