background: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) includes a group of chronic liver disorders caused by irregular accumulation of fat in liver tissue. the current study aimed to evaluate chemical composition and the effect of fruit extract and essential oil of pimpinella anisum in experimental model of nafld. materials and methods: sixty rats were randomly divided into ten groups, six in eac...

herbal based remedies are used worldwide to treat psychiatric disorders. the aim of this study was to analyse the essential oil composition of achillea wilhemsii c. koch (asteraceae) and to evaluate its anxiolytic effects in the elevated plus maze (epm) model of anxiety in rat. gas chromatography/mass spectrometry ( gc/ms) analysis of the essential oil showed that the main compounds of the oil ...

A hypotensive peptide, designated neurotensin, has been discovered and isolated in pure form from acid-acetone extracts of bovine hypothalami by column chromatography and paper electrophoresis. The results of amino acid analyses of material recovered after paper electrophoresis at pH 3.5, 6.5, and 8.9 and chromatographic analyses of the dansylated material indicate that the peptide isolated by ...

Objective: Vitex agnus-castus (VAC) and its essential oil have been traditionally used to treat many conditions and symptoms such as premenstrual problems, mastalgia, inflammation, sexual dysfunction, and pain. In this study, the effects of essential oil extracted from Vitex agnus-castus (EOVAC) leaves were investigated in three behavioral models of nociception in adult male Wistar rats. Materi...

a comprehensive study on the chemical composition of rainwater was carried out in obuasi, a gold mining town in ghana. rainwater samples were analyzed for major ions (ca2+,mg2+, k+, na+, nh4+, cl-, no3- and so4 2-) and trace metals (fe, al, zn, pb, cr, and cd). the rainwater was typically acidic with a mean ph of 4.76±0.47, which ranged from 4.0 to 5.6. the low ph found in the water suggests t...

the oil extracted from three major canola cultivars (hyolla401, hyolla420 and rgs003) grown in golestan province was analyzed for physico-chemical properties, fatty acid composition, minerals content, and stability during 16 weeks of storage. according to the results, the highest iodine value and refractive index belonged to hyolla401. the highest saponification value was observed in hyolla420....

objectives: evaluation of therapeutic effects of carum copticum (c. copticum) has been the subject of several studies in recent years. thymol the major component of c. copticum is a widely known anti-microbial agent. in this study, the antibacterial and anti viral activities of essential oil of c. copticum fruit were determined. materials and methods: essential oil of c. copticum was analyzed b...

Rat fibrinogen has been purified and compared with bovine and human fibrinogen with respect to a number of chemical characteristics, including molecular size, charge distribution, NH,-terminal amino acids, total amino acid composition, and interspecies immunological cross-reactivity. Although human and bovine fibrinogen demonstrated three nonidentical polypeptide chains by sodium dodecyl sulfat...