background: we aimed to evaluate the effects of pimpinella anisum (anise) from apiaceae family on relieving the symptoms of postprandial distress syndrome (pds) in this double-blind randomized clinical trial. materials and methods: totally, 107 patients attending the gastroenterology clinic, aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with pds according to rome iii criteria and signed a written consent form we...

Endopleura uchi is a typical Amazonian tree and its bark is popularly employed in the preparation of teas against myomas, arthritis, influenza, diarrhea and cancer. In this study, the antioxidant activity, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity of five different extracts of the bark, selected by their total tannin content, were assessed. The potential antioxidant activity of the extracts was d...

fever had been registered in the Military Hospitals between the years 1823 and 1858. In the Civil Hospital for four years prior to 1866, (including all classes of the community,) only 85 cases of paludal fever had occurred j whereas in the same hospitals during the eighteen months ending June 1867, no less than 2,576 patients were under treatment suffering from intermittent fever ; and within t...

Three genera and four species of the Apiaceae family : Cuminumcymium ; Foeniculumvulgari Pimpinella affinis Pimpi-nella anisumwere compared chemically by using (GC) Gas chromatography for seven fatty acids ( Heptanoic acid Octanoic Lauric Stearic Lenolinic acid; lenolic ) as a chemotaxonomical marker to determine genetic similarities differences between wiled plant other cultivated , results sh...

Vincent S. Saba, Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs, Mary‐Elena Carr, David Antoine, Robert A. Armstrong, Ichio Asanuma, Olivier Aumont, Nicholas R. Bates, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Val Bennington, Laurent Bopp, Jorn Bruggeman, Erik T. Buitenhuis, Matthew J. Church, Aurea M. Ciotti, Scott C. Doney, Mark Dowell, John Dunne, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Watson Gregg, Nicolas Hoepffner, Kimberly J. W. Hyde, Joji Ish...

Evaluation of essential oil yield, morphological and phenological traits of seven populations of twoChamomilespecies )Matricaria aurea and M. recutita), were carried out using Randomized Completely Blocks Design (RCBD) in three replications in Alborz research station in Karaj, Iran during 2011-2012. Data were collected for 12 morphological and phenological traits. Analysis of variance showed si...