verbascoside (acteoside), a phenyl propanoid glycoside, comprises 0.5 to 3.5% dry weight of lippia citriodora leaves. a wide range of biological activities are attributed to verbascoside including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-tumor, anti-fungal, photoprotective as well as chelating effects. the objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of verbascoside on pregnanc...

gastrointestinal (gi) diseases affect a large number of people all over the world. uncontrolled acid secretion and occurrence of gastric ulcers are common disorders of gi tract which pose serious problems to human health. many synthetic drugs have been used to treat gi disorders but a definite cure has not been discovered so far and the available medications cause several side effects. nigella ...

objective(s): for determining the mechanism of anti-asthmatic effect of thymoquinone, this investigation evaluated the effect of thymoquinone in the presence of selective a2a and a2b adenosine receptor antagonists (zm241385 and mrs1706, respectively). materials and methods: seventy guinea pigs were randomly divided to 7 groups; control (c), sensitized with ovalbumin (s), sensitized groups pretr...