Background: The use of allelopathic plant extracts as herbicide is being popularized in recent years. Objective: This research has been conducted to evaluate the allelopathic potential of caltrop (Tribulus terrestris L.) on seed germination and growth of Avena fatua L., Chenopodium album L., Setaria viridis L. and Amaranthus retroflexus L. Methods: This research was done to evalature the ef...

asthma is a disorder of increasing severity and prevalence. recent knowledge about the pathogenesis of asthma emphasizes its inflammatory nature. cpg oligonucleotides are a class of compounds containing motifs based on the cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (cpg-odns). these motifs are suppressed in mammalian dna. they induce inflammation in mammals characterized by the induction of t helper type 1...

Chenopodium album (L.), Bathua is a fast-growing weedy annual plant in the genus Chenopodium. In the present work, we have attempted to study different characteristics of bathua in different solvents (petroleum ether, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol, distilled water, and the mixture of all solvents in equal proportion), to understand its health benefits. Various studies were done to es...

background: there are many therapeutic methods for allergic conditions. cpg oli-gonucleotides play a critical role in immunity via the augmentation of th1 and suppres-sion of th2 responses. objective: in the present study we aimed to estimate the effec-tiveness of intranasal administration of cpg odn plus chenopodium album allergen in allergic asthma compared with the administration of allergen...