The quality and shelf life of foods of containing lipids (fats and oils) significantly reduces due to rancidity.Applications of natural antioxidants are one of the most effective manners to prevent the oxidation of oils and lipids. The antioxidant properties of juice extracted from barberry fruit (Berberris vulgaris.L) using maceration and SWE (10 bars and 120 180°C) methods were investigated a...

background and objectives: with regard to the hazards of nitrite, application of natural preservatives in order to reduce the microbial load of meat and meat products is increasing. owing to their anti-bacterial properties, red barberry and the dried residue of red grape could be suitable replacers for nitrite. materials and methods: agar dilution method was employed in order to determine the m...

this study was conducted to assess the preventive effect of aqueous extract of berberis integerrima bge. root (aebir) on liver damage and oxidative stress induced by diabetes mellitus in rats. forty male rats were divided into 5 groups as follows: 1- normal (n); 2- normal + barberry (n+b) (they received barberry root extract for 6 weeks); 3- diabetic (d) (they received streptozotocin (stz), 65 ...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome is the constellation of several cardiometabolic risk factors, and is associated with a heightened risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) is a measure of factors that promote and control oxidative stress. PAB may also be associated with the risk factors of CHD. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the impact of supplement...

In the study, determination of optimal conditions for anthocyanin extraction from dried fruit barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) was aimed. For this purpose, solvent method used. The present investigation carried out to different such as solvents (ethanol and 2% hydrochloric acid, acetic acid citric acid), concentration ethanol (20-80%), suitable (1-4%), temperature (30-60 oC), time (60-240 min) r...

Toxicopathological effects of herbs have always been a major concern. There is scant information available about the toxicopathological effects of barberry in the fetus. Since the embryogenesis in chicken is similar to human beings, the objective of this study is to evaluate the lesions of the various dosages of Berberis vulgaris using a chicken embryonic model. Fertile chicken eggs were divide...

Background and objectives: Although the efficacy of selected training and antioxidant herbs in the treatment of diabetes mellitus has been determined, the interactive effect of selected training and aqueous extract of barberry on insulin resistance and risk factors of type2 diabetes mellitus is not well understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of aqueous extract of...

Background: Barberry (Berberris vulgaris) is a well known medicinal plant in Iran and has also