background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium found in water and soil. it is a normal flora in skin and gastrointestinal tract of human beings. p. aeruginosa as an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections having multiple pathogenic factors and shows high rate of resistance to different antibiotics. the aim of this study was to identify t...

- Finding the most important medicinal herbs in Semirom. - Determination of major diseases in Semirom. - Determination of medicinal herb successes on diseases treatment. This study was a measuremental study in 2002 based on filled questionnaire distributed among the Semirom people. - 30 regional species of medicinal herbs have been found for remediation of diseases. - More than 80 percent of Se...

background thymus species are well known medicinal plants which the previous studies suggested the involvement of the opioid system in them. objectives this study aimed to investigate the effects of methanolic extract and essential oil of aerial parts of thymus daenensis (td), an endemic aromatic medicinal plant of iran, on morphine withdrawal syndrome in mice. materials and methods experiments...

- Finding the most important medicinal herbs in Semirom. - Determination of major diseases in Semirom. - Determination of medicinal herb successes on diseases treatment. This study was a measuremental study in 2002 based on filled questionnaire distributed among the Semirom people. - 30 regional species of medicinal herbs have been found for remediation of diseases. - More than 80 percent of Se...

Background and objectives: Betulinic acid (BA), oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA) are well-known pentacyclic triterpenoids (PTs), which are produced by plants. They possess a variety of beneficial effects including anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antitumor, anti-HIV, antimicrobial, gastroprotective, and antihyperlipidemic activities. In the present study, quantitative determination...

Germination represents a fundamental stage of plant life highly responsive to change of environmental conditions. Low germination percent and seedling establishment are basic problems in saline regions. One of the sensitive stages of plants to salinity is the germination stage. This study was conducted using a factorial experiment with three factors such as species with two levels (Thymus vulga...

Background & Aim: Drought stress, as a main abiotic stress, has a significant influence on growth and metabolic activities of plant species. In this study, the influence of reduced irrigation on dry herbage, essential oil yield, and chemical components of two thyme species were investigated. Experimental: This study was done in an experimental greenhouse, I.A.U., Shahrekord Branch, Iran at 201...