background: our purpose was to investigate propolis and its component caffeic acid phenethyl ester (cape) for their antioxidant effects on the brain tissue of rats exposed to ionizing radiation (ir). materials and methods: fifty-four male albino sprague-dawley rats, divided into six groups, were designed as normal control group, cranial irradiation of 5 gray alone, irradiation plus cape, irradi...

A cell line is an important experimental platform for biological sciences as it can basically reflect the biology of its original organism. In this study, we firstly characterized the proteome of cultured BmN cells, derived from Bombyx mori. Total 1478 proteins were identified with two or more peptides by using 1D (one-dimensional) SDS/PAGE and LTQ-Orbitrap. According to the gene ontology annot...

Soybeans (Glycine max Merr.) were grown at elevated carbon dioxide concentration ([CO(2)]) or chronic elevated ozone concentration ([O(3)]; 90 ppb), and then exposed to an acute O(3) stress (200 ppb for 4 h) in order to test the hypothesis that the atmospheric environment alters the total antioxidant capacity of plants, and their capacity to respond to an acute oxidative stress. Total antioxida...

Biotransformation of isoflavones glycosides into the aglycone form is essential to attain the maximum bioavailability. The factors affecting deglycosylation of genistin in soy flour using commercial β-glucosidase enzyme were evaluated. The presence of genistin in soy flour was confirmed by isolation through chromatographic fractionation and identification by spectral method. Two-levels Plackett...

Background: Our purpose was to investigate propolis and its component caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) for their antioxidant effects on the brain tissue of rats exposed to ionizing radiation (IR). Materials and Methods: Fifty-four male albino Sprague-Dawley rats, divided into six groups, were designed as normal control group, cranial irradiation of 5 Gray alone, irradiation plus CAPE, irradi...

background and aims: human adenoviruses can cause a diversity of clinical diseases, but there is no antiviral therapy formally approved by adenovirus infections. thus, antiviral agents derived from medicinal plants which are effective against adenoviruses infections are urgently required. therefore, this research was aimed to evaluate in vitro antiadenovirus activity of pomegranate (punica gran...

objectives: the objective of this study was to analyze the fatty acid content, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities of hydro-methanolic extract of adonis wolgensis l. (a. wolgensis l.) growing wild in north of iran. materials and methods: oils of a. wolgensis l. was obtained by means of soxhlet apparatus from leaves and stems. methyl esters were derived from the oily mixtures by trans-este...

rosmarinus officinalis l., a medicinal herb from the labiates family, has been reported to be of potential benefit in the treatment and prevention of several diseases. in particular its phenolics have demonstrated protective effects on various types of cancer through several mechanisms. the present study aimed to determine the effects of rosemary phenolic extracts on human cell functions, with ...

?-amylase inhibitory activities of ethanol extracts from six selected iranian salvia species (s. hydrangea dc., s. hypoleuca benth., s. officinalis l., s. reuterana boiss., s. verticillata l. and s. virgata jacq.) were examined, using in vitro model. in addition, antioxidant capacities (dpph• radical scavenging) and total flavonoid cotents of the extracts were also determined. the results showe...

Biotransformation of isoflavones glycosides into the aglycone form is essential to attain the maximum bioavailability. The factors affecting deglycosylation of genistin in soy flour using commercial β-glucosidase enzyme were evaluated. The presence of genistin in soy flour was confirmed by isolation through chromatographic fractionation and identification by spectral method. Two-levels Plackett...