Background: Ethnomedicinal plants are of interest for treatment of various wound types. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate burn wound healing potential of the hydro-alcoholic extract of the flowers of Lilium candidum L. in rats. Methods: DPPH free radical scavenging power, total flavonoids, and the phenolic content of the extract were evaluated. Following burn wound induction, 30 Wistar ra...

this study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant effectiveness of methanolic extract and different fractions (n-butanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and n-hexane) of c.intybus seeds. the antimicrobial activity was determined by the disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) against a panel of microorganisms (four bacterial strains, i.e. p. multocida, ...

the antioxidant properties and total phenols’ content of 80% methanol, acetone and water extracts of olive leaves procured through microwave assisted extraction (mae) were examined. two varieties of olive namely: cronaiky and roghani were the ones studied. various experimental models were employed for antioxidant activity evaluation of the extracts. the results revealed the highest phenolic con...

background and objectives: otostegia persica (burm.) boiss. is an endemic plant of iran with various applications in traditional medicine which contains of several antioxidant constituents. this research was aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract from o. persica aerial parts in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvecs) using hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) as an inducer of oxi...

the aim of this study was to extract phenolic compounds from olive leaves of cronaiky, roghani and mishen varieties by maceration and microwave-assisted extraction (mae) methods. our result revealed that effect of extraction method and variety was statistically significant (p<0.05) and mae-produced extracts have more total phenolics and antioxidant activity than traditional ones. the highest ph...

paliurus spina-christi mill (rhamnaceae) has been used in folk medicine as a hypocholesterolemic agent. in this study, the effect of total fruit extract on lowering lipid content of serum was investigated. male rats were introduced streptozocin, subsequently fed with a high cholesterol diet and concomitantly treated with various doses of the extract. after 8 days, serum levels of cholesterol, t...

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE INSTRUMENTAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF GINSENG COFFEE WITH DIFFERENT RATIOS OF THE INGREDIENTS: type of coffee bean (Colombia, Brazil, and Indonesia), type of ginseng extract (white ginseng, red ginseng, and America ginseng) and concentration of ginseng extract (3, 6, and 9 w/v %). The sensory optimal condition of white ginseng coffee...

previous studies have indicated relaxant, inhibitory effect on histamine (h1) and muscarinic receptors, and stimulatory effect on β-drenoceptor of crocus sativus on guinea pig tracheal chains. in the present study, the effect of the extract of c. sativus and one of its constituents, safranal, on the inflammatory changes of sensitized guinea pigs was examined. eight groups of sensitized guinea p...