background and objectives: alzheimer's disease (ad) as a neurodegenerative disorder is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. according to the amyloid hypothesis, accumulation of amyloid beta (aβ) plaques, which are mostly constituted of aβ peptide aggregates, triggers pathological cascades that lead to neuronal cell death. thus, modulation of aβ toxicity is the hopeful therapeut...

background: inflammation is a dynamic process that is elicited in response to various harmful stimulantsthat may threaten the well-being of the host. herbs have been traditionally used as anti-inflammatory agents since very early times. rubia tinctorum l. is one of these herbs that havebeen used for treating inflammatory diseases in iranian traditional medicine. objective: this study aims at co...

extracts obtained from the aerial parts of stachys lavandulifolia (lamiaceae) are used in iranian folk medicine as remedies for the treatment of various painful and inflammatory diseases. for evaluation of its probable analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, hydroalcoholic, polyphenolic and boiled extracts of the aerial parts of the herb were prepared and their analgesic effects were studied i...

objective(s): bidens species are used for their antidiabetic properties traditionally in many countries. aim of this study is to evaluate hypoglycaemic and antidiabetic activity of bidens tripartita extract and to identify its active compounds through bioactivity guided isolation technique. materials and methods: hypoglycaemic effects of b. tripartita extract and its sub-extracts were investiga...

background research in the area of herbal psychopharmacology has clearly improved in recent decades. self-administration of herbal medicines has been the most popular therapeutic alternative to standard medicine. objectives since the extract of echium amoenum exhibits an anxiolytic effect, the aim of this study is to evaluate the anxiolytic and hypnotic effects in mice of the aqueous and ethano...

Background & Aim: Very studies results show that many plants can be used safety and successfully to treat bacterial diseases without presenting the disadvantages affects and antibiotic resistance. Eucalyptus globulus and Malva neglecta are native plants in Iran that due to containing different chemical compounds have been antimicrobial activity against some bacteria. The aim o...

The present study investigates the antioxidant, anticancer, anticholinesterase, anti-genotoxic activities and phenolic contents of flower, fruit and seed methanol extracts of Hypericum retusum AUCHER. The amounts of protocatechuic acid, catechin, caffeic acid and syringic acid in methanol extracts were determined by HPLC. Total phenolic content of H. retusum seed extract was found more than fru...