This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of fennel seed oil emulsion in infantile colic. The results showed that the colic of 65% of the infants in the treatment group was eliminated compared with 23.7% in the control group; this difference was considered statistically significant. The study indicates that fennel seed oil emulsion is superior to placeb...

Introduction: Acetaminophen is a widely used analgesic and antipyretic drug. Although it is considered safe at therapeutic doses, at higher doses, might produces a centrilobular hepatic necrosis that can be fatal. In the present study, the effect of fennel seed on hepatotoxicity induced by acetaminophen was investigated. Correspondenc...

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. commonly known as fennel, belongs to family Apiaceae. The aqueous and alcoholic seed extracts of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. were evaluated for their antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Mucor rouxii and Aspergillus flavus. The method used for determination of antifungal activity of both aqueous and alcoholic seed extracts was agar well diffusion method. The a...

Objectives The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of fennel on body composition. Methods This study is a secondary analysis of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Fifty-four out of 60 patients were able to successfully complete the original study. Seven out of 54 patients were excluded because they were not overweight and obese. Thus, 47 women were included in thi...

The objective of this study was to determine inhibitory activities of four volatile plant essential oils (cinnamon oil, fennel oil, origanum oil and thyme oil) on in vitro growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae causing Fusarium wilt of strawberry plants. Results showed that these essential oils inhibited in vitro conidial germination and mycelial growth of F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae i...

Caraway, coriander and fennel are known hypoglycemic agents, which are used in folklori medicine for improving blood glucose level and preventing long term complications in diabetes mellitus. So, this study was designed to clarify their role on the histological and histochemical changes in kidney and islets of Langerhan in diabetic rats. 80 rats were divided into 5 groups. The first group was c...

in order to study of use advantage in the intercropping system fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill) and fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum l) in different ratios of intercropping and sole cropping, an experiment with use replacement and additive intercropping based on randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted at the research station of faculty of agriculture, universi...

This study evaluated the ability of fennel extract to improve the quality of refrigerated minced silver carp over a period of 16 days. Minced silver carp were treated with fennel extract (0.5, 1 and 1.5% w/w), and beta-hydroxy toluene (BHT 200 ppm). The control and the treated fish samples were analyzed periodically (every 4 days) by chemical analysis (Peroxide value (PV), thiobarbituric acid (...

in order to investigate the effect of adding fennel powder (foeniculum vulgare) in starter diet on performance, immunity system and biometric parameters of holstein calves, 30 holstein calves (15 males and 15 females) with birth weight of 40±0.5 kg were used in a completely randomized design. experimental diets were: 1. starter without fennel powder (control), 2. starter containing 0.4% fennel ...

in order to investigate the yield and quality of forage in intercropping barley and fennel, an experiment was carried out as split plot based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at the research farm of agriculture and natural resources of ramin university during growing season of 2012-2013. four treatments levels of nitrogen including: (0, 70, 140 and 210 kgn.ha-1) hav...