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Natural α-amylase inhibitors of herbal origin are an attractive therapeutic approach to control post-prandial hyperglycemia via reducing the glucose release from starch and delaying carbohydrate absorption. Th...
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Open AccessPresence of phthalate derivatives in the essential oils of a medicinal plant Achillea tenuifolia
Phthalate, esters of phthalic acid, are mainly applied as plasticizers and cause several human health and environment hazards. The essential oils of Achillea species have attracted a great concern, since several ...
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Open AccessThe urge to publish more and its consequences
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Open AccessQuantification of verbascoside in medicinal species of Phlomis and their genetic relationships
The genus Phlomis (Lamiaceae) is introduced by its valuable medicinal species, of which 17 species are growing wildly and ten of them are exclusively endemic of Iran. The main phytochemical characteristic of this...
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Open AccessAre other fluorescent tags used instead of ethidium bromide safer?
Ethidium bromide (EtBr) is a well-known fluorescent tag usually applied in molecular biological techniques like agarose gel electrophoresis. The mechanism of action for such compounds is known, in which these ...
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Open AccessAre medicinal plants polluted with phthalates?
Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) have been employed in polymer materials as a plasticizer to form them more flexible, adhesive, and soluble. These compounds are mainly used in paints, varnishes, personal cares, cos...
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Open AccessCytotoxic evaluation of Melia azedarach in comparison with, Azadirachta indica and its phytochemical investigation
Melia azedarach L. is an important medicinal plant that is used for variety of ailments in Iranian traditional medicine. Azadirachta indica A. Juss is its allied species and possesses similar properties and effec...
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Open AccessBiogenic trypanocidal sesquiterpenes: lead compounds to design future trypanocidal drugs - a mini review
Human trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease among poor people in Africa and Latin America. Therapy against African and American trypanosomiasis is based on a few drugs that often cause severe side-effects. Th...
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Open AccessA cytotoxic hydroperoxy sterol from the brown alga, Nizamuddinia zanardinii
The marine environment is a unique source of bioactive natural products, of which Nizamuddinia zanardinii is an important brown algae distributed in Oman Sea. Literature revealed that there is no report on phytoc...
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Open AccessAnti-oxidative trypanocidal drugs, myth or reality
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Open AccessApplication of spectroscopy in herbal metabolomics
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Open AccessTerpenes From the Root of Salvia hypoleuca Benth
The genus Salvia, with nearly 900 species, is one of the largest members of Lamiaceae family. In the Flora of Iran, the genus Salvia is represented by 58 species of which 17 species are endemic. Salvia hypoleuca ...
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Open AccessIn vitro α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of phenolic constituents from aerial parts of Polygonum hyrcanicum
The early stage of diabetes mellitus type 2 is associated with postprandial hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia is believed to increase the production of free radicals and reactive oxygen species, leading to oxidativ...
