Aim: Traditional plant treatments have been used throughout the world for the therapy of diabetes mellitus. Study Design: Using multiple in vitro models; this study was designed to investigate the efficacy and mode of action of Terminalia chebula Retz. (Combretaceae) used traditi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8496
Aims: To determine the effect of Sorghum bicolor aqueous leaf sheath extract on the hematological, renal and hepatic parameters in rats fed with low and high iron diets. Study Design: Phytochemical screening of leaf sheath of Sorghum bicolor and effect of the leaf extract on hem...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7847
Aim: Medicinal, edible and aromatic plants and natural products have been used worldwide for the management of diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and mode of action of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Phyllanthaceae) used traditionally for treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8585
Aim: To investigate diarrhoeagenic activities of aqueous extract of Phragmanthera capitata (AEPC) in albino rats. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/9064
Aim: To determine antimicrobial and antioxidative effects of Ganoderma lucidum. Place and Duration of Study: Erciyes University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology research laboratory,Kayseri, Turkey, between January to March, 2013. Methodology: Antimicrobial inhib...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8546
Aim: The main aim of this study is to evaluate the anti-oxidant and antimicrobial activity of mangrove species and the development of the callus biomass. Study Design: This is the first comparative evaluation report of field grown root and tissue cultured root callus of mangrove...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7340
Aim: The present study was undertaken to establish the potential role of Achyranthes aspera Linn for cure of skin diseases. Study Design: The plant is traditionally used by various tribes for curing a wide range of diseases. A 50% ethanolic extract of the leaves was subjected to...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8786
Aims: The root wood of Dalbergia saxatilis was studied to assess its antimicrobial activity and chemical constituents and confirm its traditional medicinal uses. Study Design: The source of the plant was identified and the plant material was collected at a particular time of the...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8601
Aims: To review the phytochemical composition, medicinal uses and pharmacological properties of different parts of the plant, Hyptis suaveolens. Methodology: Detailed data were collected from studies carried out by several researchers on the use of different parts of the plant so...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6959
Aims: To screen the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of ethanol (EDH) and aqueous (ADH) extracts of roots of Doronicum hookeri Hook. f.(Asteraceae). Study design: Animal study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Anatomy (Histology se...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/4683
Aims: The anti-ulcerogenic activity of L-arginine and L-citrulline were evaluated in indomethacin-induced gastric ulceration. Degree of ulcerogenesis, gastric pH and microscopic histological evaluation were carried out. Study Design: Six groups of albino rats weighing between 180...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8213
Aims: To inventory the wild plant species used both as food and medicine and how they are used in Panyago Sub County, Nebbi district. Study Design: Ethnobotanical study. Place and Duration of Study: The villages of Kaal, Padoch South, Nyakaduli and Pacer South, Panyango Sub Coun...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7634
Aims: Phytosterols are a subgroup of the steroids, as an important class of bioorganic molecules, widespread in plants, animals, marines as well as fungi and have similarity to cholesterol in structure. These compounds have a long history of consumption as food or pharmaceutical...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7764
Pomegranate is a plant with high potential to have antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds. In the present study inedible parts (peel and seed) of pomegranate, variety “Bhagawa” were examined for the presence of phytochemicals, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, anthocyanin, antioxi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7561
Aims: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide with an estimated 6.7 million deaths and 24.6 million people living with cancer in 2002. Presently, there is a global increase in prevalence, mortality and health burden of various malignancies. World Health Organizatio...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6926