Capsicum and garlic were extracted in xylene. The obtained extracts were used to prepare four emulsifable concentrates "EC's". Formula A "capsicum xylene extract + emulsifier", Formula B "garlic xylene extract + emulsifier", Formula C "capsicum xylene extract in boiled linseed oil + emulsifier" and Formula D "garlic xylene extract in boiled linseed oil + emulsifier ". All prepared formulations ...

Anthracnose is one of the most important fungal diseases strawberry affecting almost all parts plant including leaves, petioles, runners, flower stalk and fruits. Chemicals are not encouraged to manage disease as fruit consumed directly which may lead various health hazards demands for an eco-friendly alternative method management. The present investigation was conducted evaluate six promising ...

helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common human infections which have been associated with many upper gasterointestinal complications. different treatment regimens for helicobacter pylori eradication have been used. one of these regimes is the quadruple therapy regimen which metronidazole is one of the medications. in recent years several reports on h. pylori resistance to this an...

Heavy metals are stable environmental contaminants, causing various alterations in target tissues. Garlic has some beneficial effect in preventing heavy metal induced various alteration. The objective was to investigate the possible protective role of fresh aqueous homogenate of garlic on hematology, erythrocyte antioxidant defense system in male albino rats treated with NiSO4 and K2Cr2O7. Rats...

abstract introduction the main function of the fibrinolytic system is to dissolve fibrin clots in circulation. this system is composed of inactive precursor plasminogen which can be converted into plasmin by the proteolytic enzymes like tissue-type plasminogen activator (tpa). fibrinolytic properties can be found in a variety of medicine plants and they could effectively prevent cardiovascular ...

OBJECTIVES Comparative hypoglycemic and hypolipidaemic activity of garlic (ethanol) extract and metformin was the aim of the study in 24 normal and diabetic rabbits. MATERIAL AND METHODS In group A of 12 rabbits, the influence of different doses (250, 300 and 350 mg/kg body weight) of garlic extract was evaluated, six of them were kept normal, while six were caused to be diabetic with alloxan...

Intravenous administration of garlic extract (25.9 mg/kg body weight), significantly increases urinary output in dogs, whjch was also found to be dose dependent. The pH of urine was not altered after the administration of garlic extract. Effect of intravenous administration of Furosemide (1.0 mg/kg b. wt.) was also observed for control comparison. It was found that the garlic in high doses (54....

objective in previous studies, the relaxant, anticholinergic (functional antagonism), antihistaminic and its stimulatory effects on b-adrenoceptors of nigella sativa have been demonstrated on guinea pig tracheal chains. in the present study, the relaxant effects of hydro-ethanolic, macerated aqueous (ma) and lipid-free macerated aqueous (lfma) extract of nigella sativa on tracheal chains of gui...

garlic is known as a potent spice and a medicinal herb with broad therapeutic properties ranging from antibacterial to anticancer and anticoagulant. our previous studies have shown some immunoregulatory effects for aged garlic extract, suggesting a key role for 14-kd glycoprotein of garlic in shifting the cytokine pattern to t helper-1. in present study, we investigated the effect of 1, 2, and ...

BACKGROUND Garlic is one of the medicinal plants which has showed beneficial effects on atherosclerosis risk factors. The liver X receptor α (LXRα) is an important regulator of cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose homeostasis that belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily. In this study we investigated the effect of garlic on lipid profile, glucose as well as LXRα expression in intestine and...