Wound antiseptic plants: An overview of the most important medicinal plants in iran affecting wound infections

Surgical site infection refers to infection in surgical site which is created within 30 days after surgery. Infection may occur by bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and worms. In traditional Iranian medicine, many plants are used to control and treat infections. Therefore, the present paper aims to recognize and introduce antiseptic medicinal herbs by which we can produce effective natural remedies for infection control. Medicinal herbs such as chamomile, flax, veneris, oleander, savory, mallow, castor, sage, garlic, harmala etc. are the most important medicinal plants for disinfecting wounds in Iran. © 2009-2016, JGPT. All Rights Reserved

An overview of the effectiveness of the most important native medicinal plants of iran on hemorrhoid based on iranian traditional medicine textbooks

Hemorrhoid diseaseoccursfollowing the blood-filling of vascular structures of submucosal networks in the anal area. Patients usually feel no painsand the symptoms include a feeling of rectal congestion, mucus secretion, and bright red blood dripping. Surgical treatment is of the most common treatment methods of hemorrhoid. In addition to the usual treatments, classic therapies and complementary medicine are also applied. Medicinal herbs have been traditionally a source for the treatment of many diseases. Many native medicinal plants of Iran have had effective properties on hemorrhoid. Thus, in this review,the effective medicinal plants of Iranian ethnobotanical resources on hemorrhoid were reported. In this review study, a search for articles by the keywords hemorrhoid,ethnobotanical, and medicinal plants was done. A search on the databases, such as Scopus, ISI C, S ID, MegIran,and a number of other databases was performed. Based on the results obtained, 11 herbs from different parts of Iran are traditionally used to treat anorexia. Such medicinal plants as pistachio from mountainous trees, yarrow, camel thorn, etc. are of the effective herbs on hemorrhoid. © 2009-2016, JGPT. All Rights Reserved

The influence of a behavior modification interventional program on body mass index in obese adolescents

Background/PurposeThe prevalence of obesity and overweight among children and adolescents is increasing rapidly. The present research was performed to determine the influence of a ‘‘behavior modification’’ program on body mass index (BMI) in obese public high school students in Iran.MethodsIn this study, 152 adolescence and their parents were selected from 12 high schools of Khorram Abad from 2004 to 2006, and they were randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control groups. The “behavior modification” interventional program consisted of nutritional education, modifying dietary habits, teaching exercise programs, teaching nutritional facts to the parents, and performing exercises 3 days a week. The height and weight as well as waist, hip, and wrist circumferences of the participants were measured before and after implementing the interventional program. BMI and waist to hip ratio (WHR) were calculated. The adolescents and parents completed a nutrition knowledge questionnaire. Adolescents also completed the Beck’s Depression Questionnaire.ResultsAdolescent’s mean weight, BMI, and waist and hip circumferences decreased significantly after implementing the interventional program, in the intervention group (p≤0.001). In addition, the students’ and parents’ nutrition knowledge increased in the intervention group after implementing the interventional program (p<0.046). The symptoms of depression decreased and the frequency of students without symptoms of depression increased in the case group, but it did not reveal a statistically significant difference between case and control groups.ConclusionThe ‘‘behavior modification’’ interventional program is effective in reducing BMI in obese students, and therefore, school principals and planners can play an important role in controlling obesity by implementing this program via the students, their parents, and the school staff

The Direct and Indirect Effects of Macronutrients on Energy Intake in Lactating Mothers

Background: Mother’s nutrition during lactation is a factor affecting the quality and quantity of their milk. The present study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect effects of macronutrients on the amount of their energy intake.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Khorramabad, and the target population included lactating mothers with a lactation period of 12 months or less. Using the dietary record (DR) in three days, the participants’ nutritional status and food intake were assessed. For distinguishing the importance of variables based on their direct and indirect effects on energy, non-parametric path analysis was employed.Results: The median level of energy intake was 1719.60 calories. Carbohydrates and proteins had the strongest and weakest effects on energy intake, respectively; and the strongest indirect effect was observed in fiber, MUFA, and Isoleucine.Conclusion: Considering the path coefficients related to direct and indirect effects and the effect of each macronutrient on the amount of energy intake, lactating mothers should be informed with the help of intervention programs about the importance of having proper nutrition to receive adequate nutrients and energy

An overview on the most important native medicinal plants against flour beetle

Contamination with pests is the main problems of stored food products and can defects them from harvest time until storage. Pests have high proliferation rate, global distribution, and sometimes damage foods up to a hundred percent. Nowadays plant materials are used for pest control in warehouses. Volatile essential oils are important compounds to combat fungal pathogens, insects, herbivores and pests in stored food products. Herbs and botanicals have insecticide and insect repellent properties and are good alternative to chemical insecticides. This paper was aimed to have an overview on the most important native medicinal plants against flour beetle. All required information was obtained by searching key words such as flour beetle, medicinal plant extracts or essential oils and Iran of published articles in authentic scientific databases such as Sciencedirect, Blackwell Wiley, Springer, Scopus, Pubmed, Google scholar and Scientific information database (SID) and Magiran. Eucalyptus globulus, Perovskia atriplicifolia, Azadirachta indica Adr. Juss, Artemisia sieberi Besser, Carum copticum C. B. Clarke, Cuminum cyminum L, Bunium persicum Boiss, Elletaria cardamomum Maton, Nerium oleander L, Lavandula officinalis L, Ferula assafoetida L, Rosmarinus officinalis L. Artemisia dracunculus L, Foeniculum vulgare, Satureja hortensis L, Zygophyllum fabago L, Delphinium persicum, Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br are the main medicinal plants can affect on flour beetle. They have various compounds and based on the results of phytochemical studies each of active compounds of medicinal plants could have potential anti pest effects against flour beetle. Therefore, it is recommended that all active ingredients are investigated in experimental and pharmacological studies and in case of positive effects, they used for production of natural anti pest compounds against the flour beetle

Curcuma longa: A review of therapeutic effects in traditional and modern medical references

Turmeric with scientific name of Curcuma longa is a perennial and herbaceous plant from family Zingiberaceae that grows in East Asia, such as China, and India. Ample evidence from previous studies indicates that C. longa is effective on many diseases including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. It also has hepatoprotective, gastrointestinal tract and cardiovascular system protective effects, and may stimulate immune system. Because C. longa contains antioxidant compounds such as curcumin, zingibran, alpha and beta-Turmerin, arabinose, fructose, glucose, starch and desmetoxicurcumin. The therapeutic effects that have already been confirmed in with animal and human studies can be attributed to these compounds. Therefore, the effective compounds of C. longa on the above diseases should be investigated in clinical trials. This may help to produce effective and strong drugs to treat these diseases. This article was aimed to summarize and present the therapeutic effects of Curcuma longa in traditional and modern medical reference

Investigations of the assembly of chylomicrons in hamster enterocytes using pluronic acid as a probe

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Investigation of the relation between University teacher’s assessments of Lorestan University of medical Sciences and medical student’s score of Basic Science for Medicine’s exams from 2005 until 2009

Background: The teacher’s evaluation is a common method to determine the educational situation of faculty members of most universities. Teacher’s evaluation system can reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the teacher’s educational status and provides the possibility for improvement of the quality of the teaching, and the educational improvement of students. It is believed that the quality of teaching through the basic science courses is one of the important causes affecting exam scores, not only in the semester’s exams, but also in the comprehensive basic science exams of students. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between basic sciences teacher’s assessments and student’s scores of comprehensive basic science exam. Methods: This research was a descriptive- correlation study in which all the basic science’s teachers and medical students of Lorestan University of medical sciences that had passed their comprehensive basic science exam participated. The mean and SD of student’s scores for their comprehensive basic science exam and also the means score of teachers' assessments were determined. Then the standard score for each course was calculated. For this reason, university’s mean score of each course was subtracted from the country’s mean score of each course. Then, the result was divided by the standard deviation of each course. Also to determine the rank position of each course of university in the national scores, the university's rank divided by 100 was calculated. Then, the rank position of each course was divided by the number of the universities participating in the exam and multiplied by 100. The correlation between the teachers' score and student's scores in overall, and in each course was calculated with the spearman test. Findings: The trend of mean score of each course through 5 years of the study was not constant. The qualitative scores analysis, i.e. very good, good, median, weak, very weak had also the same trend. Moreover, the Spearman test indicated that there is no correlation between medical students’s score of comprehensive basic science exam and the total score, and score of teachers of the individual courses. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, the situation of the medical student’s score of comprehensive basic science exam could be affected by some factors other than their teacher's evaluation scores. Keywords: Comprehensive basic science exam, Teacher's evaluation scores, Medicin

Nutritional assessment in hospitalized patients of orthopedic ward at hospital admission and discharge time in Shohadaye Ashayer hospital

Background: Malnutrition is one of the significant factors in extending hospitalization period, augmenting disease complications, enhancing treatment and hospitalization costs, and increasing deaths in hospitals. This study was conducted to investigate patients, nutritional conditions, before and discharge time in the orthopedic ward of Shohadaye Ashayer hospital in 2010. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study 283 patients, aged 18 and over, in the orthopedic ward were selected.A previously developed questionnaire containing 15 quantitative and qualitative factors was completed for subjects in two stages (at their hospital admission and their discharge time). The patients, weight and height were also measured during these two stages. The collected data were then analyzed using SPSS software. Results: 12.7% of the patients had severe malnutrition, 7.4% had moderate malnutrition and 79.9% had mild malnutrition. The length of hospital stay was found to be an important factor in causing malnutrition. In this study significant statistical relationship was found between the length of hospital stay, sex, the recent 1-month weight loss, previous operation and the severity of malnutrition (P0.05). Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it can be claimed that there is a significant statistical relationship between the length of hospital stay and the severity of malnutrition

Phytotherapy in Anorexia: Effective Medicinal Plants on Appetit Based on Iranian Ethnobotanical Sources

Appetite is defined based on the regulators of the food-related variables that predict eating behaviors. It influences on energy homeostasis. Gastro-intestinal track is of the components of food intake and appetite control system. Environmental signals, including insulin, ghrelin, leptin, and centeral neuropeptides in the hypothalamus specify an individual's appetite. Medicinal plants are a natural and useful medicinal source in the treatment of diseases. Many native medicinal plants of Iran have effective properties on appetite. Thus, in this review, the effective medicinal plants of Iranian ethnobotanical resources on appetite were reported. In this review study, a search for articles by the keywords colic, ethnobotanical, and medicinal plants was done. A search on the databases, such as Scopus, ISI C, S ID, Mega Iran, and a number of other databases was performed. 26 herbs from different parts of Iran are traditionally used to treat anorexia. Such medicinal plants as sweet fennel, artichoke, rhubarb, chamomile, chicory, turnip, wild plum, pennyroyal, thistle, fumitory, salsify, etc. are of the most important medicinal plants affecting appetite. Phytotherapy in Anorexia: Effective Medicinal Plants on Appetit Based on Iranian Ethnobotanical Sources. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318356125_Phytotherapy_in_Anorexia_Effective_Medicinal_Plants_on_Appetit_Based_on_Iranian_Ethnobotanical_Sources [accessed Nov 12 2017]