background royal jelly (rj), a food item secreted by worker honeybees, is a mixture that contains protein, glucose, lipid, vitamins, and minerals; it is widely used as a commercial medical product. previous studies have shown that rj has a number of physiological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antiallergic and antioxidant activities. objectives in the present study, the anti-inf...

objective: premna integrifolia linn (family: verbenaceae) synonym of premna serratifolia has tremendous medicinal value. preliminary pharmacological studies were performed on the methanolic extract of premna integrifolia (mepi) bark to investigate neuropharmacological, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory activities. materials and methods: neuropharmacology study was done by open field and hole cro...

abstract inflammatory pseudotumour describes as a wide range of neoplastic and reactive lesions. one of the rare presentations of these tumors is found in the salpinx. this case report characterizes a thirty six year old woman with a history of left sided abdominal pain for a few months. further examinations revealed that she had a complex cyst in her left salpinx. the patient had normal levels...

extracts obtained from the aerial parts of stachys lavandulifolia (lamiaceae) are used in iranian folk medicine as remedies for the treatment of various painful and inflammatory diseases. for evaluation of its probable analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, hydroalcoholic, polyphenolic and boiled extracts of the aerial parts of the herb were prepared and their analgesic effects were studied i...

introduction and aims: microscopic colitis has been generally recognized as lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis: two inflammatory diseases of large intestine without a definite origin. the colon appears normal by colonoscopy. so, biopsy of the colonic mucosa is mandatory for diagnosis. materials and methods: as a descriptive design we assessed epidemiological, clinical and laboratory fi...

background : the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) may have changed over time. the incidence and prevalence of ibd appears to be lower in asia and south america. although once believed to be infrequent in iran, there has been a rising trend in ibd over the past two decades. however, in iran there is no data about the incidence and prevalence of ibd. materials and methods : â demogra...

pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) is a rare complication of transvaginal oocyte retrieval. it may result in failure of assisted reproductive techniques (art). during a 7 years period, 5958 transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrievals resulted in 10 cases of acute pid. eight out of 10 patients were diagnosed infertile because of endometriosis. two patients had mild ovarian, 3 had stage iii, ...

ziziphora tenuior is one of the traditional medicinal herbs; the main active chemical composition of this herb is an ingredient named as pulegone which is known well for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. considering, the side effects of synthetic drugs, researcher’s attention has been attracted to the use of herbal medicines.in this study, after inducing ear edema via xylenol, the an...

background: considering the existence of controversies about the predictive value of inflammatory markers for cardiovascular disease (cvd), we aimed to compare the level of high?sensitivity c?reactive protein (hs?crp) and interlukin?6 (il?6) level in chronic hemodialysis (hd) patients with and without cvd. materials and methods: in this historical cohort study, hd patients with and without cvd ...