background melissa officinalis, an herbal drug, is well known and frequently applied in traditional and modern medicine. yet, there is inadequate information regarding its effects on electrical properties of the heart. the present study attempted to elucidate the effects of melissa officinalis aqueous extract on electrocardiogram (ecg) in rat. objectives ecg is an easy, fast and valuable tool t...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the influence of Melissa officinalis (lemon balm), a well-known herbal drug with numerous applications in traditional and modern medicine, on cardiac conduction and susceptibility to lethal ventricular arrhythmia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two male Wistar rats were divided into a control group (CTL), an M. officinalis group that received the aqueous extract of M...

introduction: alzheimer disease is a progressive and irreversible neuropsychiatric disorder. melissa officinalis improves anxiety and clinical dementia symptoms caused by ad therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of mellisa extract on spatial memory deficit induced by stz in mwm examination of male wistar rats. methods: in the present study, 112 male wistar rats ...

PURPOSE This study investigated the effect of Melissa officinalis extract on laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a rat model. The mechanism by which M. officinalis extract acted was also investigated. METHODS Experimental CNV was induced by laser photocoagulation in Brown Norway rats. An active fraction of the Melissa leaf extract was orally administered (50 or 100 mg/kg/day) ...