the present study was conducted to investigate the clinical effects and possible side effects of yarrow extract ( achillea millefolium l.) as feed additive on biochemical blood parameters and growth performance of rainbow trout ( oncorhynchus mykiss ). fishes were treated with 0 (control), 0.1, 0.5 and 1% of yarrow extract for 30 days. plasma alanine aminotransferase (alt), aspartate aminotrans...

The Achillea millefolium L. (Yarrow) is a common herb which is widely being used, worldwide. Achillea is being used for treatment of many disorders since centuries. It is considered safe for supplemental use and flavonoids such as kaempferol, luteolin and apigenin are of main constituents present in Achillea. Most of both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of this herb have been attri...

the present study was conducted to quantify the density and abundance of weeds in wheat fields of south khorasan province during 2010 and 56 species of weed form 16 plant families were identified in 240 farms of eight towns around this province. the most families in number of species were pertaining to poaceae, asteraceae and chenopodiaceae with 15 (26.79%), nine (16.7%), six (10.71%) and six (...

Active, focused involvement with toys has been associated with later cognitive development (Ruff & Rothbart, 1996; Yarrow, Morgan, Jennings, Harmon, & Gaiter, 1982). A deficit in active toy exploration is a sensitive indicator of risk in infants as young as 1 year (Landry & Chapieski, 1988; Ruff, McCarton, Kurtzberg, & Vaughn, 1984). One-year-olds’ focused exploration is greater during interact...

Cultivation and preservation of yarrow has recently attracted wide attention due to its beneficial properties; however, genetic variation of Achillea species is still relatively unknown. We used RAPD and ISSR markers to assess genetic diversity in 16 accessions of yarrow belonging to two species native to Iran. Seven ISSR and nine RAPD primers generated 187 amplified fragments, of which 1...

The carbonic anhydrase (CA: Carbonate hydrolyase: E.C.4.2.1.1) content from the leaves and flowers of mature yarrow (Achillea millefolium), a plant believed to possess healing qualities, was purified and characterized. The purification levels were 35.58 fold in the leaves and 40.21 fold in the flowers. The optimum temperatures were 25C and 40C for the leaves and flowers, respectively, and optim...

Nowadays, medicinal plants used in folk medicine are being increasingly studied and used on pharmaceutical, food and nutraceutical fields. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) is widely used in both folk and official medicine. Therefore, in the present paper different extracts of yarrow inflorescences and upper leaves were investigated for their total polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity u...