Volume 4, Issue 14

Research Article

1. Article

   Rosemarinus officinalis and Thymus eriocalyx essential oils combat in vitro and in vivo dental biofilm formation

   Iraj Rasooli, Shojaedin Shayegh, Massoud Taghizadeh, Shakiba Darvish Astaneh

   pp. 65–66 · DOI: · Published 2008

   The antimicrobial activities of Rosemarinus officinalis and Thymus eriocalyx essential oils and chlorhexidine were assessed against Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus pyogenes in particular against a biofilm growth. …

2. Article

   Phytochemical and biological preliminary study of Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel (Janaguba)

   A.V. A.V., L.N. L.N., J.G.M. J.G.M., E.R. E.R., A.R. A.R., A.H. A.H.

   pp. 73–74 · DOI: · Published 2008

   Himatanthus drasticus (Apocynaceae), popularly known as Janaguba, is a medicinal plant tree, which latex is used by the population of the Cariri region, south of Ceará State, Brazil, as anticancer, among other medicinal …

3. Article

   In vitro and In vivo Antibacterial Activities of root extract of tissue cultured Pluchea indica (L.) Less. against bacillary dysentery.

   Kartick Chandra Pramanik, Tapan Kumar Chatterjee

   pp. 78–79 · DOI: · Published 2008

   The methanolic root extract of tissue cultured Pluchea indica (L.) Less was tested for its antibacterial potentiality against 18 strains of Shigella species which is well known gram-negative bacillus functioning as commo…

4. Article

   Microvascular protective activity of anthocyanosides-rich extract from Acalypha langiana

   Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez, Rosario Vargas Solis

   pp. 85–86 · DOI: · Published 2008

   A mixture of anthocyanosides from the leaves of Acalypha langiana consisting of cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-rutinoside, peonidin-3-galactoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, delphinidin-3-glucoside, malvidin-3-glucoside, m…

5. Article

   Phytochemical evaluation and validation of a polyherbal formulation using HPTLC

   Dhalwal K., Biradar Y.S., Shinde V.M., Mahadik K. R., Rajani M

   pp. 89–90 · DOI: · Published 2008

   Raktadosh Nasak Vati is a polyherbal formulation used as antioxidant, antiseptic, antiallergic and to eliminate toxins from blood. It includes ten herbal ingredients and the major chemical compounds present are E-gugguls…

6. Article

   Pharmacognosy Magazine

   P. Bharathi Dhasan, M. Jegadeesan, S. Kavimani

   pp. 96–97 · DOI: · Published 2008

   Fruits of Momordica cymbalaria were collected from the southern regions of Tamil Nadu, India and botanically identified. The fruit powder was subjected to successive solvent extraction in Soxhlet apparatus and the indivi…

7. Article

   Influence of cultivation on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Sideritis spp.

   Emanuela Kostadinova, Kalina Alipieva, Marina Stefova, Daniela Antonova, Ljuba Evstatieva, Gjoshe Stefkov, Iva Tsvetkova, Hristo Naydenski, Vassya Bankova

   pp. 102–103 · DOI: · Published 2008

   Hexane extracts of wild Sideritis scardica Griesb. and of cultivated hybrid S. scardica x S. syriaca were analyzed by GC-MS and tested for antimicrobial activity. Main components of all the extracts were diterpenes and n…

8. Article

   Isolation and characterisation of bioactive terpene from the fruits of Helicteres isora Linn.

   Sandhya P., Grampurohit N.D.

   pp. 107–108 · DOI: · Published 2008

   Helicteres isora Linn is an important plant described in Indian Materia Medica; the fruits of which are ground and used in colic pain, gripping bowels and flatulence. A fraction rich in terpenoids and phenolic compounds …

9. Article

   A high performance thin layer chromatography method for quantitative estimation of Diosgenin in Solanum nigrum Linn.

   A. C. Suthar, R. M. Mulani

   pp. 112–113 · DOI: · Published 2008

   The present paper deals with development and standardization of HPTLC method used for quantification of Diosgenin in Solanum nigrum. Solanum nigrum Linn. (Makoi) Solanaceae is known in Ayurveda for its effective treatmen…

10. Article

    Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory properties of RD-A and RD-B extracted from the leaves of Rhododendron dauricum Linn.

    Harwinder Singh Rao, Ramnik Singh

    pp. 116–117 · DOI: · Published 2008

    To further understand the purpose of the traditional processing method of the leaves of Rhododendron dauricum Linn. (Ericaceae) as well as analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of RD-A and RD-B extracted from this m…

11. Article

    Evaluation of aqueous and methanol extracts of Pistacia integerrima galls as potential immunomodulator.

    Uttara P. Joshi, S. H. Mishra

    pp. 126–127 · DOI: · Published 2008

    The aqueous and methanol extracts of Pistacia integerrima (Anacardiaceaea) leaf-galls were evaluated for immunomodulatory and adaptogenic activities using E. coli induced abdominal sepsis, cyclophosphamide induced myelos…

12. Article

    Adventitious Shoot Proliferation from Aseptically Germinated Seedlings of Cuminum cyminum

    Rajinder Mann, Kshitij Agarwal, Chhater Singh, Vidhu Aeri, R.K. Nema

    pp. 132–133 · DOI: · Published 2008

    In the present investigation a protocol has been standardized for enhancement of seed germination and regeneration from the various explants (epicotyl, hypocotyl and root) obtained from aseptically germinated seedlings. …

13. Article

    Antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of Phyllanthus fraternus in alloxan induced diabetic animals

    Munish Garg, V. J. Dhar, A. N. Kalia

    pp. 138–139 · DOI: · Published 2008

    Implication of oxidative stress in diabetes due to oxygen free-radical generation and alteration in antioxidant enzymes is now well documented. Phyllanthus fraternus is a widely used folklore plant in several disorders d…

14. Article

    Development of a Computerized Database for Identification of Indigenous Drugs Swastika Ganguly* and S.P. Bhatnagar

    Swastika Ganguly, S.P. Bhatnagar

    pp. 144–145 · DOI: · Published 2008

    Information about the diagnostic features of the various crude drugs belonging to different morphological groups namely starch, barks, leaves, woods, seeds, fruits, roots, rhizomes and galls were collected. In this regar…