Maytenus ilicifolia (Celastraceae), popularly known as espinheira-santa, is a native plant from the Atlantic forest and is commonly used in popular medicine to treat inflammation and as an abortifacient. To evaluate the effects of M. ilicifolia on pregnant rats during the organogenic period (T1) or throughout the gestational period (T2), an extract obtained using an acetone-water mixture at a 7...

Lallemantia royleana (Balangu) is a well known Iranian medicinal plant that its seed mucilage has many applications in modern pharmacology. Plant mucilage traditionally was used as a gel supplement, and natural matrix for sustained release of drugs. But it seems that these compounds are not a simple additive and also have many undiscovered pharmacological properties. In this research, the anest...

The anticancer potential of Cuscuta reflexa (whole plant extract), a holoparasitic plant collected from its host plant Euphorbia royleana was evaluated by testing its in vitro cytotoxicity and induction of cell death by apoptosis. Among three extracts (95% alcoholic, 50% hydro-alcoholic and aqueous extracts) and four fractions (n-hexane, chloroform, n-butanol and water) of alcoholic extract, th...

ABSTRACT Scanning microscopic imaging has become a valuable research tool in micromorphology with improved techniques playing an important role analysing the ultrastructure of leaf specimens. The foliar epidermal anatomy 25 selected poisonous plants special emphasis on stomata and trichomes was reported using techniques, for instance, light micrographs (LMs) scanning (SEMs). This study aimed to...

plants gums, hydrophilic colloids, hydrocolloids, mucilages and hydrophilic polymers are compounds that can produce gel. coating materials which applied on food products increased shelf life of food by affecting water loss, gas exchange, oxidation process and decreasing the food spoilage and affect shelf life of food products. coating material could carry antioxidant, antibacterial and/or other...