Recently, increasing public concern about hygiene has been driving many studies to
investigate antimicrobial and antiviral agents. However, the use of any antimicrobial agents …

Medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites are progressively used in the treatment of
diseases as a complementary medicine. Inflammation is a pathologic condition that includes …

Background: Diseases with inflammatory etiopathology have increased in incidence in
recent times. Drugs used for therapeutic management of such inflammatory diseases are …

β-Sitosterol is a well known phytosterol in plants, but owing to its poor solubility in typical
media, determining its cellular mechanisms has been proven to be difficult. In this study, we …

Non-drug varieties of Cannabis sativa L., collectively namely as “hemp”, have been an
interesting source of food, fiber, and medicine for thousands of years. The ever-increasing …

Oil crops have become increasingly farmed worldwide because of their numerous functions
in foods and health. In particular, oil derived from the seeds of evening primrose (Oenothera …

Background Inflammation, an important event of cellular defensive system, can be triggered
by a variety of factors such as pathogens, allergens, damaged cells and toxic compounds …

Defatted seeds of evening primrose (DSEP), the by-product of evening primrose oil
manufacture, exhibit potential α-glucosidase inhibitory activity; however, presently they are …

Seeds from non-drug varieties of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) have been used for traditional
medicine, food, and fiber production. Our study shows that phytol obtained from hemp seed …

Evening Primrose oil (EPO) is a natural product extracted by cold-pressed from Oenothera
biennis L. seeds. EPO is widely used as a dietary supplement from which beneficial effects …