Publications

study of anticancer and antibacterial activities of foeniculum vulgare, justicia adhatoda and urtica dioica as natural curatives.	high-throughput technologies, such as synthetic biology and genomics have paved new paths for discovery and utility of medicinally beneficial plants. bioactive molecules isolated from different plants have significantly higher biological activities. the present study was done to analyze antibacterial potential of some medicinal plants against multi drug resistant (mdr) pathogens and anticancer effect against mcf-7 cell line. methanolic and ethanolic extracts were tested for their antibacterial a ...	2017	28980930
effect of foeniculum vulgare (fennel) on vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.	objectives this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of orally administered fennel on vaginal atrophy. materials and methods in this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 60 postmenopausal women living in mashhad, iran, were randomly divided into an oral fennel group (n = 30) and a placebo group (n = 30). the maturation vaginal index and maturation values were measured once at baseline and again upon a three-month follow-up. results the paired t-test showed statistically sig ...	2017	28990439
protection of grain products from sitophilus oryzae (l.) contamination by anti-insect pest repellent sachet containing allyl mercaptan microcapsule.	the purpose of this study was to develop an anti-insect pest repellent sachet to prevent sitophilus oryzae (l.) (coleoptera: curculionidae) contamination in grain packaging. the anti-insect pest activities of essential oils (eos) from garlic (allium sativum), ginger (zingiber officinalis), black pepper (piper nigrum), onion (allium cepa), and fennel (foeniculum vulgare) as well as major compounds (allyl disulfide, ad; allyl mercaptan, am) isolated from of garlic and onion (ad and am) were measur ...	2017	29030875
foeniculum vulgare essential oil ameliorates acetic acid-induced colitis in rats through the inhibition of nf-kb pathway.	the aim of the present study is to investigate the protective effects of foeniculum vulgare essential oil on intestinal inflammation through the inhibition of nf-kb pathway in acetic acid-induced rat colitis.	2017	29067571
in vitro anti-cariogenic plaque effects of essential oils extracted from culinary herbs.	cariogenic bacteria including mutans streptococci and lactobacilli are partly but significantly involved in dental caries development. an effective prevention strategy against dental caries is to decrease the accumulation of this microbiota either in planktonic or in biofilm form.	2017	29207708
in vitro toxicity evaluation of estragole-containing preparations derived from foeniculum vulgare mill. (fennel) on hepg2 cells.	estragole, a common component of herbs and spices, is a wellknown genotoxic hepatocarcinogen in rodents, whereas its potential toxic effect in humans is still debated. in the european contest, one of the major sources of human exposure to this phytochemical is foeniculum vulgare mill. (fennel). therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro toxicity of estragole in the context of two complex phytochemical mixtures derived from fennel: fennel seed powder (fspw) and fennel seed esse ...	2018	29233689
rescue effects of aqueous seed extracts of foeniculum vulgare and carum carvi against cadmium-induced hepatic, renal and gonadal damage in female albino rats.	to investigate the protective effects of aqueous seed extracts of fennel "foeniculum vulgare" (fve) and caraway "carum carvi" (cce) on liver, kidney and reproductive organs in female rats against cadmium chloride (cc) intoxication.	2017	29268967
analysis and evaluation of the antimicrobial and anticancer activities of the essential oil isolated from foeniculum vulgare from hamedan, iran.	in this study, biological properties of the essential oil isolated from seeds of foeniculum vulgare (f. vulgare) were evaluated. gc-ms analysis revealed trans-anethole (80.63%), l-fenchone (11.57%), estragole (3.67%) and limonene (2.68%) were the major compounds of the essential oil. antibacterial activity of the essential oil against nine gram-positive and gram-negative strains was studied using disc diffusion and micro-well dilution assays. essential oil exhibited the antibacterial activity ag ...	2018	29308661
endophytic detection in selected european herbal plants.	a total of 181 cultivable endophytic bacterial isolates were collected from stems of 13 species of herbs inhabiting europe (poland): chelidonium majus l., elymus repens l., erigeron annuus l., euphrasia rostkoviana hayne, foeniculum vulgare l., geranium pratense l., humulus lupulus l., matricaria chamomilla l., mentha arvensis l., papaver rhoeas l., rosmarinus officinalis l., solidago gigantea l. and vinca minor l. the isolates were screened for their antifungal activity and fifty three were fou ...	2016	29334055
the effect of foeniculum vulgare (fennel) on body composition in postmenopausal women with excess weight: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.	the goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of fennel on body composition.	2017	29354616