Journal of
Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

  • Abbreviation: J. Pharmacognosy Phytother.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2502
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 234

Table of Content: May 2017; 9(5)

May 2017

Phytochemical and biological investigation of Eugenia uniflora L. cultivated in Egypt

Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) is a plant species used in folk medicine for treatment of various disorders. This study aims to quantify the phenolic and flavonoid contents of E. uniflora aqueous methanolic extract (AME), identification of its major constituents, as well as the evaluation of its biological activity. Quantification was performed using colorimetric assays. Column chromatographic separation was used for...

Author(s): Riham O. Bakr, Shaza A. Mohamed and Nermien E. Waly

May 2017

Chemical constituents and biological activities of different solvent extracts of Prosopis farcta growing in Egypt

Different solvent extracts from the aerial part of Prosopis farcta growing in Egypt have been biologically evaluated by studying their antimicrobial, anticancer and antioxidant activities. Furthermore, the chemical analysis using GC/MS has been performed for the promising extracts n-hexane and methylene chloride, and this analysis led to the identification of twenty six and thirty two compounds respectively from...

Author(s): Amal Mohamed Saad, Mosad Ahmed Ghareeb, Mohamed Sayed Abdel-Aziz, Hassan Mohamed Fawzy Madkour, Omar Maajal Khalaf, Ahmed Kamel El-Ziaty and Mamdouh Abdel-Mogib