This study aimed to determine biological activity and phytochemical study of Scutellaria platystegia (family Labiatae). Methanolic (MeOH) extract of aerial parts of S. platystegia and SPE fractions of methanolic extract (specially 20% and 40% methanolic fractions), growing in East-Azarbaijan province of Iran were found to have radical scavenging activity by DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl -1- pycryl hydraz...

The plants of the genus Polygala (Polygalaceae) are employed in folk medicine for the treatment of several pathologies, including disorders of the bowel and kidney, as anesthetic, expectorant and anti-inflammatory. The present study was undertaken to investigate the antiedematogenic and antinociceptive activities of methanolic extract of Polygala boliviensis A. W. Benn (MEPB) in mice. The antin...

Background and objectives: Antibiotics resistance and unpleasant side effects of AChE inhibitors have led to an increased interest in herbs as potential sources. Ferula aucheri (Syn: Dorema aucheri) an indigenous species of Ferula (Apiaceae) grows in Iran and is used as food and medicinal plant. The present study was aimed to identify the oil composit...

The synthesis of a proline-rich cyclic heptapeptide, fanlizhicyclopeptide A (8), previouslyisolated from the fruits of Annona squamosa (sugar-apples), is described via coupling oftetrapeptide l-prolyl-l-tyrosyl-l-leucyl-l-proline methyl ester with tripeptide Boc-glycyl-lvalyl-l-proline followed by cyclization of the linear fragment having seven amino acid units.Structure of the synthesized cycl...

The plants of the genus Polygala (Polygalaceae) are employed in folk medicine for the treatment of several pathologies, including disorders of the bowel and kidney, as anesthetic, expectorant and anti-inflammatory. The present study was undertaken to investigate the antiedematogenic and antinociceptive activities of methanolic extract of Polygala boliviensis A. W. Benn (MEPB) in mice. The antin...

This study aimed to determine biological activity and phytochemical study of Scutellaria platystegia (family Labiatae). Methanolic (MeOH) extract of aerial parts of S. platystegia and SPE fractions of methanolic extract (specially 20% and 40% methanolic fractions), growing in East-Azarbaijan province of Iran were found to have radical scavenging activity by DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl -1- pycryl hydraz...

The synthesis of a proline-rich cyclic heptapeptide, fanlizhicyclopeptide A (8), previouslyisolated from the fruits of Annona squamosa (sugar-apples), is described via coupling oftetrapeptide l-prolyl-l-tyrosyl-l-leucyl-l-proline methyl ester with tripeptide Boc-glycyl-lvalyl-l-proline followed by cyclization of the linear fragment having seven amino acid units.Structure of the synthesized cycl...

A series of new 2-arylimino-3-aryl-5-[5?-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2?-furylidene]-4-thiazolidinones (3a-l) have been synthesised by the condensation of 5-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-furaldehyde 1 with 2-arylimino-3-aryl-5H-4-thiazolidinones 2 in glacial acetic acid. The physical and spectral data of the synthesised compounds are determined. The synthesised compounds have been screened for their in vitro ...

improving the solubility of non-soluble herbal materials is an issue of interest in cell culture based experiments. evaluating the biological activity of these materials could become possible with the aid of cosolvents/surfactants which obviously should have little or no cytotoxic activity. in the present study, the cytotoxic activity of six cosolvents/surfactants: ethanol, methanol, tween 20 a...