The effects of two valerian extracts (aqueous and hydroalcoholic) were investigated through [(3)H]Glutamate ([(3)H]Glu) and [(3)H]Fluorowillardine ([(3)H]FW) receptor binding assays using rat synaptic membranes in presence of different receptor ligands. In addition, the extract stability was monitored spectrophotometrically. Both extracts demonstrated interaction with ionotropic glutamate recep...

AIM To determine the effect of two different extracts of red maca in male rats. METHODS Prostatic hyperplasia was induced in male rats with testosterone enanthate (TE). The study comprised six groups: one control group (group 1), one group treated with TE (group 2), two groups treated with TE and aqueous extract of red maca (groups 3 and 4), one group treated with hydroalcoholic extract of re...

The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of different extracts and fractions obtained from Hymenaea stigonocarpa stem barks. The cyclohexanic, ethyl acetate, ethanol, aqueous, and hydroalcoholic extracts were obtained by maceration. The hydroalcoholic extract was partitioned, which resulted in the ethyl acetate and aqueous fractions. All extracts and fractions were su...

OBJECTIVE Allium elburzense is an endemic plant of the family Amaryllidaceae that grows wild in northern Iran with some nutritional and medicinal applications. The present study was aimed to investigate the fibrinolytic and antioxidant effects of A. elburzense bulb extracts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hydroalcoholic, aqueous, chloroformic and butanolic extracts were evaluated in this research. In ...

abstract prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer.  throughout the years, medicinal plants, in some cases is the only treatment were considered. glycyrihiza glabra l. liquorice plant with the scientific name 'glycyrihiza glabra l.' which belongs to the family fabaceae, there are three species of perennial herbaceous plants in iran. root extract is wide...

Centipeda minima has been used since centuries as a traditional medicinal plant in treating a number of disease conditions, the bioactive components responsible for its anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritis activity have not been identified. The present study was planned to isolate flavonoids fractions from Centipeda minima leaves extracts, and assessed anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritis activ...

BACKGROUND Strychnos nux-vomica, commonly known as kuchla, contains strychnine and brucine as main constituents. Minor alkaloids present in the seeds are protostrychnine, vomicine, n-oxystrychnine, pseudostrychnine, isostrychnine, chlorogenic acid, and a glycoside. Seeds are used traditionally to treat diabetes, asthma, aphrodisiac and to improve appetite. OBJECTIVE The present study was aime...

background: cumin ( cuminum cyminum l . [family apiaceae]) seed essential oil is reported to have antiseptic activity. until now the antiviral properties of cumin seed extracts on viruses such as herpes simplex virus-1 (hsv-1) have not been studied. the objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro effects of aqueous, methanolic and hydroalcoholic extracts of cumin seed on hsv-1 growt...

Bioactivity of oregano methanolic extracts and essential oils is well known. Nonetheless, reports using aqueous extracts are scarce, mainly decoction or infusion preparations used for therapeutic applications. Herein, the antioxidant and antibacterial activities, and phenolic compounds of the infusion, decoction and hydroalcoholic extract of oregano were evaluated and compared. The antioxidant ...

We assessed in vivo the anti-inflammatory activity of two Cat's claw bark extracts, by comparing a spray-dried hydroalcoholic extract against an aqueous freeze-dried extract, to determine which extract was more effective. We used the carrageenan-induced paw edema model in mice. In addition, to assess the molecular mechanism of action, we determined the inhibition of NF-kappa B through the Elect...