Abstract Microglia are the macrophages that reside in brain. Activated microglia induces further activation of astrocytes and neuronal cells for mounting an immune response. However, activated release neurotoxic mediators causing neuroinflammation, which is associated with chronic etiology neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated effect ethanol extract Physalis alkekengi L. var. francheti fr...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the carotenoidic saponified extract of Physalis alkekengi sepals (PA) towards the lipoxygenase (LOX) oxidation of linoleic acid. Lipoxygenase activity in the presence of carotenoids, standard and from extract, was followed by its kinetic behaviour determining the changes in absorption at 234 nm. The standard carotenoids used were β-carotene (β...

OBJECTIVES In an attempt to discover new natural active extracts against malaria parasites, the present study evaluated the antiplasmodial properties of selected plants based on Iranian traditional medicine. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten plant species found in Iran were selected and collected based on the available literature about the Iranian traditional medicine. The methanolic extracts of thes...

in recent years, machine vision and optical sensors, which can be used in an autonomous weed killing equipment, are being used extensively to detect weeds from crops. in this study, seven types of weeds that grow in most of the sugar beet fields in iran, especially in fars province, were considered in real outdoor conditions. several color feature extraction algorithms have also been investigat...