Four important categories of urologic herbs, their history, and modern scientific investigations regarding them are reviewed. Botanical diuretics are discussed with a focus on Solidago spp (goldenrod) herb, Levisticum officinale (lovage) root, Petroselinum crispus (parsley) fruit, and Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) herb. Urinary antiseptic and anti-adhesion herbs, particularly Arctostaphylos u...

atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition. many pro-inflammatory factors including interleukin-6 (il-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (tnf-α), c-reactive protein (crp), and adhesion molecules including intercellular adhesion molecule (icam-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule (vcam-1) are expressed in atherosclerotic lesions. the plants of genus vaccinium are rich in anthocyanins with an...

The management of postprandial hyperglycemia is an important strategy in the control of diabetes mellitus and complications associated with the disease, especially in the diabetes type 2. Therefore, inhibitors of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes can be useful in the treatment of diabetes and medicinal plants can offer an attractive strategy for the purpose. Vaccinium arctostaphylos leaves are c...

The management of postprandial hyperglycemia is an important strategy in the control of diabetes mellitus and complications associated with the disease, especially in the diabetes type 2. Therefore, inhibitors of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes can be useful in the treatment of diabetes and medicinal plants can offer an attractive strategy for the purpose. Vaccinium arctostaphylos leaves are c...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a common disease. Preliminary data indicate that Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. (Caucasian whortleberry) has a potential effect in glycemic control. Thus, the efficacy and safety of a standardized whortleberry fruit hydroalcoholic extract in the treatment of type 2 diabetic patients were studied. METHODS This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clini...

Background: Antihypertensive plants are one of the means of hypertension control. Objective: To examine the clinical antihypertensive efficacy and safety of the plants found in Iran. Methods: PUBMED, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, EMBASE, SCIENCEDIRECT, PROQUEST, OVID, EBSCO, GOOGLE, and GOOGLE SCHOLAR were searched. The PRISMA guideline was observed. The search terms were Iran, Iranian, plant, herb, antihyp...

Berry crops in the southwestern Yukon were quantified from 1997 to 2008 at 10 locations along 210 km of the Alaska and Haines highways. We tested the hypothesis that the size of berry crops could be predicted from spring and summer temperature and rainfall of years t, t–1 (1 year prior), and t–2 (2 years prior). Six common species were studied in the boreal forest of the Kluane region: Arctosta...

A fast and sensitive ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array (UHPLC-PDA) method for simultaneous quantification of oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA) in plant materials was developed. A central composite design combined with a response surface methodology was utilized to establish optimal separation conditions. The final separation was accomplished on a Zorbax Eclip...

Turkey is one of the most significant countries in the world from the point of view of both fruit genetic resources and amount of fruit production. Around 100 fruit species, including almost all the deciduous fruit species, most of the subtropical and some tropical fruit are grown in Turkey. Among fruits, berry fruits including grapes share 25% of total fruit production of the country. The most...