OBJECTIVE Childhood obesity is a major public health concern worldwide while the current epidemic may be secondary to over consumption of high-fat, energy-rich foods. Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) has been traditionally used in medicine for several antioxidant and anti-atherogenic activities. In this study the anti-dyslipidemic effects of P.oleracea was evaluated in obese adolescents. METH...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies indicated anti-inflammatory effects for Portulaca oleracea in various inflammatory disorders. In this study, the effects of P. oleracea on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) levels of total protein (TP), Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and IgE in sensitized rats were examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male rats were randomly divided into six groups namely, control (group C), ...

The photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants consists of discrete cytoplasmic organelles, the chloroplasts, which contain proteins, lipids, pigments, water. and other substances. Relatively little is known, apparently, concerning the composition of the lipid fraction of the chloroplast. Menke (8), studying chloroplasts of spinach, Spiniacia oleracea, found that essentially all the lipids of th...

Paleoenvironmental investigations were undertaken on Laysan Island in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to investigate its flora before historical observations. Substantial impacts occurred to the island as a result of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century guano mining, commercial feather collecting, and denudation of vegetation by feral rabbits. An account of Laysan’s historically ...

Natural products have been postulated as an alternative to the use of synthetic herbicides in pest control. The latter compounds caused numerous problems and these include appearance resistance such herbicides. Aminophenoxazinones are natural that shown multiple biological activities, pharmacological or phytotoxic effects. In case phytotoxicity, mode action aminophenoxazinones has not widely ex...

objective: diabetes plays an important role in the progression of tissue damage. influencing factors of the cellular matrix can lead to changes in the structure and function of tissues or their failure. herbal consumption can be effective in reducing tissue failure. the aim of the this study is to research the effect portulaca oleracea seeds on the levels of matrix metalloproteinase 2, 9 and ti...