background and objectives: essential oils are volatile compounds that have been used since middle ages as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, sedative, local anesthetic and food flavoring agents.in the current study, essential oils of pelargonium graveolens l’her and vitex agnus-castus l . were analyzed for their antibacterial activities. materials and methods: the chemical compositions of essent...

A multicentric noninterventional trial (open study without control) to investigate the efficacy and tolerance of a drug in a large number of patients under routine medical conditions was performed for a new solid preparation from an extract of the fruit of Vitex agnus castus (VAC, Vitex, chaste tree, Chasteberry) in 1634 patients suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS). A specific questionna...

this study aimed to investigate the anti-angiogenic activity of vitex agnus castus methanol extract in vivo. eggs were incubated for three days, small whole made on the fine pinpoint, next day the egg’s sac penetrated and a small frame was made in the shell. the window was resealed and eggs were returned to the incubator until day 10 of chick embryo development, 20 µl of 500mg/ml of the methano...

Date of publication: 8 October 2012 The Fastest Mobile Microrobots in the World R ecent advances in micro/nanotechnologies and microelectromechanical systems have enabled micromachined mobile agents. Highly dynamic mobile microrobots are believed to open the gate for various future applications. However, at the submillimeter scale, the adhesion effects dominate physics, especially in the air en...

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Bu çalışmanın amacı, insan hayvanlar açısından önemli bazı patojenik bakteri mantarlara karşı, hidrodistillasyon yöntemi ile elde edilen GC-MS aile ayrıştırılan 18 çeşit uçucu yağın minimum inhibitör konsantrasyon değerlerini araştırmaktır. YÖNTEM GEREÇLER: Achillea gypsicola (Asteraceae), Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaceae), Satureja hortensis (Lamiaceae), Thymbra spicata biebersteini...

Four phytoecdysteroids: (20-hydroxyecdysone-20, 22-monacetonide (1), 20-hydroxyecdysone (2), stigmasterol (3), gamma-sitosterol (4), were investigated for toxic effect against 3 rd /4 th instar larvae of Anopheles gambiae under laboratory conditions as individual compounds and in blends. The test larvae were treated with solutions containing the phytoecdysteroids of concentrations 1, 5 and 10pp...

  Background: Vitex agnus - castus extract (Vitex) is available in dosage forms for female disorders treatment. This extract has shown controversial effects against seizures induced by Maximal electroshock (MES) or pentylenetetrazole (PTZ).   Objective: In the present study the anti-seizure activity of Vitex against acquisition of amygdala kindling was evaluated in male rats.   Methods: Intact ...