Abstract Background The Chenopodium genus is a plant family widely spread worldwide that includes various species reputed to possess several medicinal virtues in folk medicines. ambrosioides L. among the most used plants traditional medicines worldwide. This review aimed highlight ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical status, and pharmacological properties of C. Main body abstract analysis relevan...

Essential oils (EOs) have recently attracted more interest due to their insecticidal activities, low harmfulness, and rapid degradation in the environment. Therefore, Lavandula steochas (L. steochas) essential oil was assessed for its chemical constituents, vitro cytotoxicity, scolicidal, acaricidal, activities. Using spectrometry gas chromatography, components of L. EOs were detected. Addition...

conclusions the achieved findings from this comparison between botanical characteristics and therapeutic activities of stachys based on modern researches and those of marmazad by referring to traditional manuscripts revealed significant similarities between them. also, there were some applications mentioned for marmazad in tim which could help new researchers in modern phytotherapy to deal with...

The use of botanical medicine by practitioners and the general public has dramatically increased in recent years. Most of these botanical therapeutics are obtained through commercial manufacturers or nutraceutical companies. The current standard of practice that manufacturers typically use to standardize botanicals is done based on the level of a well-known, abundant marker compound present in ...

medical therapies have been widely used for premenstrual syndrome (pms), but in all of them side effects are predominant. herbal remedies rarely have side effects and people have more tendencies toward them than chemical therapies. in this study the therapeutic effect of vitex agnus castus on women who had the pms, in comparison with placebo, were investigated. in this randomized, placebo-contr...

the family of staphylinidae (rove beetles) includes 40000 species and has a world-wide distribution . many species of paederus have been known for a long time as the causative agent of linear dermatitis. paederus beetles are attracted to artificial lights in the evening during the hot and humid summer nights. whenever they are crashed or smeared on the skin they release their toxin called pede...