background: in leishmaniasis, some drugs prescribed for treatment have toxic ef-fects and there are reports about drug resistance in some countries. due to this fact, using herbal drugs such as artemisinin with good efficacy and low toxic effect might be suitable. methods: we evaluated the apoptotic effect of artemisinin on leishmania major in vitro and the antileishmanial activities of artemis...

background: toxoplasma gondii is the most common parasite causing latent cerebral infections in human. it has been shown that some anti-psychotic drugs are able to inhibit the proliferation of the parasite in in vitro study. there is very limited data regarding the inhibitory effect of anti-psychotics on toxoplasma in in vivo . in this study, we evaluated anti- toxoplasma activity of fluphenazi...

objectives: postsurgical adhesion is one of the common complications after surgery. some anti-adhesion barriers are commercially available which are not customary used by physicians as much as expected because of ineffectiveness. recently, nanofibers have been introduced as anti-adhesion barriers with the potential of drug delivery. in the light of role of inflammation and oxidative stress in a...

background: anti-angiogenic therapy is a crucial step in cancer treatment. the discovery of new anti-angiogenic compounds from marine organisms has become an attractive concept in anti-cancer therapy. because little data correlated to the pro- and anti-angiogenic efficacies of ophiuroidea, which include brittle star, the current study was designed to explore the anti-angiogenic potential of bri...