background: medicinal plants use is growing in iran and controlling their quality in terms of contamination with toxic metals is critical. city of arak, due to its large industrial plants, is one of the most polluted cities of iran these pollutants can be transferred to the farms. methods: in this study, concentrations of metals such as aluminum, arsenic, lead and cadmium are measured by atomic...

Background This study aimed to select prescriptions (mixtures of medicinal herbs) used in the treatment of bone and joint disorders in Korean medicine, and through the analysis of medicinal herb combination frequencies, select a high-frequency medicinal herb combination group for further experimental and clinical research. Methods We systematically searched for terms related to bone and joint...

In contrast to Western medicine, which typically prescribes one medicine to treat a specific disease, traditional East Asian medicine uses any one of a large number of different prescriptions (mixtures of medicinal herbs), according to the patient's characteristics. Although this can be considered an advantage, the lack of a universal prescription for a specific disease is considered a drawback...

a 6 week study was conducted to assess the effects of wood betony (wb), stachys lavandulifolia extract on growth performance, hematological and biochemical parameters of common carp, cyprinus carpio. different levels of the wb extract (0, 2, 4 and 8 % weight per weight, w/w, 0wb, 2wb, 4wb and 8wb) in the diet were used. the results showed that final weight and weight gain were significantly imp...

the effect of different levels of wood betony (wb), stachys lavandulifolia extract, as complement in feed, on the performance of common carp, cyprinus carpio was evaluated. the fish (44±0.62 g) was assigned to four treatments, three replicates each. the fish was fed on normal diet with no wb (control) vs. diet containing 2, 4 and 8% of wb extract. fish were successively fed on the diet, 2% live...

conclusions eoao showed an analgesic effect that may involve both the central and peripheral nervous systems. background the althaea officinalis (marshmallow) plant is traditionally used to treat skin burns and constipation and to reduce inflammation. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the acute and chronic analgesic effects of the essential oil of althaea officinalis leaves (eoao...

Anticancer therapy is one of the biggest challenges in medicine. Therefore, searching for highly efficient antitumor drugs remains a hot area of research. Plants and plant-based products are gaining importance against variety of diseases due to their non-toxic and no / less side effects. Hence, we have been continuously working on the identification and characterization of medicinal plants (Kha...

since there is limited information on the simultaneous effect of drought stress and salicylic acid on yield and mucilagecontent of the medicinal herb, plantago ovata forssk is available, a pot experiment was conducted in factorial form basedon a randomized complete block design with three replications in jiroft, kerman province, south of iran. as the firstfactor, drought stress included four le...