this study was carried out to evaluate the effects of satureja khuzistanica essential oils (skeo) on performance, serum metabolites and differential counts of white blood cells in broiler chickens. a total of 280 one-day-old straight-run cobb 500 broiler chickens were allocated into seven treatment groups with four replicates of 10 birds each from day 1 to 42 of age. the birds were continuously...

boraginaceae family is known as a medicinal plant classified in dicotyledons.  it is originated from asia (middle east). the aim of this study was to evaluate ingredient between 4 species of boraginaceae family based on physiological & phytochemical traits as well as seed fatty acid contents.  4 species (e. russicum, e. italicum, e. amoenum, and b. officinalis ) were evaluated carefully. all se...

an experiment was conducted to study the effects of soybean, linseed and sunflower oil (various sources of fatty acids) with and without l-carnitine supplements (0 and 50 mg kg-1) on performance, blood biochemical parameters and carcass traits of japanese quail. one hundred and ninety-two of 7-day old female japanese quail were randomly assigned to 6 dietary treatments with 4 replicates and fed...

three different solvents namely; hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol were used in partitioning the extracts obtained from piper guineense seeds and solvent extracts were investigated for the presence or absence of secondary metabolites. extracts were further evaluated on adult maize weevils, sitophilus zeamais. experiment was carried out under laboratory conditions at 27 ± 2 °c ambient temperatur...

the aim of this review was to represent a category of applied plant biostimulants and to highlight the effect of their application on morphological and phytochemical properties of medicinal plants in in vivo and in vitro conditions and their mechanism of action. plant biostimulants, safe for both human beings and the environment, are substances or materials, except for nutrients and pesticides,...

Metabolic studies have arguably been conducted since the 13th centurywith Ibn al-Nafis stating that “the body and its parts are in a continuous state of dissolution and nourishment, so they are inevitably undergoing permanent change” (Mahdi, 1974). However, it was studies in yeast in the last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century (Kühne, 1877; Buchner, 1897; Sumn...

abstract the aim of this study was the identify cyanobacterial flora of rice–fields in dargaz, to interaction between cyanobacteria by culturing in solid medium bg-110 in laboratory was investigated. nostoc piscinale and nostoc spongiaeforme were identified as strongest and weakness species, respectively, regarding secondary metabolits producing (allelochemicals).the algal pairs were classified...

fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum l.) has a long and respected history of medicinal uses in middle east and persian medicine. the hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effects of fenugreek were attributed to its major steroidal sapogenin, diosgenin and its major alkaloid, trigonelline. the knowledge of diosgenin and trigonelline biosynthesis is derived from studies of cholesterol and nicoti...

an experiment was conducted to determine the effect of different levels of potato replacing maizeseed on performance characteristicsand immunes system of broiler chicken in a completely randomized design. a total of 220 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 5 treatment groups, with 4 replicates of 11 birds each. the chicks in the first group were fed basal diet (control), 2nd and 3rd groups ...

objective: an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of citrus brown snail powder as a source of calcium on growth performance, tibia characteristics, immune response and blood metabolites in broiler chickens.  methods: one hundred and eighty 1-day old chicks were randomly distributed into four treatments, each of which had three replicates. each replicate contains 15 chicks. the t...