Botanicals are an alternative option to prescription drugs for the alleviation of symptoms due to anxiety disorders and insomnia. Melissa officinalis L. has been shown as an anti-stress and anxiolytic agent. We previously reported moderate stress improvement in mice in which Cyracos(®), a standardized Melissa officinalis L. extract, was administrated. Cyracos(®) contains phytochemicals that inh...

This research investigated the effects of exogenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP) supplementation as nitric oxide (NO) on alleviating Pb-induced oxidative damage in lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) plants. Pb (100, 300 and 500 μM) alone and in combination with SNP (100 and 200 μM) were given to hydroponically grown Melissa officinalis L. plants. The findings suggested that in Pbtreated plants, ...

The current study aimed to investigate ethanolic extracts from the following medicinal plant species cultivated in western Romania: Melissa officinalis L., Rosmarinus officinalis L. (RO) and Salvia officinalis L. (SO). Antioxidant activity, total phenolics content and a profile of the main hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs), including caffeic, ferulic, coumaric and rosmarinic acids, was determined fo...

In recent years in Russia, interest has grown in the development of food and fodder additives and pharmaceutical drugs based on higher mushrooms and their metabolites. Most of these research works are concerned with basidiomycetes, which are widely investigated in many countries all over the world. The involvement of rarely encountered fungal organisms, with complex trophism and ecology, into t...

OBJECTIVES Wound is defined simply as the disruption of the biochemical, cellular, and anatomic continuity of a tissue. Plants and their extracts known as phytomedicine have immense potential for the management and treatment of wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Due to the undesirable side effects, in the control and treatment of the wound infections, it is recommended to use natural materials suc...

BACKGROUND Euphrasia officinalis L. is an herb traditionally used in folk medicine, mainly in the treatment of eye disorders. AIMS The present study analyzed the activity of three extracts of E. officinalis L. (ethanol, ethyl acetate and heptane) on cultured human corneal epithelial cells (10.014 pRSV-T). STUDY DESIGN In vitro study. METHODS Toxicity, free radical scavenging activity and ...

Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae), Persian shallot (Allium ascalonicum L., Alliaceae ) and Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae) are believed to have hypoglycemic properties and have been used traditionally as antidiabetic herbal medicines in Iran. In this study, diabetes was induced by subcutaneous injection of alloxan monohydrate (100 mg kg(-1)) to male Wistar rats. Antidiabetic effects...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aims of the present study were to determine and compare the effects of different concentrations of Althaea officinalis extract, 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX), and penicillin on Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS The laboratory study was done, for a period of 8 weeks. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in the test tube, min...

in recent decades, enormous use of chromium in different industries as well as water and soil pollution by those industries caused serious concern. toxic impact of chromium on the growth of plants includes changes in the process of germination and root, stem and leaves’ growth. chromium also has harmful impact on the plants’ physiological processes such as photosynthesis. on the other hand, iro...