Plants and mushrooms are used for medicinal purposes and the screening of molecules
possessing biological activities. A single plant or mushroom may produce both stimulatory …

Immunomodulation using medicinal plants provides an alternative to conventional
chemotherapy for several diseases, especially when suppression of inflammation is desired …

Modulation of immune response to alleviate diseases has long since been of interest.
Recent progress on the ethnomedicinal plants as immunomodulatory agent reported from …

Comparison of the antioxidant activity and total phenolic contents in some Stachys species Page
1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8 (6), pp. 1143-1147, 20 March, 2009 Available online at …

Herbal medicines have been used for centuries to treat different illnesses. Among more than
20,000 herbal medicines available for humans, a limited number have sufficiently been …

Abstract Context: Woundwort (Stachys) plants from the Lamiaceae family have been used in
folk medicine for various purposes. Objective: This study was designed to analyze cytotoxic …

The antioxidant activities of the methanolic extracts of 9 Salvia species and 15 other
Lamiaceae plants growing in Iran were evaluated using ferric reducing antioxidant power …

Malaria is considered a major health problem in Iran. There are different methods for vector
control. In this study we tested the larvicidal effects of some Iranian plants. The methanolic …

Background Acetaminophen (APAP) at high doses causes adverse side effects such as
hepatotoxicity. The aim of the current study was to investigate the hepatoprotective and …

Achyrocline satureioides is widely consumed as infusion or aperitif and shows important
therapeutic properties. Previously, we reported absence of genotoxicity of cold aqueous …