Background & Aim: During human history, most of infectious diseases have been cured with herbal drugs traditionally so that, nowadays, in most developing countries, herbal drugs play an important role in primal remedy. This study has been done according to the appropriate climate and biodiversity of plants in Golestan province in order to investigate the antimicrobial activity of alcoholics, aq...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Aqueous and organic solvent extracts of plants/plant parts were effective in killing the mosquito larvae. Comparative efficacy of the aqueous and hexane extracts of dried fruit of Solanum nigrum was tested against five laboratory colonized strains of mosquito species, namely Anopheles culicifacies species A, An. culicifacies species C, An. stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatu...

treatment of diseases with natural remedies is gaining popularity because of its fewer side effects.   a systemic and scientific investigation of aqueous extract of euphorbia tirucalli for its antioxidant and hepatoprotective potential against carbon-tetrachloride-induced hepatic damage in rats was carried out . antioxidant property was assessed by using reducing property, superoxide anion scav...

Background and Objectives: Black mulberry is a juicy and dark purple to black fruit with a good balance of sweetness and tartness. This fruit is highly interested due to high quantities of anthocyanins. The bioactive compounds are often present in fruit tissues and should be released. The aim of this study was to extract bioactive compounds of black mulberries and assessment of heating process ...

background and objectives: medicinal plants are well documented for possessing antidiabetic or antihyperglycaemic potential. abroma augusta seems to have the same effect in treating diabetes mellitus. the      aim of the present experiment was to report the efficacy of the aqueous extract of the leaves of a. augusta on biochemical and histological abnormalities of alloxan-induced diabetic rabbi...

The present study aimed to assess the protective effects of aqueous extract from Morinda officinalis F. C. How on microwave-induced reproductive impairment in male rats. Microwave exposure injury was induced by exposure of 900 MHz microwaves at 218 μm/cm(2)radiation densities, 24 hours/day for 10 days. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to: normal control, microwave exposure model, or wat...

Thin layer chromatography of aqueous extract of whole Cheilanthesfarinosa fern indicated the presence of ptaquiloside or ptaquiloside like compound, coinciding Rf values with that of Pterosin B standard. HPLC analysis revealed the presence of 26.3 mg/kg ptaquiloside. In vitro studies of the aqueous extract on lymphocyte culture revealed a correlation between stimulative indices and concentratio...

significant dropping of infectious disease is owned greatly to antibiotic development industry. due to prevalence of drug resistance organisms alongside with other problems, scientists are focusing on medicinal plants. medicinal plants and their antimicrobial components are attractive alternatives for antibiotics. in the present project, the antimicrobial effects of methanolic extract and fract...