Elevated serum cholesterol and triglyceride is well established as a risk factor development of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. A number of clinical studies have shown that reducing elevated levels of serum cholesterol and triglyceride, by drugs or dietary intervention, could lead to reduction in the incidence of coronary-related deaths. The search for new drug with the potential t...

Elevated serum cholesterol and triglyceride is well established as a risk factor development of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. A number of clinical studies have shown that reducing elevated levels of serum cholesterol and triglyceride, by drugs or dietary intervention, could lead to reduction in the incidence of coronary-related deaths. The search for new drug with the potential t...

Different types of Artemisia aucheri extracts were reported to have various biological activities including a cytotoxic effect on some cancer cell lines. We investigated the antiproliferative activity of isolated sesquiterpenoids from petroleum ether extract of Artemisia aucheri (A. aucheri)aerial parts on SK-N-MC, MCF-7, and A2780 cell lines. Phytochemicals from the petroleum ether cold macera...

Recent studies have introduced seed priming with H2O2 as an effective technique to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants. In the current study, accomplished at Faculty of Sciences, Shahrekord University, seeds of medicinal plant Artemisia aucheri were primed with H2O2 (0, 10, 50, 90 and 140 µM) and grown under salt stress (0 and 150 mM NaCl) for one month. Results showed a decrease in H2O2 and m...

This study was conducted to determine the phenolic compounds that may be utilized as chemotaxonomic identify some concentration are useful for pharmaceutical purposes from 5 taxa belongs Brassicaceae family which are; Cardaria draba (L.) Desv., Lepidum aucheri Boiss., Sisymbrium irio L., officinale Scop., and septulatum DC. Leaves powder of these were collected analyzed by High-performance liqu...

background and objectives: helichrysum oligocephalum dc. (compositae)  is an endemic plant in iran that has been recommended by iranian traditional and folk medicine practitioners for gastrointestinal complaints. the plant is rich in essential oil and in the present investigation, the volatile composition of the species has been determined. methods: the light yellow essential oil from the aeria...