The Osmanthus fragrans flower, a popular herb in Eastern countries, contains several antioxidant compounds. Ben Cao Gang Mu, traditional Chinese medical literature, describes the usefulness of these flowers for phlegm and stasis reduction, arrest of dysentery with blood in the bowel, and stomachache and diarrhea treatment. However, modern evidence regarding the therapeutic efficacy of these flo...

Hibiscus rosasinensis flowers and leaves are available all over India and well known for its Antidiabetic property. In the present investigation aqueous extract and ethanolic extract of the flowers and leaves were made using soxhlet apparatus, water extract and maceration. The qualitative Phytochemical screening procedure was performed on each extract. Phytochemical study reveals that alkaloids...

  Background: Saffron is the dried stigmata of the flowers of saffron (Crocus sativus L., Iridaceae). Saffron is well known for the treatment of gastric disorders in traditional medicine.   Objectives: In the search for new potential antiulcer agents, the effects of the ethanol extract of saffron and its active constituents crocin and safranal as compared with omeprazole against gastric ulcer i...

The paper presents an examination of the possibility applying raspberry flower extract (Rubus idaeus L.) as a green inhibitor general corrosion copper in 3% NaCl. Raspberry flowers sort Polka were collected from Moševac near Maglaj city, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ethanol was obtained by ultrasonic extraction. A significant content polyphenol found UV/VIS spectrophotometry analysis. Results DC tec...

The plant Cardaria draba (L.) Desv. subsp. (Brassicaceae), is traditionally used for various ailments in different cultures. We investigated solvent extracts such as methanol, ethanol, and water obtained from flowers, leaves, stems, roots of C. their chemical composition, well antioxidant enzyme inhibition activities acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), ?-glucosidase, ?-am...

abstract the main goals of this study was to evaluate the effects of ethanol and essential oils of three medicinal plants namely thymus vulgaris, satureja hortensis and carum copticum on extending dianthus caryophyllus cut flower vase life. for this purpose three individual trials were conducted using a completely randomized design with three replications. in the first trial, effects of ethanol...

conclusions p. spinosa ethanol extract can be used as a mouthwash for treatment of the oral infections. more clinical and toxicological studies are required for providing its efficacy. results p. spinosa ethanol extract with higher-level phenolic and flavonoid contents showed the highest antioxidant and antimicrobial effects, in comparison with the other extracts. bacillus sp. and streptococcus...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant effects of aqueous fruit extract of Ziziphusjujuba on ethanol-induced oxidative stress and to examine its protective effects on sperm motility and plasma membrane integrity of male Wistar rats. Adult male rats (n = 28) were divided into four equal groups: the first group served as untreated controls, the second group of rats was given...

introduction: depression has multifactorial characters including brain-behavioral disorders, alteration in cognitive psychomotor and emotional process. millions of people are worldwide suffering from this illness. this disease happens in all ages of men and women. this research tries to introduce a traditional medication in comparison with common chemical anti-depressant drugs. this experiment ...

background & aim:cadmium is an important industrial and environmental pollutant. cadmium is one of the most toxic and carcinogenic heavy metals to organisms. this heavy metal mainly distributes to the liver and kidney in humans and animal and, causing acute hepatic injury. experimental: the ethanol extract of satureja hortensis l. (lamiaceae family), was evaluated for its activity against c...