Borage (Echium amoenum) is a large annual plant of the Boraginaceae family, which grows in most of Europe and in northern Iran. The borage flower is used as a medicinal herb in France and other countries. Iranian borage is used in traditional medicine for infectious diseases, flu and as an anti-febrile. We tested the aqueous extract of borage dried flowers in vitro for its antibacterial activit...

Research in the area of herbal psychopharmacology has increased markedly over the past decades. To date however, a comprehensive review of herbal antidepressant, anxiolytic and hypnotic psychopharmacology and applications in depression, anxiety and insomnia has been absent. A search of MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library databases was conducted (up to February 21st 2011...

the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the aqueous extract of echium amoenum in combination with ssris in patients with general anxiety disorder (gad). the study was an 8-week double-blind randomized clinical trial. thirty-seven adult outpatients who met the dsm-iv-tr criteria for gad based on the structured clinical interview participated in the trial. in this stu...

Echium amoenum is an Iranian indigenous medicinal plant. In this research the effect of hydroalchoholic extract of this plant on sodium-selenite induced cataract formation was evaluated. Fifty five white rat pups were selected and divided into six groups. In first group (control 1) no elements injected. Second group (control 2) was received normal saline on 11-18 postpartum. Hydroalchoholic ext...

Background and objectives: Plants play a significant role in the prevention and treatment of diseases and can even prevent and reduce the adverse effects of conventional treatments.  Echium amoenum Fisch is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants, and has long been used as a traditional herbal medicine for many diseases in Iran. Gas chromatography-mass spectrome...

Electrochemical oxidation of leaves extract of lemon verbena and the flowers extract of echium amoenum have been studied in the absence and presence of barbituric acid and 1,3 dimethyl barbituric acidin aqueous solutions and biological pH, using cyclic voltammetry method. The results showed that the electrochemically generated compounds in leaves extract of lemon verbena and the flowers extract...