Javid Hussain, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Abdul Latif Khan, Liaqat Ali, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Hidayat Hussain & Tania Shamim Rizvi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: The present study aimed to assess the nutritional significance of some of the economically important medicinal plants species collected from Pakistan. Study Design: The study was designed in randomized block design and each analysis was performed with three replicates. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3401
Aim: The study aimed at assessing the in vivo anti-plasmodial activity of aqueous extracts from Erythrina senegalensis and Khaya ivorensis, two plants used traditionally as bark decoctions in Cameroon to prevent and cure malaria. Methodology: The antiplasmodial activity of aqueou...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3928
Anderson Assaid Simão, Fabíola F. Lage, Pricila M. B. Chagas, Rodrigo M. Fraguas, Juliana M. Freire, Tamara R. Marques & Angelita D. Corrêa·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: The objective of this work was to quantify phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamin C, total carotenoids, β-carotene and lycopene and to measure the antioxidant activity in the medicinal plants Aloe vera (L.) Burm. (aloe), Simaba ferruginea St. Hil. (calunga), Baccharis trim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3095
The present study was aimed to determine the antibacterial activity of some mosses [Octoblepharum albidum, Hyophila involuta, H. perannulata, Campylopus introflexus, Syrrhopodon subconfertus, Erythrodontium julaceum and Sematophyllum subhumile] collected from different altitudes...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3164
Aims: To evaluate preventive (pre- treated) and curative (post treated) potential of gemmomodified and native extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra for alleviating harmful changes in lipid profile (HDL, LDL, TG, TC) and cardiac enzymes (CK-MB, LDH, SGOT, SGPT) against isoproterenol (ISO)...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2226
Aims: To study the acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of Mentha infusions before and after the gastrointestinal digestion and to correlate this activity with the chemical compounds present in these infusions. Place and Duration of Study: Fresh Mentha x piperita, M. spicata,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3430
Aims: To determine the antibacterial effect of crude methanolic extracts of six selected medicinal plants grown in Jordan (Paronychia argentea Lam., Inula viscosa L., Arbutus andrachne L., Asphodelus microcarpus Salzm et Vivi, Peganum harmala L. and Aloysia citriodora Palau) a...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3540
Lamiae Belayachi, Clara Aceves-Luquero, Nawel Merghoub, Youssef Bakri, Silvia Fernández de Mattos, Saaïd Amzazi & Priam Villalonga·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic activity and cellular effects of organic extracts and fractions of four plants; Inula viscosa, Ormenis eiriolepis (Asteraceae), Retama monosperma (Fabaceae) and Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae), all of them used in M...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3403
Aims: The crude methanolic flower extract of Polygonum lapathifolium (s.l.) (family: Polygonaceae) was to evaluate for its possible phytochemical constituents and selected pharmacological activities (anthelmintic and anti-emetic activity) growing in Bangladesh. Study Design: In v...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3163
Aim: In-Vitro and In-Vivo safety and anti-asthmatic activity of stem bark extracts of Prunus africana and Warburgia ugandensis against induced asthma in BALB/c mice. Methodology: Cytotoxicity on Vero E6 cells were investigated using MTT assay. Acute toxicity was determined by adm...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3669
Celosia isertii, a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae, has been investigated for a number of properties, such as anti-diabetic activity, hepatoprotective property, anti-diarrheal property and lots more. Aims: This study investigates...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3257
Aims: The aqueous root extract of Dalbergia saxatilis (DS) is used in traditional African medicine to manage convulsions and epilepsies. This study aimed at investigating DS action against models that mimic seizure development in the neurons of epileptics, the sub-toxic dose kind...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/3334
Aim of the Study: To evaluate the effects of ethanolic leaf extracts of Gongronema latifolium (G.L) and Nauclea latifolia (N.L) on antioxidant enzymes activity (GPx, SOD and CAT) and hormonal status (T3, T4, Insulin, c-peptide) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Mate...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2976
R. Udayakumar, S. Kasthurirengan, T. S. Mariashibu, B. Sudhakar, A. Ganapathi, E. J. Kim, K. M. Jang, C. W. Choi & S. C. Kim·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aim: The present study was carried out to analyze the genetic variations among 20 different populations of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal collected from different habitats (locations) by RAPD analysis. Methodology: DNA was isolated from the fresh leaf samples collected from the fi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2801
The phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activities of in vitro grown callus and in D. stramonium plant were studied and compared. The crude extracts from D. stramonium were analysed for moisture, starch, carbohydrate, ascorbic acid, lipid, proline, crude protein, phenol...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2284