OBJECTIVE The plant Salvadora persica is used for oral hygiene in many parts of the world. It has been suggested that it has antibacterial properties, in addition to its ability to mechanically remove plaques. The aim of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activity of the herbal product Persica containing Salvadora persica against periodontopathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregat...

Background and objectives: Quercus brantii subsp. persica is used in folk medicine to treat infections in Iran. There is not available report on the anti-biofilm activity of Quercus brantii subsp. persica. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Quercus brantii subsp. persica against bacterial biofilms. Methods: Eighty biofilm producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus, S...

Background and objectives: Otostegia persica (Burm.) Boiss. is an endemic plant of Iran with various applications in traditional medicine which contains of several antioxidant constituents. This research was aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract from O. persica aerial parts in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an inducer of oxi...

Background and objectives: Dracocephalum kotschyi is a plant which belongs to the Lamiaceae family and exists mostly in south-west Asian countries, including Iran. This plant is used as antispasmodic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory to treat rheumatoid diseases. Methods: In order to investigate the impact of the harvesting time changes on the quantity and quality of monoand sesquiterpenoid comp...

Plants whose morphological characteristics correspond to those of Orobanche filicicola Nakai ex Hyun, Lim et Shin as described by (1952) and validated Huyn al. (2003), were in 2012 found for the first time Russia (Far East, Primorye Territory) growing on banks Ussuri River Chuguyevsky District a mixed population with O. amurensis (Beck) Kom. SE flank Sikhote-Alin Mountains (Lazovsky District). ...

An experiment was conducted with Randomized Complete Block Design in the Ramadi city during season 2020 - 2021 to study effect of Decis Expert, Sivanto Prime insecticides, Salicylic acid, and combination them control Myzus persica ((Sulzer), which is one important insects that infect broccoli crop Brassica oleracea var. Italica. The showed all tested concentrations acid pesticides gave effectiv...