The selected parts of four medicinal plants, Achillea millefolium, Hibiscus rosasinensis, Linum usitatissimum and Pluchea lanceolata were extracted in absolute methanol to determine their analgesic activity. Analgesic activity was assessed on intact mice by tail flick latency via the tail immersion method. The analgesic activities of these plant extracts were compared with acetylsalicylic a...

Tannins are an important class of secondary metabolites with a wide range pharmacological effects, due to which they used in various fields treatment. In plants the genus Achillea L., tannins dominant compounds. This allows use plant raw materials and extracts yarrow for development complex herbal combined formulations medicines. The search new sources natural tannin compounds pharmaceutical co...

The genus Achillea L. includes more than 100 species and is a polyploid complex of di-, tetra-, hexa- and octaploids, individuals.

Cultivation and preservation of yarrow has recently attracted wide attention due to its beneficial properties; however, genetic variation of Achillea species is still relatively unknown. We used RAPD and ISSR markers to assess genetic diversity in 16 accessions of yarrow belonging to two species native to Iran. Seven ISSR and nine RAPD primers generated 187 amplified fragments, of which 1...

The cytological features including chromosome numbers and detailed measurements of 46 populations ten Achillea species ( A. aleppica, bibersteinii, eriophora, filipendula, millefolium, nobilis, pachycephala, tenuifolia, vermicularis, wilhelmsii ) were reported from Iran. Sample plants seeds collected diff erent geographical regions Total length, long/ short arm ratio, centromere index, total fo...

BACKGROUND Achillea kellalensis, which is frequently used by Chaharmahal va Bakhtiarians residing in, Southwest of Iran, as a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of acute diarrhea, has been selected to examine its antiviral activities against bovine rotavirus and cell toxicity activity in MA-104 cells. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic and anti-...