PURPOSE To investigate the anti-ulcerogenic properties of the chloroform extract of Flemingia strobilifera root in rats. METHODS Anti-ulcer effect was evaluated by water immersion induced ulcer in rats. Other anti-ulcer related activities of the extract such as the effects on free radicals and antimicrobial activity were also evaluated. RESULTS Chloroform extract of Flemingia strobilifera r...

background: periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (ra) share a number of clinical and pathologic features, one of which is the presence of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α)-induced bone resorption that is involved in the pathogenesis of both. objectives: to investigate the effect of tnf-α blockade on periodontal conditions in patients with active ra. method: the periodontal statuses of 3...

ABSTRACT        Background and Objective: Leishmania major is a flagellate protozoan parasite causing cutaneous leishmaniasis. Although pentavalent antimony compounds are the first-line drugs for leishmaniasis, their application is often accompanied by numerous limitations and side effects. Therefore, it is necessary to seek drugs of herbal origin that have fa...

  Children are a precious gift from God, and the blessing of a child is a special time in a person's life. All cultures and religious traditions have certain ways of welcoming a newborn child into the community; also, each culture and religion has its own customs and traditions for the birth of a child. During and after the birth of a Muslim child, there are certain rituals the mother and fathe...

Background and Objective: Sensory neurons have critical role in improvement of functional outcome of any neuroprotective strategy. The herbal medicine Nepeta menthoides has been reported to have anti-apoptotic effect on axotomized spinal motoneurons. In the present study, the putative neuroprotective effect of Nepeta menthoides on the axotomized dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons in neonate r...

Phytochemical constituents are non-nutritive plant chemicals that have preventive and curative properties of disease. The use of plants and phytochemicals, both with known biological properties, can be of great significance in therapeutic treatment. The present study includes phytochemical screening and quantification of secondary metabolites and their biological activities of root extract of S...

the study was carried out to evaluate the effects of soil application of humic acid and calciumon morpho-physiological traits and na+, mg2+, ca2+ uptake of pistachio seedling (akbari) grown under salt stress.  a completely randomized design was used with four replications in greenhouse conditions. the experimental treatment consisted of four levels of humic acid (bis humic) (0, 4, 8 and 12 gr k...

For good reasons, the results reported by Diemand-Yauman et al. (2011), accompanied by the clever title, BFortune favors the bold (and the italicized): effects of disfluency on educational outcomes,^ have had a big impact, not only among researchers, but also in the public media. First, from a common-sense standpoint, why should making to-be-learned materials harder to read by virtue of a more-...