BACKGROUND The seeds of Plantago ovata (psyllium, ispaghula) used in the manufacture of bulk laxatives are known to be the cause of occupational allergy (rhinitis, asthma) in health care and pharmaceutical workers. OBJECTIVE We studied the prevalence of P ovata seed allergy among health care workers in geriatric care homes and compared it with a group of health care professionals not exposed ...

This study focuses on lead detoxification using roots, stems, leaves and whole plants of Plantago major L. and Phaseolus vulgaris L. (decoration kidney bean) as a ball hanging hydroponically in deionized water supplemented with concentrations of lead ion under different duration times and temperatures regimes. Roots of studied plants showed that the highest removal of lead than other parts, whi...

Seeds of plant species from three different and distantly related genera viz. Nigella sativa L. Plantago ovata F. and Trigonella foenum graceum L. were presoaked and then subjected to 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 mM concentrations of sodium azide for 4, 6 and 8 hours. The experiment was carried out to find a specific concentration of mutagen which can produce significant effect on distantly related crops. ...

Prostate cancer is the most common type of diagnosed in men worldwide and second leading cause death after lung cancer. Testosterone dihydrotestosterone (DHT) have been known to play an essential role prostate Androgen receptor (AR) binding ligand allows homodimerization translocation nucleus, which acts as a transcription factor for androgen-responsive genes such PSA (Prostate-specific antigen...

the objective of the study was to compare the effects of antibiotic virginiamycin, probiotic protexin® and plantago major l. (plantain) on performance, serum metabolites, immune response, and the ileal microbial population of broilers. the experiment was carried out with a total of 200 day-old male ross 308 broiler chickens in a completely randomized design. chickens were allocated to five grou...

Methanolic extracts from seven Plantago species used in traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer, were evaluated for cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines recommended by the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA). The results showed that Plantago species exhibited cytotoxic activity, showing a certain degree of selectivity against the tested cells in culture. Since the ...

background & aim: investigating the possibility of using medicinal plant’s seeds substitute for agar gel in plant tissue culture and determining the optimal practical conditions of them is the aim of this study. experimental: in order to study the new gelling agents for using in plant tissue culture, we designed a tow part experiment by means of the seeds of medicinal plants such as linum u...