In vitro biological activities of Calamintha nepeta L. aqueous extracts.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the phenolic composition, antioxidant capacity, and toxicity of aqueous extracts of Calamintha nepeta L. leaves and their potential vasorelaxant effects.

Methods: Aqueous extracts of Calamintha nepeta L.

Consumption of food supplements in the Fes-Meknes region (Morocco); profiles and typology.

Background: The consumption of food supplements is increasing. This evolution is due to several factors, including nutritional deficiencies in the population, a sedentary lifestyle, and a decrease in physical activity. In addition, stress and an active lifestyle led to several dysfunctions (fatigue, deconcentration) that food supplements can help to overcome.

L. Aqueous and Ethyl Acetate Extracts: Antioxidant Effect and Potential Activity In Vitro and In Vivo against Pancreatic α-Amylase and Intestinal α-Glucosidase.

L. is one of the plants which has been used in folk medicine for many diseases over many centuries. This study aims to analyze the chemical composition of the ethyl acetate and its aqueous extracts and to evaluate their effect on the pancreatic α-amylase enzyme and the intestinal α-glucosidase enzyme.

Phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity and inhibitory potential of Ficus carica and Olea europaea leaves.

It is our interest to screen Oela europaea L and Ficus carica L leaf extract for total phenolic, flavonoid contents and to evaluate their free radical scavenging and Ferric reducing power (FRAP) using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Data shows that Olea europaea and Ficus carica have strong antioxidant potency to scavenge free radical at an optimal phenolic and flavonoid concentration. Results further suggest a strong correlation between antioxidant activities, phenolic and flavonoid contents.

Drug interactions with herbal medicines.

The use of herbal medicines (HM) is on the rise among the global population. Although the safety profile of many herbal medicines is promising, accumulated data show evidence of significant interactions with medications, which can place individual patients at great risk. A range of electronic databases have been reviewed for articles published in this field: Medline, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, HealthSTAR, AMBASE, CINHAL, Cochrane Library, as well as Internet documents and manually searched references in medical journals.

Influence of age, castration, and testosterone on T cell subsets in healthy and leukemia grafted mice.

The distribution of T cell subsets in pubertal (2 months) and post-pubertal (10 months) mice showed a significant decrease in the percentage of CD4+ splenocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) with age, unlike the percentage of CD8+ cells in PBL, which remained unchanged. The change in the distribution of T cell subsets in the spleen and blood occurred in 2 months old castrated mice, as in 10 months old animals. P388 tumor grew better in post-pubertal and in castrated mice than in young mice.

[Acute intoxication by redoul (Coriaria myrtifolia L.). Three observations].

Introduction: Coriaria myrtifolla L. (Redoul) is a shrub of the Mediterranean area. Poisoning with this plant is often accidental, following ingestion of the plant's fruit that are often mistaken for blackberries.