background & aim:breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after lung cancer. given that the herbal ingredients are used for centuries to treat cancer,the aim of this study was to determine the cytotoxic effect of hydroalcholic extract from thymus daenesiscelak on mcf-7 cancer cells line. experimental: breast cancer cells mcf-7 and natural fibroblast cells were cultured in dmem me...

BACKGROUND Cyperus rotundus L. was used in traditional Iranian medicine to treat memory and cognition disorders. The present study was aimed at investigating the effect of the extract and essential oil of C. rotundus on memory dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cognition was evaluated using the object recognition task that was composed of a square wooden open field box with different shape ob...

BACKGROUND Moringa stenopetala has been used in traditional health systems to treat diabetes mellitus. One of the successful methods to prevent of the onset of diabetes is to control postprandial hyperglycemia by the inhibition of α-glucosidase and pancreatic α-amylase activities, resulting in the aggressive delay of the carbohydrate digestion of absorbable monosaccharides. The aim of the prese...

BACKGROUND Urtica dioica has been used as antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic and antidiabetic herbal medicine. The purpose of this study was to study the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Urtica dioica on fructose-induced insulin resistance rats. METHODS Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups including control, fructose, extract 50, extract 100 and extract 200. The ...

The main objective of the present investigation is to evaluate the anti-inflammatory & analgesic activity of ethanolic extract of Shirishadi polyherbal compound on rats. Shirishadi compound consist of three herbal drugs namelyShirisha (Albizzia lebbeck), Nagarmotha (Cyprus rotandus) & Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum).In Ayurveda (ancient Indian system of medicine) all these herbs alone or in co...