August 2016

Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Santra leaf and fruit peel: A common waste products, volatile oils composition and biological activities

The components of essential oils from the leaf and fruit peel of Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Santra (santra mandarin) cultivated in Egypt were explored qualitatively and quantitatively using GLC and GLC/MS and 131 components were identified and quantified. In the leaf oil, one hundred and nine (109) compounds were determined with sabinene (23.10%) and linalool (21.20%) as a major component. The total identified...

Author(s): Dalia I. Hamdan, Maged E. Mohamed, and Assem M. El-Shazly

August 2016

Additive effects of Capsaicin Oleoresin, Irbesartan and Amlodipine Besylate” on the blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats

The effects of oral intake of capsaicin oleoresin (CO) on arterial blood pressure was examined in male spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. Animals were randomized into control (C), capsaicin oleoresin (CO), capsaicin oleoresin-irbesartan (COI) and capsaicin oleoresin-amlodipine besylate (COAB) fed groups. The experimental groups received 50 mg of Capsaicin Oleoresin only, CO with 25 mg of Irbesartan, and CO with 2.5...

Author(s): Oyonumo E. Ntekim, Joanne S. Allard, Julius S. Ngwa, Allan A. Johnson, Chimene Castor, Osi Iyalomhe, Thomas V. Fungwe, Chinwe C. Ntekim and Thomas Obisesan

August 2016

Popular medicinal plants used by the Bantu people and Pygmies living in the administrative territories of Beni and Lubero (DRC)

Medicinal plants occupy the most preponderant place in households in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Indeed, more than three quarters of its population depend on natural resources to survive financially and health wise, due to economic issue and inability of some modern medicines to cure some diseases. An ethno-botanical survey was conducted in Beni and Lubero territories, where Bantu people and Pygmies live. It was...

Author(s): Eric Lukwamirwe Kasika, Valentin Kamabu Vasombolwa and Jean Lejoly

August 2016

Isolation of a novel piperidide from Achillea ‘Moonshine’ using bioactivity guided fractionation for the treatment of acne

Achillea millefolium is a flowering plant in the family, Asteraceae and is known to be used in traditional medicine as astringent, stimulant, tonic, antiphlogistic and for the treatment of cold and influenza. In an earlier study in the authors’ laboratory, four different extracts of a variety of yarrow called Achillea ‘Moonshine’ were tested for anti-acne effect. The petroleum ether extract of Achillea...

Author(s): Rahul M. Shah, Tejal Patel, Cristina Maria Tettamanzi, Jesse Rajan, Mamta Shah and Bela Peethambaran,