July 2019

Phytochemical screening, chromatographic profile and evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of three species of the Cyperaceae Juss. Family

Some species of the family Cyperaceae have been studied extensively for presenting bioactive compounds of pharmacological interest. Thus, the present research aimed to investigate the antimicrobial, antioxidant and chemical constituents of Kyllinga odorata Vahl, Oxycaryum cubensis Poepp. & Kunth and Rhynchospora nervosa Boeck. Hydroalcoholic extracts (1:1, v:v) of aerial and underground parts. These species were...

Author(s): José Jailson Lima Bezerra, Ticiano Gomes do Nascimento, Regianne Umeko Kamiya, Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Sâmia Andrícia Souza da Silva and Cecília Nascimento de Mendonça  

July 2019

Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of the ethanol extract of Momordica charantia L. and the identification of charantine by gas chromatography coupled with Mass spectrometry

The aerial parts of Momordica charantia L. are very often used in traditional Congolese medicine for their multiple virtues. Our study focused on the identification of a well-known antidiabetic molecule: the charantine and also the antidiabetic properties of the ethanol extract of M. charantia L. After being treated with MSTFA (N-Methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide) and using gas chromatography-Mass...

Author(s): Snelle Miakayizila Baonda, Celestine Nkounkou Loumpangou, Raoul Ampa, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Longin Justin Clair Bonazaba Milandou, Myriam Bonose  and Jean Maurille Ouamba