Objective: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family is one of the biggest plant families on the earth. Iran has  a huge diversity of Apiaceae members . This family possesses a range of compounds that have many biological activities. The members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants. Here, we present a review of ethnobotanical uses of Apiaceae plants by the Iranian peo...

There is no plant in this Universe which is non-medicinal and which cannot be made of use for many purposes and by many modes. This definition rightly suggests that in principle all plants have a potential medicinal value. Medicinal plants have been considered as important therapeutic aid for alleviating ailment of humankind. Search for eternal health and longevity and to seek remedy to relieve...

Medicinal plants are increasingly recognized worldwide as an alternative source of efficacious and inexpensive medications to synthetic chemo-therapeutic compound. Rapid declining wild stocks of medicinal plants accompanied by adulteration and species substitutions reduce their efficacy, quality and safety. Consequently, the low accessibility to and non-affordability of orthodox medicine costs ...

Although ethnopharmacological investigations emphasize the importance of medicinal plants in developing countries, species used regularly with diet are under-investigated and potentially make greater contributions to health. Thirteen traditional plants most commonly added to milk/soups by the Maasai for perceived health benefits were tested for activity against measles virus (MV) using non-medi...

background & aim: iran has a long history in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. the indigenous people in yahyaabad area, is located in the conserved area of the karkas mountains, are used many plants and natural material for treatment their diseases.  yahyaabad area is an important part of central mountains of kashan, central iran. there are many plant species in this area which have medici...

in order to evaluate cardinal temperatures and optimum thermal range of germination of three medicinal plants including thymus transcaspicus, foeniculum vulgare and  calligonumjunceum  an experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with three replications. therefore, this experiment was conducted to study of the seed germination characteristics to temperature. the we used three m...

a notable amount of medicinal plants grow in iran and local communities in different parts of the country have developed a deep knowledge of various uses of plants during their old history. several ethnobotanical studies have been conducted by the traditional medicine and material medica research center (tmrc) to investigate the use of medicinal plants by local people. some of these studies hav...

A notable amount of medicinal plants grow in Iran and local communities in different parts of the country have developed a deep knowledge of various uses of plants during their old history. Several ethnobotanical studies have been conducted by the Traditional Medicine and Material Medica Research Center (TMRC) to investigate the use of medicinal plants by local people. Some of these studies hav...