treatment of soils contaminated with heavy metals using plant species is a method which has been widely used in thepast. this method, which is known as phytoremediation, has been applied for pollution treatment using different plantspecies worldwide. the method has been used for remediation of various types of pollutants in laboratory, pilot andindustrial scales. the aim of this study was to co...

BACKGROUND The Astragalus gummifer (F. Fabaceae), herb and roots were studied for anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities. MATERIALS AND METHOD The alcoholic extracts of Astragalus gummifer (F. Fabaceae), herb (AGHE), and roots (AGRE), were used for anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities in Wister rats. The effects of AGHE and AGRE were compared with the standard drugs Ph...

Treatment of soils contaminated with heavy metals using plant species is a method which has been widely used in thepast. This method, which is known as phytoremediation, has been applied for pollution treatment using different plantspecies worldwide. The method has been used for remediation of various types of pollutants in laboratory, pilot andindustrial scales. The aim of this study was to co...

BACKGROUND In Iranian traditional medicine, gum obtained from Astragalus gummifer and some other species of Astragalus was used as analgesic agent. OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated the antinociceptive effect of several concentrations (125, 250, and 500 μg/kg body weight) of Astragalus gummifer gum (AGG) on thermal and acetic acid induced pain in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS AGG was d...

The aim of the research is to determine macro (Ca, Mg, P and K), micro (Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn Be) element heavy metal (Al, Cr, Ni, Se Cd) contents some Astragalus taxa collected from nature. Nine (Astragalus gummifer, A. compactus, lineatus var. longidens, aureus, onobrychis, declinatus, lineatus, oocephalus subsp. stachyophorus, inereus) natural areas Bingöl province were used as plant material resea...