Several species of Prangos are traditionally used as emollient, carminative, tonic, anti-flatulent, anthelmintic and anti-thrombotic agents. Osthole, a coumarin isolated from Prangos, are believed to be responsible for some of its effects. In this research, relaxant effects of Prangos ferulacea extract and osthole on rat uterus contraction induced by KCl, acetylcholine (ACh), oxytocin and elect...

Background The present study was conducted on the effect of prangos ferulacea vaginal cream on accelerating the recovery of bacterial vaginosis. Methods This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 100 non-pregnant women referring to health centers affiliated to Lorestan University of Medical Sciences in 2016 with the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis based on the patient's compl...

Prangos ferulacea is a plant found in the Mediterranean and Middle-east regions used as carminative, anti-flatulent, emollient and antibacterial herb. It is believed that the coumarins are responsible for some of known effects of Prangos. In this research the relaxant effects of P. ferulacea coumrin rich extract as well as osthole as its main prenylated coumarins were investigated on rat ileum ...

background: the prangos ferulacea (pf)–yogurt is a traditional food in iran. this study investigated the effects of pf on the microbial, physicochemical and sensory properties of probiotic yoghurt. methods: pasteurized low fat milk was heated up to 85°c, cooled to 40°c, and then mixed with conventional and lactobacillus casei starter cultures incubated at 37°c until ph decreased to 4.6. then, t...

objectives: this study investigates the effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of prangos ferulacea (l.) lindle (p.f) on rats' pancreas structure changes and diabetic treatment after streptozotocin injection. materials and methods: in this research forty male wistar rats with body weights of 100±20 gram, were randomly divided into 5 groups with 8 rats per each group. diabetes was induced in ra...