December 2015

Pharmacological studies of methanolic extracts of Sonchus arvensis from Kathmandu

Sonchus arvensis, a perennial sowthistle, is a common but underutilized species of Kathmandu, Nepal. Several uses like sedative, antioxidant and kidney stone eradicating properties have been identified till date, but study on other pharmacological activities is not yet explored. Therefore, this plant was collected from Kathmandu; aerial parts of the plant were dried, crushed, and extracted using a Soxhlet apparatus. The...

Author(s): Bhupendra Kumar Poudel, Jagnnath Prasad Sah, Shyam Raj Subedi, Mohan Prasad Amatya, Sadhana Amatya and Tirtha Maiya Shrestha