Kourosh Saki

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Listeria monocytogenes can be found in many processed foods, raw milk, dairy products, meat and meat products such as sausages, beef and fish products, seafoods, eggs, fruits, and vegetables such as radish and cabbage. This article is a review study on the Iranian medicinal plants applied for treatment of listeriosis. Information of this review art...

Obesity is an important disorders due to which 25 million deaths occur annually worldwide. Synthetic drugs for weight loss have low efficacy and high side effects. Apart from synthetic drugs in modern medicine, various other methods including the use of herbal medications are used to induce weight loss. Cambodia hoodia, green tea, Citrus aurantium,...

The history of taking medicinal plants goes back to the existence of man on the Earth. Almost all tribes and nations have used medicinal plants in their history. Cichorium intybus L. which is known to have various effects including anti-hepatotoxic, anti-malaria, blood glucose decreasing, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects has been widely...

Kidney stones are the third most frequent disorder of the urinary tract, after infections and pathological disorders of the prostate. Most affected patients suffer from severe colicky pain. The use of herbs for treating diseases has been a common method since ancient times. This study aimed to identify and report the most important and effective he...

Addiction is a chronic and recurring disease that recurrence phenomenon is the most important challenge in treatment of this disease. Recent experiences have shown that synthetic drugs have undesirable side effects. Recent studies on medicinal plants have shown that they might be effective in treatment of different stages of addiction with lower si...

Objective: To identify the medicinal plants effective in infectious diseases. Methods: Initially, we obtained a list of herbalists and traditional healers from Food and Drug Deputy. Direct observations and interviews as well as collection of herbarium specimens of indigenous medicinal plants effective in infectious diseases of urinary tract, reprod...

Many native plants in traditional medicine have been used for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis and the recent clinical trials have proven the efficacy of some of them. Researches conducted on these plants have shown that garlic, shallots, wormwood, yarrow, walnuts, thyme, henna plant, mimosa, aloe, wood betony, medlar, periwinkle, yeah, sav...

Dysmenorrhea is one of the most prevalent medical disorders of gynecologic system that affects almost 50% of women with regular menstruation. Today, for the treatment and control of pain and symptoms, various methods such as herbal therapy, local heat, thiamin, vitamin E, fish oil supplements, acupuncture and transcutaneous nerve stimulation are us...

Digestive disorders are included high proportion and prevalent of human diseases. Most of these diseases occur as gastric and duodenal peptic ulcer, gastritis and dyspepsia. Treatment of disorders and diseases particularly gastritis and peptic ulcers have been done with medicinal plants in Lorestan province located in west of Iran. The aim of this...

Many different plants have been used in traditional medicine to regulate fertility or to treat infertility. In Urmia ethnobotany, different medicinal plants are also used to treat various diseases, so the aim of the present study was to identify and report the medicinal plants which are effective in treatment of reproductive system disorders in Urm...

Human has been always seeking for beauty of skin and face and the best possible treatments for skin diseases. Indeed, use of medicinal plants is an important approach to treat skin diseases. The present study was conducted to identify effective medicinal plants on skin diseases in Urmia, a city of northwest Iran. This study was done through questio...

The scientific name of Myrtle is Myrtus communis which widely used as a medicinal plant and herbal medicine. The extracts and essential oils of this medicinal plant contain special multiple pharmacological effects. Mort plants in traditional medicine used for wide ranges of disorders such as urinary tract infections, digestive problems, bronchitis,...

Objective: To study the effect of different doses of nicotine on Limnatis in comparison with levamisole and ivermectin. Methods: In this interventional experimental study in July 2012, the amount of 61 mature leeches of Limnatis nilotica species were collected and anti-parasitic effects of drug treatments using anti-leech method were assessed. So t...

Objective: To collect and document information on anti-diabetic plants traditionally used in the treating of diabetes in Urmia at Northwest Iran because ethnomedicines are considered as valuable sources to find new potential drugs. Methods: We used the method of direct observation and interview (35 traditional healers) along with gathering herba...

Parasitic diseases cause annual mortality of more than 200 thousand people. Currently many drugs are used to treat parasitic diseases; however, they are mostly expensive, toxic, with side effects and drug resistance. Medicinal plants have been shown to represent natural source of cheap drugs with low toxicity. In this review article, the most commo...

Parasites and parasitic diseases are widely spread in the world. Their adverse effects on health and social-economic society cause tremendous public health problems. Parasitic infections in different ways (water, soil, food and vegetables) can affect humans and induce other complications such as gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, anemia and...

Anxiety and depression are highly comorbid psychiatric conditions that the prevalence will be increased to the second greatest risk of morbidity, causing a significant socioeconomic burden. Due to side effects and destructive effects of some chemical drugs, many patients prefer herbal medicines to treat diseases. Although there are key review paper...

Objective: To identify medicinal plants witch are used for headaches and migraines treatment in Lorestan province of Iran. Methods: Traditional medical herbs information was acquired from indigenous people with the cooperation of health centers of Doroud, Borujerd, Khorramabad, Aleshtar Poldokhtar, Aligoodarz, Nourabad and Kouhdasht cities. The...

Objective: To identify, present and review the respiratoty medicinal plants which used by Urmian herbalists. Methods: The list of traditional healers of West Azarbaijan Province was prepared and data were obtained by direct observation, interviews and the questionnaires After that, herbarium samples were collected from the desired area and depos...

Objective: To identify medicinal plants in Lorestan Province (west of Iran) in treatment of wound healing and skin lesions. Methods: Questionnaire were made by health volunteers who were trained. The questionnaire about the beliefs and herbal therapy were filled by liaisons trained in the villages. Results: Questionnaire survey showed that 18 medic...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common and complex problems of modern societies which has caused many economic and social problems. Because diabetes has no definite treatment, the use of traditional medicine seems to be an appropriate solution to control and manage it. Studies revealed that Vaccinium Arctostaphylos L., Securigera securidaca L....

Objective: To determine and introduce medicinal plants used in the treatment of psychological disorders in Urmia city of Iran. Methods: Direct observation, interviews and collection of herbarium native medicinal herbs were used in this study. Questionnaires included herbalists ’ personal information, native herbs list to include local name of plant...

Objective: To document information about medicinal plants existed in Lorestan Province that are effective in relieving toothache. Methods: In this study, traditional information was collected from native people living in Lorestan Province Cities and indigenous information was obtained by corporation of cooperators in the Treatment and Health Networ...

Cannabis is the most widely used substance in the world. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of cannabis lifetime use (CLU) in high school and college students of Iran and also to determine factors related to changes in prevalence. A systematic review of literature on cannabis use in Iran was conducted according to MOOSE guideline. Domestic...

Digestive disorders are included high proportion and prevalent of human diseases. Most of these diseases occur as gastric and duodenal peptic ulcer, gastritis and dyspepsia. Treatment of disorders and diseases particularly gastritis and peptic ulcers have been done with medicinal plants in Lorestan province located in west of Iran. The aim of this...

Common features of leeches are nature parasitic and most important complication with infestation in host is anemia. In different Nations Pharmacopeia not registered drug for treatment of complications with leech in the world. This study prepared methanolic extract of Matricaria chamomilla L. and several selected chemical drugs such as Febantel, Meb...

In the present experimental study, anti-parasitic effect of Zingiber officinale on Limnatis nilotica leech population was evaluated. After treating the leeches with Zingiber officinale (32 × 104 ppm) and the positive controls; Chlor (4 × 106 ppm), Formalin %37 (4 × 103 ppm) and Savlon (4 × 103 ppm) for 30 min, the mean death time of L. nilotica was...