BACKGROUND The search for a relatively cheap, widely available, widely accepted and effective contraceptive of plant origin; that is equally non-invasive in administration, non-hormonal in action, non-toxic and that is relatively long-acting, generated our interest in this study (in order to meet the increasing need for population control). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of ...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of citrus aurantifolia (CA) extract on smear layer removal in different parts of root canals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-nine single-rooted human teeth were randomly divided into three experimental (n=12) and one control (n=3) groups. Teeth were instrumented using MTwo rotary instruments. Root canals were irrigated with NaO...

In order to investigate the effects of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) alcoholic extract on liver injury caused by the oxidant carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), an experiment was performed as a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement (2 × 2) with 4 replications of 10 broilers each. Factors included two levels of peppermint leaf alcoholic extract (0 and 2 mL/Kg body weight) and CCl4 (...

objective in traditional medicine, echium spp., including e. vulgare l., are utilized as exhilarant and mood stimulant. on the other hand, depression is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. therefore, finding effective and safe treatments is a hotly cont...

The effect of alcoholic extract of Nigella sativa was investigated in rats to evaluate the anti-ulcer activity by using two models, i.e. pyloric ligation and aspirininduced gastric ulcer. The parameters taken to assess anti-ulcer activity were volume of gastric secretion, free acidity, total acidity and ulcer index. The results indicate that the alcoholic extract significantly (P < 0.001) decre...

background: diabetes is considered as one of the most common chronic disease. studies show that diabetes decreases the activity of antioxidant enzymes. the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the alcoholic extract of juglans regia leave on brain antioxidant enzymes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. materials and methods: in this study, adult male wistar rats (n=40, weight ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the anti diabetic activity of aqueous and alcoholic extract of leaves of plant Ocimumbasilicum in alloxan induced diabetes in rats. The study was conducted on five groups of five rats each to evaluate the hypoglycaemic effect of aqueous and alcoholic extract of Ocimumbasilicum. Glibenclamide was used as a standard drug and the results were compared in refere...

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is one of the common complications of diabetes mellitus which is caused by impairment in nerve conductivity. The role of flavonoid and polyphenol compounds in treatment of neuropathic pain has been revealed, and extract of onion contains significant amounts of these compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alcoholic extract of onion on ...

The antimicrobial activity of alcoholic, butanolic and chloroform extracts of leaves and roots of the plant Acanthus ilicifolius ware studied. Ampicillin and clotrimazole were used as standard antibacterial and antifungal agents respectively. The result of the study revealed that the alcoholic extract and chloroform extract of leaves exhibited strong inhibitory action against Bacillus subtilis,...

background:   objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aqueous and hydro-alcoholic extracts of lettuce seed on testosterone level and spermatogenesis.   materials and methods: in this experimental study 24 adult male nmri mice weighing 20-25gr were purchased. animals were randomly divided into 4 groups: controls, hydro-alcoholic (200 mg/kg) and aqueous extracts (50, 10...