Traditional medicine is a comprehensive term for ancient, culture-bound health care
practices that existed before the use of science in health matters and has been used for …

Background: Obesity and physical inactivity are currently on the rise due to industrialization
of the communities, which has recently led to increased incidence of different diseases such …

Background: Doxorubicin as an anti-cancer drug causes cardiotoxicity, limiting its tolerability
and use. The mechanism of toxicity is due to free radical production and cardiomyocytes …

Medicinal herbs have been increasingly used worldwide for diseases prevention and
treatment. Rheum turkestanicum Janisch. is a perennial shrub of the Polygonaceae family …

Recently a lot of studies have been conducted to identify natural compounds for prevention
of the development and recurrence of cancers. The present study aimed to determine …

Abstract Echinodorus grandiflorus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Micheli is a native Brazilian species
used in traditional practices for the treatment of several conditions such as inflammatory …

Despite the widespread use of Rheum turkestanicum in herbal medicine, no study has yet
examined its in vivo toxicity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the acute and sub-acute …

Although Iran has a deep history in herbal medicine and great heritage of ancient medical
scholars, few efforts have been made to evaluate ethnopharmacological aspects of …

The Apiaceae family includes some of the most known medicinal, food and spice species in
the world some of which have been used by humans since antiquity. Local people in …

Prostate cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases in men worldwide. The apoptotic
factors such as BID, BIM and APAF1 have a main role in inducing apoptotic pathways. Some …