AIMS This study is to determine the effect of astragalus and salvia extract on the alteration of myocardium in a rat model of myocardial infarction. METHODS A total of 40 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the sham-operated group, the control group, the Astragalus group, the Salvia group, and the compatibility of Astragalus and Salvia and group. The cardiac functions were det...

OBJECTIVE To assess the cytotoxic activities of crude extracts and solvent fractions of Spermacoce verticillata, Ficus pumila and Flemingia strobilifera against a MT-4 human leukaemia cancer cell line. METHODS Crude extracts of dried leaves of S verticillata, F pumila and F strobilifera were made by exhaustive methanol extraction, fractions were obtained from sequential extraction of the crud...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE In 1962 ethnopharmacologists, Hofmann and Wasson, undertook an expedition to Oaxaca, Mexico. These two researchers were the first scientists to collect a flowering specimen of Salvia divinorum allowing the identification of this species. While the species' traditional use is confined to a very small region of Mexico, since Hofmann and Wasson's expedition 50 years ...

Genus Salvia, commonly known as sage, is the largest genus in the Lamiaceae family. It comprises many species traditionally used as brain-enhancing tonics. In vitro and animal studies have confirmed that several Salvia species contain a large array of active compounds that may enhance cognitive activity and protect against neurodegenerative disease. In this review, the active constituents in pl...

UNLABELLED Fabry disease (FD) is a rare X-linked genetic lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A, that produces accumulation of globotriaosylceramide. There is a multisystemic involvement, including renal, cardiac, eye, and nervous system manifestations. AIM To perform a descriptive analysis of the ophthalmological manifestations in Mexican patients wi...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza on serum levels of cytokines including interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). METHODS Thirty-six SAP patients were randomly divided into Salvia miltiorrhiza-treated group and non-Salvia miltiorrhiza-treated group with eighteen patients in each...

The purpose of this experiment was to increase poultry meat production by increasing the number chickens reared in same area and managing it using medicinal herbs Salvia officinalis L Lavandula angustifolia L. broiler chicken diet. 705 one-day-old chicks were randomly distributed into to7 treatments with three replicates for an two m2 floor system each replicate treatment, during 35 days study....

This study was conducted to determine the response of Salvia tomentosa Mill. and officinalis L. different salinity levels. The salvia plants were grown in 8 L pots filled with continuously aerated nutrient solution under salt levels 1 (control), 2, 3, 4, 5 6 dS m-1 fully automated climate chambers. fresh dry weight shoot root, stem length, leaf area, SPAD, CO2 fixation, root diameter, volume, N...