BACKGROUND Teucrium polium (T. polium; locally called 'kalpooreh') is a herbal medicine with therapeutic effects against diabetes and fungal infections, and it has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects as well. It is also used traditionally as a remedy in treating headache, dysmenorrhea, convulsions and gastrointestinal disorders. Moreover, its hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and antibacterial ef...

in the present study, protective effect of teucrium polium l. (labiatae) extract on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity was investigated in mice. animals were divided into six groups, each group consist of 8 mice. group one as the negative control group received normal saline, while group two received only crude extract of t. polium l. (500 mg/kg) for five days and group three as the positive ...

Objective: Teucrium polium L. (family Lamiaceae) is a wild-growing flowering plant, found abundantly in South-Western Asia, Europe and North Africa. Traditionally, T. polium has been used for different pathological conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders, inflammations, diabetes and rheumatism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of ethanol extract of Teucri...

Plant extracts are proved to possess many positive effects in cancer treatment. While many of commonly used therapeutics rely on cytotoxic methodologies, much less are based on positive influence on migrating potential of cancer cells, i.e. on antimetastatic grounds. Here, according to our knowledge, for the first time was investigated influence of Teucrium montanum L. and T. polium L. methanol...

Introduction: Recently, the search for appropriate hypoglycemic agents has been focused on plants. Teucrium polium is traditionally used in Iran to manage, control and treat diabetes. We designed this study to elucidate the effect of the administration of oral doses of aqueous and ethanol extract from Teucrium polium on plasma glucose, lipid profiles and liver enzymes in diabetic and non dia...

Dormancy and germination requirements were investigated in seeds of Ferula gummosa Boiss (Apiaceae) and Teucrium polium L. (Labiatae). Seeds of both species were subjected to different treatments including various levels of GA3, HNO3, H2SO4, chilling and soaking with water at different temperatures. Germination of both species increased at higher concentrations of GA3. In the case of F. gummosa...

The chemical composition and antioxidant activity of different extracts (diethyl ether, ethyl acetate and n-butanol) obtained from Teucrium species (T. chamaedrys, T. montanum, T. polium) were investigated in this work. Phytochemical screening of the plant extracts proved the presence of flavonoids luteolin, apigenin and/or diosmetin. The chemical composition of extracts was evaluated by HPLC a...

Background and objectives: Amongst the serious metabolic disorders, diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common disease throughout the world. The excess of morbidity and mortality associated with DM and its complications emphasize the importance of new or alternative therapeutic strategies in prevention and treatment of this chronic disorder. Medicinal herbs grow vastly in Iran and are ...