objective: echium amoenum fisch. & c.a. mey. is used for the treatment of various diseases in traditional medicine. this plant is a major source of anthocyanins with beneficial cardiovascular properties such as anti-atherosclerotic and antihypertensive effects. in the present study, the protective and antioxidant effects of anthocyanin-rich e. amoenum extract were evaluated on human vascular en...

echium amoenum fisch. and c.a. mey. (boraginaceae) is a very popular medicinal plant which is used as a tonic, tranquillizer, diaphoretic, cough remedy, sore throat and pneumonia in iran’s traditional medicine. callus culture of medicinal plants is one of the ways for production of secondary metabolites. in this study, callus culture of e. amoenum and its major secondary metabolite were investi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate herbal medicines, other than St. John's wort, in the treatment of depression. DATA SOURCES/SEARCH METHODS: A computer-based search of Medline, Cinahl, AMED, ALT Health Watch, Psych Articles, Psych Info, Current Contents databases, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, was performed. Researchers were contacted, and bibliographies ...

Metabolic profiling can be successfully implemented to analyse a living system's response to environmental conditions by providing critical information on an organism's physiological state at a particular point in time and allowing for both quantitative and qualitative assessment of a specific subset(s) of key metabolites. Shikonins are highly reactive chemicals that affect various cell signall...

Part of the challenge in dealing with invasive plant species is that they seldom represent a uniform, static entity. Often, an accurate understanding of the history of plant introduction and knowledge of the real levels of genetic diversity present in species and populations of importance is lacking. Currently, the role of genetic diversity in promoting the successful establishment of invasive ...

putative activity of hydroalcoholic and aqueous infusion extracts of echium amoenum l. was investigated in mice using the rotarod model of motor coordination and the elevated plus maze model of anxiety. the extracts were administered intraperitonealy (i.p.) once, one hour before performing the tests. preliminary phytochemical study of the plant, with standard procedures, showed that it contains...

echium amoenum is an iranian indigenous medicinal plant. in this research the effect of hydroalchoholic extract of this plant on sodium-selenite induced cataract formation was evaluated. fifty five white rat pups were selected and divided into six groups. in first group (control 1) no elements injected. second group (control 2) was received normal saline on 11-18 postpartum. hydroalchoholic ext...

Many species of tea (Camellia sinensis) and cowslip (Echium amoenum) are used in Iranian traditional medicine. The aim of this study was to conduct the survey on the ability of Iranian black tea and cowslip extracts on secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) by non-infected and infected mouse macrophages. A macrophage infection model with Legionella pneumophila and enzyme linked im...