background : the study was aimed to show the effect of molecular mechanism of aqueous garlic extract (age) on expression of ifnγ and inos genes in leishmania major . methods : leishmania major promastigotes (mrho/ir/75/er) were added to the in-vitro cultured j774 cell line, the cells were incubated for 72 hours. various concentrations of garlic extract (9.25, 18.5, 37, 74, 148 mg/ml) were added...

background: teucrium polium has been known as an important traditional medicinal plant and is used for different therapeutic purposes such as gastrointestinal disorders. therefore, the anti-spasmodic and antinociceptive activities of aqueous extract of teucrium polium w as examined. methods: anti-spasmodic effect of different concentrations (47-470 mg/l) of teucrium polium extract was assessed ...

abstract recently weed scientist are more interested in weed management by allelopathy . the main objective of the study was to evaluate allelopathic potential of sunflower on redroot pigweed and common lambsquarter. this study was conducted in two series of laboratory and greenhouse experiments. under laboratory conditions, leaf, stem and root aqueous extracts of sunflower at 0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7.5...

abstract there is a world-wide effort to reduce the amount of chemicals used in crop production by introducing modern biological and ecological methods. one possible alternative is allelopathy. a laboratory trial was carried out to investigate of alleopathic potential of angelica . in this study the effect of different concentrations of aqueous extract of angelica herb was investigated on seed ...

the hypotensive effect of garlic has been well-documented in human subjects and animals. since endothelial activity regulates vascular reactivity in physiological and pathophysiological conditions, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of garlic on endothelium-dependent and independent relaxation of rat aorta for elucidation of mechanism of the garlic anti-hypertensive effe...

herbs have been used for its medicinal properties from several thousand years ago. herbs, essences and extracts, possess a variety level of biological activities and antimicrobial activities of a large number of them have been proved. eucalyptus is one of these plants which the anti-virus effects of its extract has long been used to treat influenza and colds in most parts of the world. the aim ...

background: diabetes mellitus is considered one of the 5 principal causes of death in the world and is recognized as a global public health issue because of its multifactorial facets affecting essential biochemical processes in the body. this study investigated the antidiabetic and antidyslipidemic activities of the aqueous extract of cochlospermum planchonii (c. planchonii) leaves in streptozo...

Some plants contain various compounds, which can influence microbial growth, reproduction or basic cell functions. Phenols, polyphenols, micronutrients, essential oils and other compounds belong to them. These compounds are primarily present in various herbs. Extracts from these plants could be used as natural food preservatives, which could inhibit growth of undesirable microorganisms. In this...

abstract anti-nociceptive activity of aerial parts of phytolacca americana were investigated, using the hot plate method in mice. results of the present study showed that the aqueous methanolic extract of aerial parts of p. americana produced a statistically significant increase in pain threshold after 30 min, in comparison with the control, at adose of 190 mg kg-1 (p<0.001). the activity was c...