background :    due to excessive consumption of synthetic drugs, drug resistance rate of pathogenic bacteria is increasing and there is an ever-increasing need to find new safe compounds to tackle this problem. this study was conducted to investigate the consequences of chavill extract on the growth and viability of gastrointestinal pathogenic bacterium and probiotics bacteria.   methods :    t...

objective: many species of plants present noticeable potency against human bacterial and fungal pathogens. materials and methods: in the current study, antimicrobial activity of the fresh fruits of 4 cultivars (a to d) of malus domestica cultivated in the qamsar area of kashan, iranwas investigated. the disk diffusion and minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) evaluation antimicrobial activity ...

background & aim: restrictions on the use of synthetic antioxidant such as butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) and butylated hydroxytoluene (bht) are being imposed because of their carcinogecity . experimental: in this investigation, optimization of phenolic extraction process from methanolic (80%) extract (v/v) of  flomideschema parviflorum through response surface methodology by fulin cio-calt...

the expansion of aquaculture in the last 10 years has made it an important source of protein worldwide.  however, increased production, and the culture intensification it carries, results in higher risk of infectious disease due to poor water quality and high stocking densities. disease has several negative effects on fish, which include reduced feed efficiency, impaired growth and death, repre...

background & aim: fabaceae plant family cow tail (smirnovia iranica) is one of the valuable species of native shrubs and sand dunes in the central region of iran which is consistent with the production of forage and soil conservation and creating a beautiful landscape; it has the active ingredients of medicinal values. the purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of some phytoc...

background & aim: during human history, most of infectious diseases have been cured with herbal drugs traditionally so that, nowadays, in most developing countries, herbal drugs play an important role in primal remedy. this study has been done according to the appropriate climate and biodiversity of plants in golestan province in order to investigate the antimicrobial activity of alcoholics...

organic compounds including seaweed extract were applied in organic production system and sustainable agriculture. one of these compounds is humic acid that was used widely in research and commercial programs. humic acid is an organic acid obtained from humus and other natural resources with hormonal effects and improving nutrient absorption, increasing root and shoot biomass. in order to inves...

reticulorumen hypomotility leads to the impaired physiologic functions of the digestive tract. prokinetic action of ginger has been demonstrated in the laboratory animals and human. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of ginger on contraction and motility of reticulum and rumen of ruminants. collected samples of reticulum and rumen from eight sheep were in...

infectious diseases are responsible for thousands of worldwide early death .many commercial antibiotics have been used to control human's infectious diseases all over the world. calotropis procera linn a wild growing plant of asclepiadaecae family is known to possess multifarious medicinal properties. total 80 non repetitive clinical e. coli strains recovered during 7 month, and were screened f...