Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the intestine with unknown etiology involving multiple immune, genetic, and environmental factors. We were interested to examine the effect of total extract from Dracocephalum kotschyi (D. kotschyi) Boiss. on the experimental colitis. D. kotschyi hydroalcoholic extract (10, 20, and 40 mg/kg) or apigenin (5, 10, and 20 mg/kg) were administered orally 2 h pri...

Background and objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is the major public health problem in the world. Each year there are 2-3 million deaths worldwide caused by TB. The increasing incidence of Multi Drug Resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide highlights the urgent need to search for new antituberculosis compounds. It has been reported that medicinal plant, Dracocephalum kotschyi, possesses some ant...

the volatile constituents of the aerial parts of varthemia. persica dc. var. persica, growing wild in iran, were investigated by gc-ms. sixty seven constituents were identified. ?-cadinene (9.7%), selin-11-en-4-?-ol (5.30%), germacrene d (4.9%), bicyclogermacrene (4.7%), ??muurolene (4.7%), ?-eudesmol (4.52%), ?-himachalen oxide (3.6%), ?-eudesmol (3.54%), ?-bourbonene (3.21%) were found to be ...

The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Varthemia. persica DC. var. persica, growing wild in Iran, were investigated by GC-MS. Sixty seven constituents were identified. ?-Cadinene (9.7%), Selin-11-en-4-?-ol (5.30%), Germacrene D (4.9%), Bicyclogermacrene (4.7%), ??Muurolene (4.7%), ?-Eudesmol (4.52%), ?-Himachalen oxide (3.6%), ?-Eudesmol (3.54%), ?-Bourbonene (3.21%) were found to be...

The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of Varthemia. persica DC. var. persica, growing wild in Iran, were investigated by GC-MS. Sixty seven constituents were identified. ?-Cadinene (9.7%), Selin-11-en-4-?-ol (5.30%), Germacrene D (4.9%), Bicyclogermacrene (4.7%), ??Muurolene (4.7%), ?-Eudesmol (4.52%), ?-Himachalen oxide (3.6%), ?-Eudesmol (3.54%), ?-Bourbonene (3.21%) were found to be...

chlorogenic acid, a pharmacologically important compound, is a phenolic compound that occurs in certain commonly used medicinal herbs. we looked for the presence of this compound in the callus cultures of varthemia persica dc (var. persica ). we have evaluated the conditions for establishment of callus cultures of v. persica and the in vitro production of chlorogenic acid. callus was initiated ...

Dracocephalum kotschyi is an essential oil containing plant found in Iran. In Iranian traditional medicine, D. kotschyi has been used as antispasmodic and analgesic but so far there is no pharmacological report about its antispasmodic activity. Therefore, the objective of this research was to study antispasmodic activity of the essential oil of D. kotschyi and two of its constituents namely lim...

Salvadora persica (Miswak chewing sticks) has been widely used in the traditional medicine, but little is known about its toxic effect especially on the male reproductive organs. The present study aims to investigate the induced effect of watery extract of Salvadora persica on the testicular weight, histochemical and ultra-structural parameters. Adult male albino rats (n=18) were divided equall...