effect of otostegia persica on naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal syndrome was studied in male mice. dependence was induced using daily subcutaneous injections of morphine for three days. morphine was injected to mice at doses of 30 and 45mg/kg on day 1 and 60 and 90mg/kg on day 2 (8:00 am and 6:00 pm). on day 3, morphine (90mg/kg) was injected 1h before oral administration and 1.5h before in...

background and objectives: otostegia persica (burm.) boiss. is an endemic plant of iran with various applications in traditional medicine which contains of several antioxidant constituents. this research was aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract from o. persica aerial parts in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvecs) using hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) as an inducer of oxi...

In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of the methanol extract of aerial parts (shoot) from Otostegia persica Boiss (Golder) was investigated against the carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced acute hepatotoxicity in male rats. Liver damage was induced through the oral administration of 50% CCl4 in liquid paraffin (2.5 mL/Kg bw, per os) 60 min after the administration of the methanol extract o...

evaluating the in vitro antifungal activity of phlomis lanceolata, rhynchocorys elephas, otostegia persica and eremurus persicus, four species used in iranian traditional medicine, has been performed on the clinical isolates of the pathogenic fungi aspergillus fumigatus, a. flavus, trichophyton mentagrophytes, t. rubrum, t. verrucosum, microsporum canis, m. gypseum and epidermophyton floccosum ...

in this study, the hepatoprotective effect of the methanol extract of aerial parts (shoot) from otostegia persica boiss (golder) was investigated against the carbon tetrachloride (ccl4)-induced acute hepatotoxicity in male rats. liver damage was induced through the oral administration of 50% ccl4 in liquid paraffin (2.5 ml/kg bw, per os) 60 min after the administration of the methanol extract o...

malaria is one of the worldwide parasitic diseases which threaten the life of hundreds of millions of people at the malarious areas each year. the emergence of chloroquine-resistant strains of plasmodium falciparum in most of the malarious areas has encountered the relevant countries with some difficulties about treating the acute cases of the disease particulary if the monotherapy regimen has ...