background and objectives: application of garlic oil in food industry can be improved by encapsulation. there is no study about the formation of inclusion complex of garlic oil by beta-cyclodextrin. the aim of the present study is comparison of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of free and encapsulated garlic oil with beta-cyclodextrin. materials and methods: antioxidant activity was...

objective(s)                                                                                                                                                                               aim of the present study was to screen the antibacterial activities of some medicinal plants extracts traditionally used in azarbaijan area (iran). materials and methods thirty-six extracts obtained from differ...

background many efforts have been made by researchers to find new antibiotics which are clinically useful against bacteria and drug resistant microorganisms. objectives we aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of hydroalcoholic extracts of leaves and seeds of the portulaca oleracea plant in traditional medicine of sistan region, southeast of iran. materials and methods in this cross-secti...

background and objectives: resistance towards reveling antibiotics has captured great interest in evaluating the antimicrobial properties of the natural plants. taraxacum mongolicum is widely used as a folklore medicinal plant for its diuretic, antirheumatic and anti-inflammatory properties. though there are some reports on antimicrobial properties of taraxacum mongolicum, studies on antibacter...

the purpose of this study was to examine the evolution of antimicrobial activity of flower extract of hibiscus sabdariffal against antibiotic-resistant escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus that isolates from the urinary tract infection by microtiterplate method. all 42 strains 30 e.coli and 12 s. aureus isolated from urine culture of hospitalized patients in zabol ( zabol, south-eastern i...

aquatics are a source of bioactive compounds that these compounds have different properties such as antimicrobial activity. in this study, antibacterial activity of methanol, chloroform and hexane extracts from body wall, gonad and intestine of sea cucumber holothuria leucospilota was evaluated against bacillus subtilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus. bioactive compounds of b...

objectives: oral infections and dental caries are still considered as serious public health problems and inflict a costly burden to health care services around the world and especially in developing countries. materials and methods: in the present study, we evaluated the antibacterial activity of glycyrrhiza glabra (g. glabra) against oral pathogens by diffusion methods and determined the minim...

two flavonids: 5-hydroxy-6,7,4 ́-trimethoxy flavone (salvigenin), 5-hydroxy-7,4 ́-dimethoxy flavone(thitonine) and a labdane type diterpenoid: 8,13-epoxy-14 labdene (manoyl oxide) isolated from the solventextract of the aerial part of salvia reuterana boiss.the proposed structure were stablished by 1hnmr,13cnmr, 2dnmr( c-h-cosy, hmqc),dept and mass spectroscopy and confirmed in accordance withbib...

background & aim:vaginal disease has always been a great concern of women. medicinal plants as natural resources with fewer side effects can effectively treat these infections given the diversity of these infections, resistance to antibiotics and side effects of existing drugs. the present study aimed to compare antimicrobial effects of methanol extract of francoeuria undulata on growth of seve...

background : this study investigated the in vitro and in vivo antibacterial effects of three mouthwashes on su-pragingival plaque microbiota. the three mouthwashes under study were 0.2% chlorhexidine (chx), listerine®, and persica (pm). water was used as negative control. methods : supragingival plaque samples were collected from 32 patients with gingivitis in the dental school of shahid behesh...