objective(s): in this study, the effects of chronic administration of crocin, an active constituent of saffron, on blood pressures of normotensive and desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) - salt induced hypertensive rats, were investigated.   materials and methods: five week administration of three doses of crocin (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg/day) and spironolactone (50 mg/kg/day) in different groups ...

a crossbreeding experiment involving four iranian fat-tailed sheep breeds, namely kurdi (k), chaal (c), afshari (a) and sanjabi (s) was carried out to determine the ram breed effects on productivity of kurdi fat-tailed ewes (k) under extensive production system. a total of 475 kurdi ewes were mated to 24 rams from four breeds producing 454 lambs including pure kurdi, kk, (116 lambs), afshari × ...

background & aim: eugenia caryophyllata well known as clove is a tree from myrtaceae family that several parts of this plant traditionally used in dental care as an analgesic. this study aimed to assess the chemical composition, anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of the essential oil extracted from clove buds. experimental: the essential oil of clove buds (eoc) was extracted ...

the effectiveness of pituitary extract from crucian carp (carassius auratus linnaes 1758) in inducing ovulation in veil tail gold fish (carassius auratus gibelio bloch 1783), was examined and the effect of maternal hormone treatment on egg quality in two types of fertilization (fertilization in aquarium and artificial fertilization), were evaluated in 22·c temperature. fish were injected intrap...

objective(s): the aim of study was to investigate the antinociceptive effect of intracerebroventricular (icv) microinjection of origanum vulgare (org) extract and possible involvement of opioid receptors.   materials and methods: cannula was inserted into left ventricle of male rats. five days after surgery tail flick latency (tfl) was measured after icv microinjection of, org (1, 3 and 6 μg / ...