For thousands of years, medicinal herbs have been an integral part traditional medicine, since a number them exhibit potent antioxidant properties, mainly associated with their rich content in bioactive compounds. Based on these attributes, nowadays, are used for industrial purposes (e.g., as natural food additives) and also evaluated chemopreventive strategies diseases the disruption redox hom...

Background: Osteoarthritis is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant diseases in the world and was previously recognized as a degenerative joint disease characterized by cartilage deformity and the formation of new bones at the edges of the joint. But this disease is not just a degenerative disease but also a biomechanical, biochemical, and cellular phenomenon. Common treatments include s...

5-Fluorouracil is reported as the second most common chemotherapeutic agent after anthracyclines causing cardiotoxicity. Thirty male albino rats were divided into three groups. Rats in group I received saline daily for 8 days only and served as the control. Rats in group II received saline orally for 8 days, then administrated with 5-Fluorouracil (150mg\ kg B.W\once I.P injection at the 5 day)....

In the present study we aimed to evaluate the effects of methanolic extracts of the bulbs of Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae) and Persian shallot (Allium ascalonicum L., Alliaceae ) and leaves of Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae ), ASE, AAE and SOE respectively, on the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase (CAT) activities a...

Twenty compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Salvia willeana (Holmboe) Hedge, growing wild in Cyprus. These compounds comprise one new and one known acetophenone, one megastigmane glucoside, five phenolic derivatives, two caffeic acid oligomers, three flavonoids, two lignans, two triterpene acids, one monoterpene glucoside, and two fatty acids. The structures of the isolated compound...

background and aims: inflammation is one of the defense mechanisms of body and unpleasant sensation of pain is caused by tissue damage. mostly, inflammation occurs through the release of inflammatory mediators. salvia officinalis is one of the most valuable medicinal kind of mint order. salvigenin is one of the active flavonoids existing in this plant. the aim of this study was to evaluate the ...