background: many members of the genus satureja l. (lamiaceae) have interesting pharmacological and biological properties. objective: in this research, major essential oil (eo) compositions, rosmarinic acid (ra) content, and antioxidant and antibacterial properties of the leaf extracts of nine satureja species (s. bachtiarica, s. mutica, s. sahandica, s. macrantha, s. atropatana, s. edmondi, s. ...

this research aimed to study on effect of foliar spraying with zinc (as zinc sulphate), nitrogen (as urea) and iron (as sulphate and chelated fe) on growth parameters, quality of fruit, flower characteristics, chemical constituents and nutrients content of leaves on grapevine. applied nutrients were zinc sulphate (zn) of 0.0 and 1.5gl-1 and urea (n) at 0.0 and 5 gl-1 and fe (1) control (low fe)...

leishmaniasis is a neglected public health problem caused by the protozoan species belonging to the genus leishmania affecting mostly the poor populations of developing countries. the causative organism is transmitted by female sandflies. cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral clinical manifestations are the most frequent forms of leishmaniasis. chemotherapy still relies on the use of pentavale...

objective(s) due to increasing emergence of drug-resistance in helicobacter pylori isolates, traditional plants are potentially valuable sources of novel anti-h. pylori agents. in this research, anti-h. pylori activity of the organic extracts of twenty native iranian plants was determined against ten clinical isolates of h. pylori. materials and methods disc diffusion was used to determine the ...

background & aim: salvia officinalis is known as a traditional medicine for several diseases in countries like lebanon, syria, jordan, etc. in addition, s. officinalis has been subjected to several studies in a try to specify its medicinal effects. this study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of this plant. the aim of the present research was to study antibacterial effects of s. o...

neutralization effects of acorus calamus and withania somnifera root extracts were tested against echis carinatus venom. both plant extracts were effectively neutralized the various pharmacological activities induced by echis carinatus venom. about 0.14 mg of acorus calamus and 0.16 mg of withania somnifera root extracts were able to completely neutralize the lethal activity of 2ld 50 of echis ...

a kind of growth hormone secretagogue (ghs), ghrelin, was first isolated from the rat stomach and plays a major role in the activation of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (ghs-r1a) resulting the release of growth hormone (gh). the preproghrelin gene is placed on chromosome 3, at locus 3p25 –2 in humans and constitutes five exons and three introns. ghrelin is most plentifully expresse...

plants produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites, many of which have antimicrobial activity. otostegia persica bioss. (labiatae) grows in south east of iran. no previous investigation on antimicrobial effects of this plant has been reported. thus, the aim of this work was to examine the antimicrobial effect of o. persica extracts with different polarity on several microorganisms. aerial ...

abstract in recent decades the use of environmentally friendly biological and non-chemical materials for the control of plant pests has found good position. due to this reason the effect of some plant extracts (kernel extract of azadirachta indica with 1:12.5, fruit extract of chinaberry, fruit extract of iranian lilac and leaf extract of chinaberry with 1:3 with water), cotton seed oil and nee...