Peganum harmala is one of the most famous medicinal plants and natural products commonly used in traditional medicine extensively spread Middle East Asia North Africa. This study aimed to evaluate radical scavenging activity ethanolic crude extracts P. seeds from Libya using DPPH assay; determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) bactericidal concentrations (MBC) against Gram-negative Salm...

Background and Aim: There are some rich sources of antifungals in medicinal herbs. They have general acceptance due to their low cost and insignificant side effects. The efficacy of Peganum harmala (P. harmala) extract against Candida species was investigated in this study.    Materials and Methods: In this in vitro study, we used the maceration technique to obtain P. harmala aqueous and al...

Objective: Plants have been used to treat ailments since the dawn of humanity. The use medicinal plants for various purposes such as preventing diseases, treating diseases and supporting medical treatment is increasing day by day. On other hand, are important sources raw materials pharmaceutical industry. It has demonstrated that Peganum harmala L. phytochemicals it contains a wide variety phar...

Abstract Recent years have seen the re-emergence of vector-borne diseases, representing more than 17% infectious diseases globally. Most these can be prevented by vector control measures. Series difficulties which are linked to fight. Plant insecticides present interesting alternatives chemical currently used in fight against pests. In first part, we inventoried species region El Kantara, Biskr...

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of zinc exposure (0, 1, 5, 15, 30 mg/L zinc) on biochemical and physiological parameters Peganum harmala seedlings. Two populations (metallicolous non-metallicolous) were compared in Zn tolerance, accumulation, photosynthetic pigments, enzymatic antioxidant activities. Plants treated with at concentrations 0, for 14 days. results showed that in...

Objective Influenza A virus infections are still a major health problem and the choices available for the control and treatment of the disease are limited. This research evaluated in vitro and in vivo antiviral effects of Peganum harmala L. seeds (PHS) extract against influenza A virus. Materials and Methods In this research, in vitro anti-influenza A virus activity of the extract was assesse...

BACKGROUND Egyptians recognized the healing power of herbs and used them in their medicinal formulations. Nowadays, "Attarin" drug shops and the public use mainly the Unani medicinal system for treatment of their health problems including improvement of memory and old age related diseases. Numerous medicinal plants have been described in old literature of Arabic traditional medicine for treatme...