Background and objectives: In review of traditional Persian medicine (TPM) literature concerning multi drug therapy, a group of medicinal plants that are called "convoy drugs", agents which penetrate fast ...

Background and objectives: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most common and distressing symptom that affects overall quality of life of cancer patients. Due to the multi-factorial etiology, there is ...

Background and objectives: The purpose of this study was optimization of semisolid topical formulation from ethanol extract of turmeric and evaluation of rheological characterization and investigation of ...

Background and objectives: The majority of the Achillea spp. are used as medicinal plants with therapeutic applications worldwide. Achillea aucheri was selected in our study to ...

Background and objectives: Evaluating the safety of pharmaceutical products by in vitro methods like cell culture, and in vivo tests on animals, is one of the regulatory steps in development ...

Background and objectives: Viola odorata L. is a grassy plant that grows in the humid regions and has been used to treat liver diseases and complicated and tropical fevers in Iranian traditional ...

Background and objectives: Plant extracts and their constituents are known to exert biological effects, especially antioxidant activity. Fumaria vaillantii (Fumariaceae) has several therapeutic ...

Background and objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of Fulcaria vulgaris hydro-alcoholic extract (F.H.E.) in Carrageenan-induced models of inflammation ...

Background and objectives: Long-term exposure to opiates induces tolerance to the analgesic effect. The chronic use of opioids in glia cells produces pro-inflammatory mediators such as Tissue Necrosis ...

Background and objectives: Due to the high cancer mortality rates and side effects of different types of cancer treatments, discovering effective treatments without or with fewer side effects is the main ...

Background and objectives: To date, thousands of secondary metabolites have been isolated from plants and microorganisms and there is an unprecedented attention towards potential biomedical applications ...

Background and objectives: Ferula assa-foetida is an herbaceous perennial plant which belongs to Apiaceae family. It is native to the east and central parts of Iran. This old traditional medicine ...

Background and objectives: Natural product compounds of plants have been used since ancient times and in folklore medicine for the treatment of many diseases and illnesses. Oxygen-centered free radicals ...

Background and objectives: Hemorrhoids is the most prevalent rectal disease which is defined as enlargement of ano-rectal cushions.  Intensified pressure on vascular plexus of hemorrhoids seems playing a ...

Background and objectives: Melasma is one of the most common pigmentary disorders. It has a considerable impact on quality of life. The treatment of melasma has still remained a challenge because the ...

Background and objectives: The cholinergic deficit correlates with the severity of Alzheimer's disease. The cholinergic function can be improved by AChE inhibitors blocking this key enzyme in the breakdown ...

Background and objectives: Black cumin is a herbaceous plant with scientific name Nigella sativa, that contains compounds such as fixed oils, proteins, alkaloids, saponins and essential oils. It ...

Background and objectives: Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a herbaceous and a small shrub of the Compositae family. It is native to certain regions of South America. Since 1970s, Stevia extracts ...

Background and objectives: Scrophularia atropatana (S. atropatana) is endemic to western and central regions of Iran. It belongs to the genus of Scrophularia (family: ...

Background and objectives: Gingivitis is the inflammation of gingiva which, unless treated, will lead to periodontitis in susceptible patients. Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. (aloe) from the family ...