background: studies have shown that physalis alkekengi reduces implantation and induces antifertility in rat. in iranian traditional medicine it is believed that this plant has abortifacient and antifertility activities. objective: the goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of physalis alkekengi ripe fruit hydroalcoholic extract (pfe) on uterine contractility and its possible mechanism(s...

Physalis Calyx seu Fructus is the dry calyx or with fruit of Solanaceae plant alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino, a long history use in medicine and food. However, despite its many potential therapeutic culinary applications, P. not being exploited for these applications on large scale. This study analysed various research related to different chemical components alkekengi, including s...

background: physalis alkekengi (p. alkekengi)has been used as an abortive plant in iranian traditional medicine for many years. objective: to investigate the effects of p.alkekengi on the fertility rate in female rats. material and methods: in this experimental study, 40 female albino rats were divided randomly into two groups; group 1/for investigating the implantation sites and group 2/ for i...

conclusions all plants could inhibit mushroom tyrosinase, but more investigations on human tyrosinase and clinical studies are needed. results the hydroalcoholic extract of p. alkekengi showed the most tyrosinase inhibitory effect with ic50 of 0.09 mg/ml vs. 0.38, 0.38 and 2.82 mg/ml of b. persicum, a. rosea and m. vulgare, respectively. m. vulgare exhibited uncompetitive inhibition and other p...