background: mentha species are widely used in traditional medicine mostly as anti-flatulence. nowadays, their usage as flavor and preservative in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries has been developed. moreover, cytotoxic effects of some mentha species have been reported. objective: in this study, cytotoxic properties of mentha piperita, m. spicata, m. aquatica, m. crispa, m. pulegium ...

cell-based biosensors have become a research hotspot in biosensors and bioelectronics fields. the main feature of cell-based biosensors is the immobilization of living cell on the surface of transducers. different types of polymers which are used as scaffolds for cell growth should be biocompatible and have reactive functional groups for further attachment of biomolecules. in this work, the cel...

quinazolinones are a group of fused heterocyclic compounds which have valuable biological properties including cytotoxic, antibacterial and antifungal activities. thiazole group-containing compounds have been also reported to have a wide range of biological activities such as antitumor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antibacterial effects. due to valuable cytotoxic effects of both thiazole gr...

Background and objectives: Cancer is a major health problem in the world. The aim of this study was to extract the flowers of Allium austroiranicum used by Iranian people as a condiment or for its medicinal effects followed by bioassay guided fractionation of the extracts and fractions, using anti-proliferative effects against ovarian and cervical cancer cells. <strong...

abstractferulago angulata boiss. known in iran as chavir, has some bioactive compounds having antioxidant activity. because of its antioxidant activities, it sounded chavir extract can be a good candidate for finding chemopreventive agents having inductive apoptosis properties on cancer cells. in this study, the cytotoxic effects and proapoptotic activities of chavir’s leaf and flower extracts ...

background: essential oils are found to have multiple active components which can show in vitro cytotoxic action against various cancerous cell lines. this study reports the in vitro cytotoxic effects of the essential oil from artemisia absinthium l. (asteraceae) growing wild in iran. methods: water-distilled essential oil of a. absinthium collected from ardabil, north-western iran, was examine...