Background: Urtica dioica has been used as antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic and antidiabetic herbal medicine. The purpose of this study was to study the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Urtica dioica on fructose-induced insulin resistance rats. Methods: Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups including control, fructose, extract 50, extract 100 and extract 2...

According to the Ayurveda, plants have been used for treatment of so many diseases. Herbal drugs are easily available and fewer side effects. So, people attracted towards herbal drugs. Ocimum kilimandscharicum is one a few types basil that perennial. It well-known plant in Indian traditional system medicine. The genus belongs family Labiatae most popular culinary herbs known its medicinal prope...

Background: Fluoxetine (FLX) belongs to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group of antidepressants, which effectively alleviate symptoms of a wide spectrumof mood disorders. GSE contains mainly flavonoids, which involved in ameliorating the oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo. Thus this study was designed to investigate Protective effect of GSE hydroalcholic extract against fluoxetin...

Neuropathic pain, caused by a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory nervous system, has a substantial effect on quality of patient life. Given that the synthetic drugs can produce serious side effects they are not suitable for long-term use, therefore it is assumed that herbal medicine can be effective as an alternative to Analgesic agent. The aim of this study was evaluation the analge...

BACKGROUND Although endocrine disorders are not a common cause of infertility, in some cases, testing thyroid function, and hypothalamus - pituitary - gonadal axis can determine the cause of infertility. We aimed to investigate the effect of the aerial parts of Alhagi camelorum extract on prolactin, cortisol and pituitary - gonadal axis activities in rats with hypercholesterolemia. MATERIALS ...

Received: 7 Jan 2013 Accepted: 12 Mar 2013

Background: Fluoxetine (FLX) is an Antidepressant compound. FLX produces undesired side effects including anxiety, sleep disturbances, sexual dysfunction and gastrointestinal disturbances. The grape is a significant source of nutritional antioxidants, such as polyphenols, anthocyanins, flavonids as well as biologically active dietary components. Present study was performed to investigate the pr...

candida species are the most common cause of opportunistic fungal infection worldwide. due to increasing resistance of fungi against conventional drugs, as well as their side effects, alternative natural products have become a renewed interest. in the current study, the anti-candida activities of scrophularia striata extract were examined. in this experimental study, microdilution assay and wel...

hydroalcoholic extract of pycnocycla spinosa was shown to have spasmolytic action in vitro and antidiarrhoeal effect in vivo . the hydroalcoholic extract of p. spinosa is composed of alkaloid, flavonoid and saponin components. alkaloid fraction of p. spinosa contains the most active constituents. therefore, the aim of this research was to separate different fractions of alkaloid extract of p. s...