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Abstract Nutrition plays an influential role in human health. Plants are one of the most important sources of medicines. The medicinal plants are rich in secondary metabolites (which are potential sources of drugs) and essential oils of therapeutic important. The important advantages claimed for therapeutic uses of medicinal plants in various ailments are their safety besides being economical, effective and their easy availability. Because of these advantages the medicinal plants have been widely used by the traditional medical practitioners in their day to day practice. Sumac is the common name for a genus (Rhus) that contains over 250 individual species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. These plants are found in temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Sumac has marked potential for future research. It has been used in the treatment diarrhea and as stomach tonic in traditional medicine for centuries. The purpose of present study is to investigate the effect of consuming the sumac powder at different concentrations to prevent diarrhea on the female human health using of white experimental rats of Sprague dawley strain. Sumac seeds (Rhus coriaria Linn, Anacardiacea) were purchased from a local herbal market in Cairo, Egypt and kept in polyethylene bags at cooling temperature until crushed and mixed, directly with experimental diet formulas. Castor oil was purchased from a pharmacy in Cairo, Egypt. It is a small refill about 60 g and kept at cooling temperature until using. Sumac samples were milled than blended directly with experimental diet formulas. |