background: plants and their phytochemicals have immense potential for the management of different types of wound. salvia multicaulis vahl. is an evergreen shrub species, which traditionally used as a wound healing agent. objective: the aim of the present study is to evaluate phytochemicals and wound healing activity of s. multicaulis in an excision wound model. methods: preliminary phytochemic...

abstract having no exact knowledge of most appropriate harvesting time in kiwifruit grown in different regions of guilan province, as well as the low storage longevity of the fruits are the most important factors causing considerable reduction in both marketability and export affairs. in this study, the influence of fruit quality in term of harvesting time on the postharvest quality and food va...

introduction throughout their life cycle, plants are subjected to various types of environmental stresses which include salinity, water deficit, temperature extremes, toxic metal ion concentration and uv radiation. these environmental factors limit the growth and productivity of plants to various degrees, depending upon severity of stress. heavy metal toxicity is one of the major current enviro...

background: brucella species can cause infection in a wide range of animals and human beings. oxidative events against brucella infection are not well elucidated. it is possible that brucellosis may be related to increased free radical production and antioxidant depletion. thus, the aim of this study was to determine the total antioxidant capacity (tac) before and after treatment of patients wi...

the aim of the study was to evaluate the antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties and to determine the phenolic content of the ethanol extract from five mentha species [m. longifolia (l.) huds., m. piperita l., m. pulegium l., m. rotundifolia (l.) huds., and m. spicata l.]. the antioxidant activities of the extracts were investigated with two different methods, 2,2’-diphenyl-1-picrylh...

background: diabetes mellitus is associated with chronic changes in peripheral arteries because of oxidative stress and insufficient antioxidative defense mechanism. omega-3 fatty acid supplementation could be effective in some diabetes complications; however, polyunsaturated fatty acids may increase lipid peroxidation. this study aimed to determine whether eicosapentaenoic acid alone or in con...

the objective of this research was to study the biological activities of various extracts and the chemical composition of the essential oil trigonella monantha c. a. mey. subsp. monantha by gas chromatography (gc) and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (gc-ms), from the compounds derived from the aerial parts. the overall results of t. monantha tests allow us to conclude various extracts [hex...

background: there is growing evidence that damage to spermatozoa by reactive oxygen species (ros) play a key role in male infertility. objective: the aim of the present study was to assess the antioxidant status of seminal plasma by measuring total antioxidant capacity (tac) and activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase (sod) in men with asthenozoospermia, asthenoteratozoospermia and olig...

strawberry (fragaria ananassa duch.) is a good source of natural antioxidants. fruits from eight strawberry (fragaria ananassa duch.) cultivars (‘kurdistan’, ‘merck’, ‘camarosa’, ‘paros’, ‘queen elisa’, ‘ventana’, ‘selva’ and ‘pajaro’) were harvested at ripen stage and analyzed for total phenolic content, total anthocyanin content, vitamin c, total soluble solid and total antioxidant activity. ...