the aim of this study was to assess the antiglycation and antioxidant properties of aqueous extract of anethum graveolens (dill). in the in vivo and in vitro experiments, antioxidant properties, blood glucose, and ages formation were determined. dill extract was given orally to healthy and diabetic rats. our results illustrated that different concentrations of dill extract (0.125, 0.25, 0.5, an...

background: the most common symptoms experienced by women are hot flashes are around the time of menopause. many women are interested in herbal medicines because of fear of side effect of hormone therapy. objective: in this study, we seek to assess the effectiveness of herbal medicine on the recurrence of hot flash in menopausal women. methods: the database of medline, scopus, and the cochrane ...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of propolis and pollen extract on biochemical and haematological parameters of onchorhynchus  mykiss. one hundred and eighty healthy fish, o. mykiss (mean weight 20.57±4.48 g) were used for growth performance and haematological assays. they were randomly selected, and distributed among fifteen 600-l fiberglass tanks as three treatments (1% polle...

background the increasing use of herbal drugs and their ease of accessibility and availability have necessitated the use of mutagenicity test to analyze their toxicity and safety. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the genotoxicity of sankol herbal medicine in dna breakage of rat hepatocytes in comparison with h2o2 by single cell gel electrophoresis technique or comet assay. materials and ...

BACKGROUND Improving maternal and child health is one of the public health priorities in several African countries including Ethiopia. However, research on herbal medicine use during pregnancy is scarce in Ethiopia. The present study aimed at assessing the prevalence and correlates of herbal medicine use among pregnant women on antenatal care (ANC) follow-up at Gondar university referral hospit...

Traditional herbal medicine plays a significant role in the treatment of epilepsy. Though herbal medicine is widely used in antiepileptic treatment, there is a lack of robust evidence for efficacy and toxicity of most herbs. Besides, the herbal medicine should be subject to evidence-based scrutiny. In this context, we present a review to introduce the effects of herbal medicine on epilepsy. How...

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of Chinese herbal medicine on blood profiles, muscle fatty acid, free amino acid and inosine composition in Wenchang chickens (the Chinese local breed). One hundred twenty, one-day-old female Wenchang chickens were randomly distributed into two dietary treatments in five replicates, each containing twelve birds for a period of 135 days. The d...

OBJECTIVES This meta-analysis was conducted to examine the effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine (either alone or with interferon alfa) in treating chronic hepatitis B. METHODS We searched the TCMLARS, AMED, CISCOM, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Collaboration databases and then hand-searched the articles' bibliographies. RESULTS Chinese herbal medicine significantly increased seroreversi...

  Evidence based medicine (EBM) can be found as far back as the 1940s. However, it was in 1972 that the concept first came into play, originated by Professor Archie Cochrane, in his book, Effectiveness & Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services. This was the foundation for evidence based research, and in 1992 a facility was funded by the UK government, with the aim of performing r...

Use of herbal medicine in the treatment of liver cancer has a long tradition. The compounds derived from the herb and herbal composites are of considerable interest among oncologists. In the past, certain herbal compounds and herbal composite formulas have been studied through in vitro and in vivo as an anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) agent, enhancing our knowledge about their biologic func...