the ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of alamut people. this study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of alamut region (ghazvin province), northwest, iran. the botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. the current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal pla...

background and objectives: attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectra can be used as a non-invasive fingerprinting approach in quality control of herbal samples. methods: twenty versatile herbal samples were subjected to attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectroscopy followed by different clustering methods in order to determine by which method more reasonable classif...

objective: an ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal plant species marketed in mashhad city, northeastern iran, was conducted in order to document traditional medicinal knowledge and application of medicinal plants. materials and methods: this study was undertaken between 2011 and 2012. the indigenous knowledge of traditional healers used for medicinal purposes were collected through questionna...

the essential nutrients in the pharmacological plants play a significant role in the remedy of illnesses but, these elements at high levels; can also be dangerous and toxic. the aim of this study was to determine the concentration of macro (mg, ca, p, and k) and micro (cu, zn, fe and mn) essential elements in seven indigenous pharmacological plants growing in fars province, southern iran. they ...

background dyslipidemia is a major risk for cardiovascular diseases. the aim of this study is to review the effects of nutraceuticals to modify lipid disorders in children. materials and methods the literature research was conducted in embase, medline, pubmed, scopus, isi web of science, and cochrane library from 2002 until january 2015. the following keywords were used: dyslipidemia, hyperlipi...

background & aim: herbal medicine usage is prevalent among world people from a long time ago and, it has been five times from 90th to 97th in the usa. according to increasing usage of herbal drugs and investigating the knowledge, beliefs and function of patients to herbal drugs, this research was done. experimental: it is a descriptive, cross sectional study which carried on 30 patients who...

BACKGROUND There is an interest in finding new and safe antioxidants from natural sources such as medicinal plants. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of ten Iranian medicinal plants extracts. MATERIALS AND METHODS For antioxidant activity, the radical scavenging activity, reducing power and phenolic contents of ethanol plant extracts were determined. ...

Rai MK (2010) Review: Biotechnological strategies for conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants. Biodiversitas 11: 157166. The use of medicinal plants is as old as human civilization. The biotechnological tools play a crucial role in conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants. The rapid depletion of plant genetic diversity has made essential to develop new in situ and ex si...