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In vitro antimicrobial and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities of coumarins from Ferulago carduchorum
Ferulago carduchorum (Apiaceae) is an endemic plant of Iran. From the hexane and ethyl acetate extracts of F. carduchorum seven coumarins, one flavonoid and one s...
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Satureja bachtiarica ameliorate beta-amyloid induced memory impairment, oxidative stress and cholinergic deficit in animal model of Alzheimer’s disease
Extracellular deposition of Beta-amyloid peptide (Aβ) is the main finding in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which damages cholinergic neurons through oxidative stress and reduces the choliner...
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Satureja Bachtiarica: Phytochemistry and Pharmacology
Satureja belongs to the family Lamiaceae (subfamily: Nepetoideae) including annual aromatic plants, of which S. bachtiarica is an endemic Iranian species of Satureja. This species is widely distributed in the so...
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Introduction
The genus, Satureja (Savory), belongs to the well-known plant family Labiatae (Lamiaceae), subfamily Nepetoidae, tribe Mentheae and comprises about 200 species worldwide. These are mostly aromatic herbs and shrub...
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Micromorphological Characterizations
Botanical microscopy is a valuable procedure for identification and quality assurance of herbal ingredients as well as an inherent part of almost all pharmacopoeias. In this section, the microscopic characteri...
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Discussion and Conclusion
The genus of Satureja consists of aromatic plants with traditional usage in treatment of nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, blood pressure, appetizing, cough, vomiting, toothache and externally for relieving rheumato...
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Satureja: Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine
In the Persian traditional books (written in Persian or Arabian languages), some beneficial effects are mentioned for internal application of savory including appetizer, antitussive, strengthen of eye, anti-vo...
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Phytochemical Contents
Different concentrations of rosmarinic acid, as a natural phenolic compound, have been reported in the various extracts of Lamiaceae family (Nepetoideae subfamily) ranging between 0.001 and 0.93 %. In a study,...
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Biological and Pharmacological Activity
Antibacterial property of S. spicigera oil against 25 plant pathogenic bacteria was tested and the results exhibited a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity attributed to the high content of carvacrol and thym...
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Role of antioxidants and phytochemicals on acrylamide mitigation from food and reducing its toxicity
Nowadays, the presence of acrylamide in lots of fried and baked foods raises concerns due to its potential to cause toxicity and cancer in animals and human. Consequently, a number of papers have focused on ev...
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Anticancer Drug Discovery Approaches; Challenges and Development
Despite costly and time-consuming medical and pharmaceutical research and some promising developments the cancer storm is still blowing and threatening people’s life around the world. There remain numerous cha...
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Anticancer Antibiotics
Cancer chemotherapy is indeed indebted to microorganisms and their products, antibiotics. Since the discovery of the first antibiotic with anticancer properties, a lot of research has been focused on isolation...
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Marine-Derived Anticancer Compounds
Huge number of taxonomically diverse creatures live in oceans and produce structurally various types of metabolites. Because of such an ample resource and successful experiences in delivering potent therapeuti...
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Anticancer Terpenoids
Terpenoids are a class of secondary metabolites with immense variety of structures and biological activity. They are divided into some groups including monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, sesterter...
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An Evidence Based Approach to Traditional Herbal Remedies for the Management of Cancer
Traditional herbal remedies are one of the frequently used categories of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among cancer patients. The aim of this chapter is to review popular medicinal plants used ...
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Carbohydrates Against Cancer
Using natural medicines containing carbohydrates has been valued from ancient times for therapeutic reasons including anticancer activity. In recent years, new natural carbohydrates (mostly polysaccharides and...