BACKGROUND The use of plants and plant products for medicinal purposes is an age-long practice in traditional communities and is becoming prominent globally. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of ethanolic extract of Chromolaena odorata on the kidney and intestine of albino rats. METHODS Twenty growing albino rats with an average weight of 54 g were used in this study. They were ...

Polymerization of n-butyl methacrylate monomer is used as a rapid and simple means for embedding fixed biological material. The solid resin provides an optically clear matrix for cutting very thin sections, one at a time, with a slightly modified conventional rotary microtome. Advance of the embedded specimen toward the knife is obtained from the thermal expansion of a brass specimen holder. Th...

The histological features of both the bark and leaf of a poisonous plant H.ferruginea March responsible for contact dermatitis has been reported.

background and purpose: problem-based learning (pbl) is a term used within education for a range of teaching approaches that encourage students to learn through the structured exploration of a problem. histology comes early in the curriculum and the medical students seem unable to see the value of the content, they don't appear to be motivated to learn the content. this project used pbl to help...

background:several investigations showed cartilaginouscells in fibrous tissue of the free part of the penis in one humpedcamel. objectives: the aim of this study was accurate assessmentof existence of cartilaginous cells in penis shaft of onehumpedcamel. methods: six camel penises from maturedcamels more than 3 years-old were collected from an abattoir.different specimens were prepared from eac...

An open-top chamber study was conducted to investigate the tissue and cellular-level foliar effects of ozone (O3) on a Mediterranean evergreen species, the mastic plant (Pistacia lentiscus L.). Plants were exposed at three different O3 levels, and leaf samples were collected periodically from the beginning of the exposure. Although no visible foliar injury was evident, alterations of the plasti...