BACKGROUND Non-ulcer dyspepsia is predominantly a self-managed condition, although it accounts for a significant number of general practitioner consultations and hospital referrals. Herbal medicinal products are often used for the relief of dyspeptic symptoms. AIMS : To critically assess the evidence for and against herbal medicinal products for the treatment of non-ulcer dyspepsia. METHODS...

background : the aim of this study was to evaluate the antimalarial effects of iranian flora artemisia khorassanica against plasmodium berghei in vivo and pharmacochemistry of its natural components. methods : the aerial parts of iranian flora a. khorasanica were collected at flowering stage from khorassan province, northeastern iran in 2008. they were air-dried at room temperature; powder was ...

Phytomedicine for wound healing are not only cheap and affordable but are also purportedly to be safe as hypersensitive reactions are rarely encountered with the use of these agents. Passiflora foetida is reported to possess anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-oxidant activities. It is reported that traditionally its leaves used in the wound healing treatment. Thus, the study was carried out to...

Planterosomes, term “PLANTERO” means plant while “SOME” means celllike. A novel emerging technique applied to phytopharmaceutical for the enhancement of bioavailability of herbal extract for medicinal applications. Since the two major limiting factors for molecules to pass the biological membrane for their absorption in the blood stream mainly includes lipid solubility and molecular sizes. Ther...

Atherothrombotic diseases such as myocardial or cerebral infarction are serious consequences of the thrombus formed xin blood vessels. Thrombolytic agents are used to dissolve the already formed clots in the blood vessels; however, these drugs have certain limitations which cause serious and sometimes fatal consequences. Herbal preparations have been used since ancient times for the treatment o...

Wounds are the result of injuries to the skin that disrupt the other soft tissue. Healing of a wound is a complex and protracted process of tissue repair and remodeling in response to injury. Various plant products have been used in treatment of wounds over the years. Wound healing herbal extracts promote blood clotting, fight infection, and accelerate the healing of wounds. Phytoconstituents d...

Despite the great marketing success, most physicians attribute poor efficacy to herbals. This perception is due to two situations that are an integral part of the herbal topic. The first is the poor phytochemical reproducibility obtained during the production process of herbal extracts, as herbal extracts are not always standardized in the whole manufacturing process, but only in their titer. T...

Herbal medicines in treatment of cancer as complementary and alternative therapy are accepted increasingly with growing scientific evidences of biomedical research and clinical trials. Anticancer drugs discovered from herbal medicines have a long history and some of them have been used in clinical setting as the conventional anticancer drugs. Actually, herbal medicines are a source for anticanc...