Volume 9, Issue 4

Cameron Jay Lee, Mitchell Henry Wright, Anthony Carlson Greene, Huda Aldosary, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 124–129 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.26 · 2019

Introduction: Bacillus anthracis is bacterial cause of the highly fatal, zoonotic disease anthrax. Tasmanian pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) has been previously documented for its antiseptic properties against other pathog…

Lindy Mpala, Getmore Chikowe, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 130–134 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.27 · 2019

Introduction: The development of bacterial strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics has made the development of new antibiotics a priority for medical research. Traditional plant medicines are important leads f…

Abhilash Kochumadhavan, Priyanka Mangal, LM Sharath Kumar, Badugu Madhura Meenakshi, Babu Uddagiri Venkanna, Ganesh Muguli

pp. 135–138 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.28 · 2019

Introduction: Corilagin, an ellagitannin (chemical name β-1-O-galloyl-3,6- (R)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-d-glucose), was previously reported from other species of Phyllanthus except Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L. Therefore, t…

Stuti Pandey, Aditya Ganeshpurkar, Nazneen Dubey

pp. 139–142 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.29. · 2019

Introduction: Amaranthus cruentus (Amaranthaceae) is one of the popularly grown leafy vegetables in the Indian subcontinent. The leaves of the plant are rich in polyphenols, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, sap…

Huda Aldosary, Mitchell Henry Wright, Cameron Jay Lee, Anthony Carlson Greene, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 143–148 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.30. · 2019

Introduction: Yersinia enterocolitica is a major source of food poisoning via the consumption of contaminated meat products, causing acute gastroenteric yersiniosis. Tasmannia lanceolata has been widely documented for it…

Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 149–151 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.4.31. · 2019

A recent study published in The FASEB Journal identified a C. sativum leaf component which is a potent activator of KCNQ channels.1 C. sativum leaves (Figure 1) have long been used as anticonvulsants to treat neurologica…