Sima Nasri; GholamReza Amin; Zahra Sedghi Azad; Masomeh Borbor; Freshteh shahmohammadi
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Cancer is an important health and hygienic issue in the world. The usage of medicinal plants as a natural source of cancer treatment is considered because of the lack of toxicity of these plants, in most cases on normal cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethanolic ...
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Cancer is an important health and hygienic issue in the world. The usage of medicinal plants as a natural source of cancer treatment is considered because of the lack of toxicity of these plants, in most cases on normal cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethanolic extract of Urginea maritima root on Hela cancer cells compared to Hek normal cells. After root drying, extraction was done by Soxhlet method. Then, Hela and Hek cells were cultured at concentrations of 1000, 200, 150,100,50,10,1 and 0.1 µg/ml of ethanolic extract of Urginea maritima root at 24, 48, 72 hours and their viability was determined by MTT test. Ethanolic extract of Urginea maritima root decreased the viability of Hela cells at different doses and hours (P<0.05) but it didn’t effect on Hek cells viability. Discussion: Due to existence of flavonoids and glycosides in the Urginea maritima root, the reduction of Hela cells viability can be attributed to these compounds.
Zahra Ektefa; Elham Ahmadi; Freshteh Shah Mohamadi
Volume 2, Issue 3 , January 2014, , Pages 51-62
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Collection and identification snails of Dez river in Khuzestan province in Iran has been investigated in 2012-2013. For the first time, 29 snail species are identified in Dez river in Khuzestan, which they belong to 15 genera from 10 families Identification was done according to morphometric ...
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Collection and identification snails of Dez river in Khuzestan province in Iran has been investigated in 2012-2013. For the first time, 29 snail species are identified in Dez river in Khuzestan, which they belong to 15 genera from 10 families Identification was done according to morphometric characters including shape, size of shell, dextral and sinistral position of the shell, operculum, aperture, radula, mucus colour, respiratory pore, keel, renal ridge and reproduction system. The most and least distribution among identified snail species are 18 and 8 species belong to 4 and 2 stations respectively from Dez river, which they are 20/82 kilometers away from each other. The most commonly distributed family is Thiaridae with 8 species Melanopsispraemorsa, Melanopsis costata, Melanopsis doriae Melanopsis nodosa, Melanopsis subtingitana, Melanoides pyramis, Melanoides tuberculata Thiara scabra. Bulinus truncates and Lymnaea truncatula are identified as the most frequent and has medical importance. Melanopsis subtingitana Annandale, 1918 and Gyraulus huwaizahensis species are reported for the first time from Iran.
