plant tissue culture technique could provide sterile and controllable condition in order to assay direct effect of different compounds on plant growth accurately. in this study, the effects of aqueous extracts prepared from roots and shoots of goosefoot (chenopodium album l.), redroot pigweed (amaranthus retroflexus l.), fennel (foeniculum vulgare), and wormwood (artemisia absinthium l.) were e...

This research was carried out to examine the effects of Sargassum stolonifolium on reducing cadmium in Brassica chinensis L. tissue, its influential roles physiological parameters and antioxidant mechanism B. exposed stress. Different levels Cd (50 mg 100 mg) with without S. (25g, 50g 100g) under five replications were explored this study. Biomass, photosynthetic pigment, relative water content...

the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of methanol and acetone extracts of three marine algae, including hypnea hamulosa, gracilaria corticata and enteromorpha intestinalis wereinvestigated.antioxidant activities were determined by means of total antioxidant capacity, total phenolic compounds, dpph radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing antioxidant power. antibacterial activity w...

Neurosteroids are involved in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This study evaluated the effects of finasteride, inhibitor of neurosteroid synthesis, on motor, EEG, and cellular changes in rat brain in thioacetamide-induced HE. Male Wistar rats were divided into the following groups: 1) control; 2) thioacetamide-treated group, TAA (300 mg·kg(-1)·day(-1)); 3) finasteride-treated g...

Background and objectives: The Mullein genus is the largest genus of Scrophulariaceae family which has extensive natural habitat in southwest of Iran. Mullein contains compounds such as phenolic compounds, mucilage, saponins and anthocyanin. The aim of this study was to evaluate the total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of mullein ecotypes in Iran. Methods: <...

in this study antioxidant activity of the red algae (hypnea hamulosa) was investigated in the invitro condition. the measurement included total phenolic content, ferric reducing power, dpph radical scavenging activity and total antioxidant activity. seaweed samples with the ratio of 1:20 (algae: solvent) were extracted using conventional solvent extraction method for 24 hours. the applied solve...

Commercial nanofiltration (NF) membranes in spiral-wound configuration (NP030 from Microdyn Nadir and Desal DK from GE Water &amp; Process Technologies) were used in a sequential design in order to produce a separated fraction of phenolic and sugar compounds from an aqueous artichoke extract. For both membranes, the effect of transmembrane pressure (TMP) on the permeation flux was evaluated. In...

ethanolic extract of leaves of elaeocarpus ganitrus was analyzed for their total antioxidant capacity, reducing power, metal chelating, abts+ (2, 2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonate) radical scavenging and hydroxyl radical scavenging activities. the extract at 500 ?g/ml showed maximum iron chelating activity (76.70%) followed by the scavenging of the abts+ radical (55.77%) at the sa...

costus speciosus (koen) j.e. sm. plant and its extracts are used for treatment of fever, snake bites, jaundice, and as a purgative, astringent and antibacterial agent. in the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate in vitro antioxidant activity of different extracts of this plant by dpph radical scavenging activity, total antioxidant capacity, nitric oxide scavenging activity, ion c...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity 17 edible wild fruits that are widely distributed consumed in Malawi for pharmacological value exploration. Qualitative analysis, total phenolic content, flavonoid ferric reducing power (FRAP), (TAA), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging (DPPH) were performed aqueous methanolic fruit ...