background & aim: very studies results show that many plants can be used safety and successfully to treat bacterial diseases without presenting the disadvantages affects and antibiotic resistance. eucalyptus globulus and malva neglecta are native plants in iran that due to containing different chemical compounds have been antimicrobial activity against some bacteria. the aim of this study i...

Background: Herbal distillates had been used for many centuries as herbal medicine in Traditional Persian medicine. Recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates which can cause different complications or even death as methanol is highly toxic. The main purpose of this study was to determine methanol content in the commonly-used industrial herb...

Pistacia vera L., a member of Anacardiaceae family, has been used for sedation and analgesia in traditional medicine. In this study, the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects as well as acute toxicity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of P. vera leaves were investigated in mice. The antinociceptive activity was studied using hot plate and writhing tests. The effect of the extracts a...

various extracts of sarcostemma viminale were screened for central analgesic activity by hot plate test, peripheral analgesic activity by acetic acid-induced writhings, cns depressant activity by pentobarbitone-induced sleep and locomotor activity testing methods and anthelmintic activity on the earthworms pheretima posthuma . results showed that petroleum ether and ethyl acetate extracts had g...

herpes simplex virus (hsv) is one of the common pathogenic viruses of humans bing. this study aimed to determin anti-herpes virus activity of mentha piperita extracts in vitro. mentha piperita extracts can inhibit hsv infection when the cells treated before viral adsorbtion. hsv-1 were also inhibited by menthol after viral adsorption. hsv-1 viral particles were directly inhibited and viral yiel...

objective(s): to evaluate the influences of aqueous extracts of plant parts (stem, leaves, and root) of portulaca oleracea l. on bioformation of silver nanoparticles (agnps).materials and methods: synthesis of silver nanoparticles by different plant part extracts of portulaca oleracea l. was carried out and formation of nanoparticles were confirmed and evaluated using uv-visible spectroscopy an...

in this study, antifungal property of olive leaf extracts against candida albicans ptcc-5027 was examined. fresh olive leaf extracts were prepared using distilled water in a soxhlet apparatus. the antifungal activity of the extract was analyzed by measuring the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) and minimum fungicidal concentration (mfc), using the microdilution test and disc diffusion assa...

background: in the current iranian poultry industry, antibiotics are the most frequently used additive in poultry feeds to increase productivity. the negative effects on human health, resulting from the consumption of chicken whose feeds contain antibiotics, makes finding an appropriate alternative of great importance. as a result of their nature, herbal extracts could be specifically considere...

brazilian peppertree (schinus terebinthifolius) leaf extract was applied against two strains of the crown gall disease agent (agrobacterium tumefaciens); strains c58 and ar125. in vitro, we used the agar well diffusion method and the extract was tested in different solvents selected according to their polarity indices, at different concentrations and different incubation temperatures. in vivo, ...