PURPOSE Current study is focused on extraction with methanol, purification, labeling with (131)I using iodogen method of the yarrow plant and investigating in vivo biological activity using biodistribution and imaging studies on healthy animal models. The aim of the study is to contribute plant extracts to discover new drugs in the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases. METHODS Nine fem...

microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) method has been compared with hydrodistillation (hd) conventional technique for extraction of essential oil from achillea millefolium. microwave-assisted hydrodistillation were examined at three levels of microwave powers (300, 500, and 700 w) .   obtained results show that   mahd offers important advantages over hd in terms of energy savings and extr...

the selected parts of four medicinal plants, achillea millefolium, hibiscus rosasinensis, linum usitatissimum and pluchea lanceolata were extracted in absolute methanol to determine their analgesic activity. analgesic activity was assessed on intact mice by tail flick latency via the tail immersion method. the analgesic activities of these plant extracts were compared with acetylsalicylic acid ...