September 2012
Ethnomedicinal uses of some traditional medicinal plants found in Tripura, India
The tribal people of Tripura are accustomed to a wide variety of medicinal plants used in their herbal medicinal practices. A field study carried out on some tribal villages of Tripura (north) reported several plants having multiple applications as herbal medicines. A total of 25 of such plants were recorded from the medicine men and aged villagers of various villages. Some important plants include Oroxylum...
September 2012
Stephanostema stenocarpum (Apocynaceae) extract is a potential remedy for bacterial infections in domestic animals
Stephanostema is a monotypic genus whose sole specie Stephanostema stenocarpum is endemic to Tanzania. The liquid from boiled roots of this plant is being used by the local communities as a remedy of stomach-ache related ailments. The aim of the study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of S. stenocarpum extracts against some common bacterial and fungal pathogens in domesticated animals and...
September 2012
Citrullus colocynthis as a medicinal or poisonous plant: A revised fact
Citrullus colocynthis is a conventional herbal medicine with wide therapeutic applications, but also with some toxic side effects. The aim of the present study was to investigate the toxic effects of C. colocynthis. Thirty male rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups. Test animals were treated with 100 or 200 mg/kg/day of either pulp or seed extract. One month later, surviving animals were sacrificed and...
September 2012
Herreria salsaparilha Mart.: A potential source of antimicrobial and cytotoxic compounds
Herreria salsaparilha is a plant species popularly used for the treatment of syphilis and cutaneous infections. The aim of this work was to evaluate its potential antimicrobial activity against multi-resistant field strains of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, their respective ATCC cell lines, and strains of Tricophyton rubrum H6 and T....
September 2012
Anti-inflammatory activity of Salvia officinalis L.
This study evaluate the effects of sage hydroalcoholic extract (SE) and sage essential oil (SO) on the inflammatory response using an experimental model of acute inflammation and a leukocyte migration assay. In the carrageenan-induced pleurisy test, SE did not reduce the exudate volume and leukocyte migration to the pleura, but SE exerted a topical anti-inflammatory effect by significantly inhibiting croton oil-induced...
September 2012
Thin layer chromatography (TLC)-densitometric method for chemical stability evaluation of Cassia fistula pod pulp extract: An alternative laxative drug
This study aimed to evaluate the chemical stability of Cassia fistula Linn. pod pulp extracts which were freshly prepared and were stored under accelerated and real time storage conditions for 6 months according to ASEAN guideline on drug stability study. A thin layer chromatography (TLC)-densitometric method was developed and validated for quantitative analysis of the content of rhein, a major anthraquinone...
September 2012
Antioxidant and neuroprotective effect of PSE-1 against oxidative stress-induced cytotoxicity in N18-RE-105 cells
Neurodegenerative conditions, such as the Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases, areassociated with the production of reactive oxygen species and resultant oxidative stress.Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system and may induce cytotoxicity through persistent activation of glutamate receptors and through oxidative stress mechanisms. On the basis of this information, we...
September 2012
Total phenolic contents, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of some Thai medicinal plant extracts
Total phenolic contents, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of aqueous and ethanolic extracts from Thai medicinal plants were investigated in this study. The antibacterial activity was carried out using agar disc diffusion and broth dilution methods against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Propionibacterium acnes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus...
September 2012
Indigenous medicinal knowledge of common plants from district Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
From ancient times, plants are being used in treatment of various diseases. Many of today’s drugs have been derived from plant sources. This research work reveals the indigenous medicinal knowledge of important medicinal plants from district Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan. A total 25 common medicinal plants belonging to the 14 families were reported. Their medicinal and other botanically important...
September 2012
Protective effects of the active fraction of bitter melon (Momordica charantia) on nitric oxide-induced oxidative stress in LLC-PK1 cell
In this study, in vitro and cellular nitric oxide (NO)-generating systems were used to investigate the NO-scavenging effects of the butanol (BuOH) fraction, the active fraction of bitter melon (Momordica charantia). The BuOH fraction of bitter melon showed NO scavenging activities as concentration-dependent manners. These results suggest that BuOH fraction of bitter melon would be a promising antioxidant...
September 2012
In vitro screening of selected Saudi medicinal plants for potential leishmanicidal activity
Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania. This major world health problem ranks among the six most important tropical infectious diseases by the World Health Organization. The current study was undertaken to exploit the antileishmanic activity of three medicinally active plants of Saudi flora, Calotropis procera,Caralluma sinaica and Cordia sinensis using...
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