background and objectives: with regard to the hazards of nitrite, application of natural preservatives in order to reduce the microbial load of meat and meat products is increasing. owing to their anti-bacterial properties, red barberry and the dried residue of red grape could be suitable replacers for nitrite. materials and methods: agar dilution method was employed in order to determine the m...

In the present study, the application of a BP neural network for prediction of the moisture content of barberry fruit (berberis vulgaris) during drying was investigated. The important parameters namely, pretreatment (heat shocking, olive oil + K2CO3 and NAT), air drying temperature (60, 70 and 80oC), air drying velocity (0.3, 0.5 and 1 m/s) and time (s) were considered as the input parameters a...

In Vitro Protoscolicidal Activity of Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Rind and Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris) Alcoholic Extracts against Hydatid Cysts Caused by Echinococcus granulosus

this study was conducted to assess the preventive effect of aqueous extract of berberis integerrima bge. root (aebir) on liver damage and oxidative stress induced by diabetes mellitus in rats. forty male rats were divided into 5 groups as follows: 1- normal (n); 2- normal + barberry (n+b) (they received barberry root extract for 6 weeks); 3- diabetic (d) (they received streptozotocin (stz), 65 ...

It has been hypothesized that elevated plasma Homocysteine (Hcy) plays a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and age-related cognitive decline. The mechanism of Hcy neurotoxicity in the brain is controversial as well Hcy is a ligand of NMDA receptor. Memantine, an uncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors approved for the treatment of moderate to severe ...