background and aims: traditionally, plants have long been applied in the treatment of various diseases throughout the history of human life. the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts in the laboratory is studied on gram positive and negative strains of human infectious agents. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of mentha longifolia against important human pathog...

In the India there is a good biodiversity in plants. Plants based medicinal products used as integrated part of treatment on most traditional systems medicines. Sesbania grandiflora plant which traditionally for many belongs family Fabaceae. Present study was about investigated Physicochemical and Phytochemical studies selected such grandiflora. For Soxhlet apparatus extraction materials with u...

Background & Aim: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) is a medicinal and aromatic plant. Various pharmacological experiments in vitro and in vivo models have convincingly showed F. vulgare ability in antifungal, antibacterial, antioxidant, antithrombotic and hepatoprotective activities. Experimental: The purpose of this study was to eval...

Background & Aim: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) is a medicinal and aromatic plant. Various pharmacological experiments in vitro and in vivo models have convincingly showed F. vulgare ability in antifungal, antibacterial, antioxidant, antithrombotic and hepatoprotective activities. Experimental: The purpose of this study was to eval...

BACKGROUND Asphodelus microcarpus belongs to the family Liliaceae that include several medicinal plants. In the traditional medicine plants of the genus Asphodelus are used to treat skin disorders such as ectodermal parasites, psoriasis, microbial infection and for lightening freckles. In order to find novel skin depigmenting agents, the present work was carry out to evaluate antioxidant activi...

the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant effects of aqueous fruit extract of ziziphusjujuba on ethanol-induced oxidative stress and to examine its protective effects on sperm motility and plasma membrane integrity of male wistar rats. adult male rats (n = 28) were divided into four equal groups: the first group served as untreated controls, the second group of rats was given...

background : verbascum thapsus (vt) is a medicinal plant that chemical constituents of it revealed the presence of biologically active compounds with antibacterial properties. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and anti-adherent activities of ethanol extract of (vt) against of three oral streptococci in vitro. methods : in this study, biofilm formation of s. mutans 1...

Dried Chrysanthemum morifolium flowers have traditionally been used in Korea for the treatment of insomnia. This study was performed to investigate whether the ethanol extract of Chrysanthemum morifolium flowers (EFC) enhances pentobarbital-induced sleep behaviors. EFC prolonged sleep time induced by pentobarbital similar to muscimol, a GABA(A) receptors agonist. EFC also increased sleep rate a...

Pomegranate is a native Persian fruit that is grown around the world; the present study is the report of the research on different extracts of different polarity from flowers regarding their antioxidant activity. Punica granatum L. var. Isfahan Malas flowers were extracted with petroleum ether. The dried petroleum extract was suspended in ethanol %80 and successively partitioned with n-butanol....

The hexane extract of the flowers of Rheum ribes L. which was collected from north-western Iran,was obtained by Soxhlet apparatus and the essential oil composition was obtained by hydro distillationand analyzed by using GC-GC/MS. The extract from the flowers was characterized by a high amountof unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (66.0%) and some of long chain hydrocarbon compounds. The maincomponent...