For tens of centuries, plants have been highly valued and regularly used as medicine amongst the masses. Insomnia, a loss of sleep, is mostly treated by synthetic sleeping tablets these days. However, questions have been raised about the safety of prolonged use of artificial sedatives due to their deleterious side effects such as physical dependence. In recent years, there has been an increasin...

For tens of centuries, plants have been highly valued and regularly used as medicine amongst the masses. Insomnia, a loss of sleep, is mostly treated by synthetic sleeping tablets these days. However, questions have been raised about the safety of prolonged use of artificial sedatives due to their deleterious side effects such as physical dependence. In recent years, there has been an increasin...

Skin hyperpigmentation is characterized as increased production and accumulation of melanin, which could be aesthetically unfavorable and develops serious skin diseases. There is a need to find new depigmenting agents, since many current natural and synthetic products present undesired side effects. In Iranian traditional medicine (ITM), plants have been used for the treatment of skin diseases ...

in order to evaluate cardinal temperatures and optimum thermal range of germination of three medicinal plants including thymus transcaspicus, foeniculum vulgare and  calligonumjunceum  an experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with three replications. therefore, this experiment was conducted to study of the seed germination characteristics to temperature. the we used three m...

A phytochemical screening of fifty five Iranian plants belonging to 21 families was carried out. A qualitative phytochemical analysis was performed for the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. The medicinal uses of these plants are also reported.

A phytochemical screening of fifty five Iranian plants belonging to 21 families was carried out. A qualitative phytochemical analysis was performed for the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. The medicinal uses of these plants are also reported.

Context: Cardiovascular disorders are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, especially in people with diabetes. Due to synthetic drugs’ adverse effects, new medicines needed. Evidence Acquisition: Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) is one the oldest medical systems. In this article, we first introduce list cardiotonic medicinal plants based on ITM. Then review cardio-related eff...

Staphylococcus aureus is the second leading pathogenic cause of nosocomial infections and plays an important role in development food poisoning purulent, systemic infections. This bacterium responsible for such as abscess, poisoning, third grade burns, traumatic ulcers, surgical incisions, bed sores or atrophic ulcers. Long-term use antibiotics has led to emergence multi-drug resistant strains ...