Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine

Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine (AJP) is an international open access journal that publishes basic and clinical studies and reviews on medicinal plant. Research on the effects of standardized plant extracts and isolated natural products, and those including mechanistic studies are particularly welcome.

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The effect of celery (Apium graveolens L.) on reproductive parameters in male wistar rat

The effect of hydro-alcoholic celery (Apium graveolens) leaf extract on cardiovascular parameters and lipid profile in animal model of hypertension induced by fructose

Ellagic acid improved arrhythmias induced by CaCL2 in the rat stress model

Ethnobotanical investigation of traditional medicinal plants commercialized in the markets of Mashhad, Iran

Effect of Nigella sativa on the kidney function in rats

Short communication

1. β-sitosterol induces reactive oxygen species-mediated apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line

Pages 541-550

Devaraj Ezhilarasan; Mary J Ditty

Review Article

2. The effects of propolis supplementation on metabolic parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

Pages 551-565

Alireza Gheflati; Zahra Dehnavi; Aliyeh Ghannadzadeh Yazdi; Zahra Khorasanchi; Hamidreza Raeisi-Dehkordi; Golnaz Ranjbar

Original Research Article

3. Effects of a polyherbal formulation on the quality of life and survival of patients with common upper gastrointestinal cancers: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Pages 566-575

Azar Fani Pakdel; Ashkan Hatami; Roham Salek; Ali Taghizadeh-Kermani; Seyed Alireza Javadinia; Ahmad Ghorbani

4. The effect of Triticum sativum (wheat) germ on postpartum pain: A double-blind clinical trial

Pages 576-588

Samira Mehravar; Sedigheh Amir Ali Akbari; Malihe Nasiri; Faraz Mojab; Hajar Abbasi

5. Morphohistometric analysis of the effects of Coriandrum sativum on cortical and cerebellar neurotoxicity

Pages 589-598

Hesham N. Mustafa

6. Effects of quercetin on spatial memory, hippocampal antioxidant defense and BDNF concentration in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease: An electrophysiological study

Pages 599-609

Mehrdad Naghizadeh; Mohammad Ali Mirshekar; Farzaneh Montazerifar; Saiedeh Saadat; Ali Shamsi Koushki; Saber Jafari Maskouni; Maryam Afsharfar; Saiedeh Arabmoazzen

7. Neuroprotective effects of Pinus eldarica in a mouse model of pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures

Pages 610-621

Somaieh Mansouri; Mahmoud Hosseini; Farimah Beheshti; Mohammad-Ali Sobhanifar; Hassan Rakhshandeh; Akbar Anaeigoudari

8. Saffron offers hepatoprotection via up-regulation of hepatic farnesoid-X-activated receptors in a rat model of acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity

Pages 622-632

Vahid Jamshidi; Seyed Ali Hashemi; azadeh Khalili; Parviz Fallah; Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadian-Attari; Leila Beikzadeh; Roham Mazloom; Parvaneh Najafizadeh; Gholamreza Bayat