BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the highly prevalent endemic diseases in the Middle East and North Africa. Many treatment modalities have been recommended for this condition but success rates remain limited. Herbal remedies have also been used for treatment but evidence-based clinical trials with these products are sparse. In-vitro and in-vivo studies have shown the anti-leishmania...

Background and objectives: Juniperus excelsa is a flowering plant that has been applied as traditional medicine for treatment of various disorders such as dysmenorrhea, bronchitis and colds, jaundice and tuberculosis. The aims of the present study were analyzing J. excelsa essential oil and investigation of its cytotoxic activity on three breast cancer cell li...

The age composition of the population rare tree species Juniperus polycarpos C. Koch in Foothill Dagestan was studied according to calendar individuals and their states. is determined by an index obtained as number annual rings per unit radial growth trunk. Age states were assessed vitality, productivity, infestation size individuals. area occupied population, phytocenotic confinement have been...

Background and objectives: Cancer is a public health problem all over the world. Herbal medicines have a vital role in the prevention and treatment of cancer and large numbers of plants and their isolated constituents have shown potential anticancer activity. Methods: Twenty seven medicinal plants from southern Iran provinces have been extracted with methanol and screened for their cytotoxic ac...

Objectives: To broaden the genetic information base of Juniperus and resolve phylogeny polycarpos through sequencing characterization its chloroplast genome. Methods: The (cp) genome J. was sequenced assembled using Next-Generation Sequencing pairedend reads platform BGISEQ-500 annotated CpGAVAS. phylogenetic analysis performed in MEGA7. Findings: Here, we report complete cp sequence polycarpos...

Juniperus and Cupressus genera are mainly used as diuretic, stimulant, and antiseptic, for common cold and wound healing in Turkish folk medicine. In the present study, essential oils obtained from cones of Cupressus and berries of Juniperus were evaluated for their wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects. In vivo wound healing activity was evaluated by linear incision and circular excision...

in order to investigate the effect of root pruning in morphological and physiological characteristics of juniperus excelsa seedlings an experiment was carried out on transplanted one year-old seedlings. treatments included root pruning intensities (1-slight pruning (2-moderate pruning and 3- control (no root pruning)) .experiment design was completely randomized design. each treatment included ...