Epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased LDL, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. In-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of Allium species to reduce these parameters. Therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some Allium species (A...

Epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased LDL, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. In-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of Allium species to reduce these parameters. Therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some Allium species (A...

background and objectives:traditional medicine is an important approach to achieve new therapeutic strategies in basic and clinical pharmacology. allium hirtifolium boiss. and astragalus hamosus l. have been mentioned in iranian traditional medicine references for a kind of dementia with features and symptoms similar to those of alzheimer's disease (ad). in the present study, the neuroprot...

Diabetes mellitus induced-cardiovascular complications are the main cause of death in diabetic patients, and more than 65% of deaths among diabetic patients are due to heart failure and vascular abnormalities (1). Since the discovery of insulin by Banting and Best, insulin therapy has often been an important part of diabetes treatment in patients with diabetes of all types. Although insulin the...