Biotechnology - Sciene

  This study was designed to determine the biological effect of diethyl ether extract of Artemisia herba-alba on mice immune response, normal and tumor cell line and visceral organs. A total of 112 male BALB/c mice have been used in this study.  In the in vivo study, 92 mice have been used. In lymphocyte transformation assays spleen single cell suspensions have been prepared as well

Hexane and methanolic extract of dried aerial parts of Salix acomophylla, Urtica dioica and Calendula officinalis were tested for their antimicrobial and curing activity against two microorganisms: Pseudomonas aeruginosa RB19 and Klebsiella pneumoniae MR1.Chemical investigation on these extracts showed that Salix acomophylla, Urtica dioica and Calendula officinalis methanolic extracts contain flavonoids, glycosides and saponins while the hexane extracts contain terpens.The in vitro test showed that a

           The present study includes 70 cases of thalassemia patients from inherited anemia center, Al-Karama hospital in Baghdad / Iraq. Evaluation of the immune system function done for those patients by measuring the number of transformed cell (type T) using PHA and compared with healthy people (control).