Objective: The present study was undertaken to investigate the thrombolytic activity of Punica granatum fruit and peel extract. Methods: Phytoconstituents and free radical scavenging activity of P. granatum extract were performed. Ethanolic and aqueous extract of fruit and peel of the plant was used for in vitro clot lysis activity using streptokinase (SK) as standard. In a series of pre-weighe...

Objective: The present study was designed to investigate the analgesic effect of oral and i.p. administration of alcoholic Viscum album (V.A) fruit extract as a rich source of alkaloid substances. Materials and Methods: Experimented animals were divided into control and treatment groups. The treatment rats received different doses of the V.A fruit extract, which was prepared from alcoholic sma...

Background: Semecarpus anacardium plant derivatives has been used since antiquity, The fruit and nut extract of Semecarpus anacardium shows various activities like antiatherogenic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antireproductive, CNS stimulant, hypoglycemic, anticarcinogenic. The present study is an attempt to explore the anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of fruits...

In the present study the protective effects of Aegle mamelos fruit extract AMF were carried out in somatic cells of mice against doxyrubicin induced genotoxicity. Three different doses of Aegle Marmelos fruit extract were tested for the antimutagenicity using the micronucleus test in bone marrow cells of mice. The test compound doxyrubicin higher dose 16 mg/kg was injected intrapertioneally pri...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant effects of aqueous fruit extract of Ziziphusjujuba on ethanol-induced oxidative stress and to examine its protective effects on sperm motility and plasma membrane integrity of male Wistar rats. Adult male rats (n = 28) were divided into four equal groups: the first group served as untreated controls, the second group of rats was given...

abstract in recent decades the use of environmentally friendly biological and non-chemical materials for the control of plant pests has found good position. due to this reason the effect of some plant extracts (kernel extract of azadirachta indica with 1:12.5, fruit extract of chinaberry, fruit extract of iranian lilac and leaf extract of chinaberry with 1:3 with water), cotton seed oil and nee...

in this study, total phenolics and flavonoids content, antiradical and antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract of two iranian acorn varieties, namely quercus.castaneifolia var castaneifolia and quercus.branti var persica were evaluated. total phenolic and flavonoid content and extraction yield of methanolic extract of castaneifolia variety (mc) were significantly higher than that of the ex...

narcissus is one of the very popular flowers among iranians. this flower has a short life. to investigate the increasing of vase life of cut narcissus, sour orange fruit extract in concentrations of 2.5, 4, 5.5 and 7 ml l-1 and sucrose in concentrations of 3, 4, 5 and 6% were used. in addition, distilled water was used as a control treatment. in this experiment, characters of vase life and perc...

(Japanese name “Tsurureishi”) is cultivated as a vegetable in Asian countries. In Chinese, Indian Ayurvedic, and Indonesian Jamu traditional medicines, the fruit of this plant has been used as a bitter stomachic, a laxative, an antidiabetic, and an anthelmintic for children. Recently, the alcoholic extract from the fruit of M. charantia originated in Sri Lanka was reported to inhibit the increa...

Oral administration (200 mg/kg) of Foeniculum vulgare fruit methanolic extract exhibited inhibitory effects against acute and subacute inflammatory diseases and type IV allergic reactions and showed a central analgesic effect. Moreover, it significantly increased the plasma superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase activities and the high density lipoprotein-cholesterol level. On the contrary, th...