Volume 5, Issue 20

Research Article

1. Article

   Discrimination Of Radix Pseudostellariae According To Geographical Origin By FT-NIR Spectroscopy And Supervised Pattern Recognition

   Bang-xing Han, Nai-fu Chen, Yong Yao

   pp. 279–286 · DOI: · Published 2009

   Radix Pseudostellariae is one of the most popular Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for promoting the immune system, treating asthenia after illnesses with a long history in China and some other Asian countries. Rapid d…

2. Article

   Phytochemical Study and Evaluation of Antioxidant, Neuroprotective and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Activities of Galeopsis ladanum L. extracts

   Uriarte Pueyo, MI Calvo

   pp. 287–290 · DOI: · Published 2009

   The antioxidant activity, neuroprotective effect and acetylcholinesterase activity of the dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol and water extracts of seeds, leaves and roots of Galeopsis ladanum L. were investigated. …

3. Article

   Antioxidant and Anticholinesterase Assets and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Preface of Various Fresh-Water and Marine Macroalgae

   Kartal Murat, Orhan Ilkay, Abu-Asaker Mahmud, FS Şenol, Atici Tahir, Şener Bilge

   pp. 291–297 · DOI: · Published 2009

   The ethanol extracts from the fresh-water algae; Chara hispida L., Cladophora glomerata (Dilw.) Kütz, C. fracta (Dilw.) Kütz, Spirogyra gratiana Transeau, Mougeotia sp. (C.A. Agardh), Vaucheria sessilis (Vauch.) De Cando…

4. Article

   THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF COCOA

   Kiliçgün Hasan, Altiner Dehen

   pp. 298–300 · DOI: · Published 2009

   In this study we aimed to determine the antioxidant effects of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.), which is commonly used in both chocolate and cocoa drinks all over the world , on lipid peroxidation, alanine transaminase (ALT),…

5. Article

   Hypolipidemic Effects of Seed Extract of Celery (Apium graveolens) in Rats

   Mansi Kamal, Abushoffa Adel M, Disi Ahmad, Aburjai Talal

   pp. 301–305 · DOI: · Published 2009

   The hypolipidemic effects of ethanol extract of A. graveolens L. (Apiaceae) were investigated. Forty adult male albino rats weighing about 260 g each, were divided into four groups (n = 10). Experimental animals were gav…

6. Article

   Megastigmane glycoside from Ludwigia Stolonifera

   Mohamed H. El-Hamd Abou, Adila E. Mohamed, Abeer M. Ismail, Magdi A. El-sayed, Mohamed J. Sheded

   pp. 306–308 · DOI: · Published 2009

   Ludwigia genus belongs to family Onagraceae, is an edible medicinal plant and is also used as a vegetable by the local people in Southwestern China. Some species of this plant, has been used as a traditional treatment fo…

7. Article

   Antidiabetic Effect and Antioxidant Potential of Rosa canina Fruits

   Orhan N, Aslan M, Hoşbaş S, Deliorman Orhan D

   pp. 309–315 · DOI: · Published 2009

   Rosa canina L. fruits (Rosaceae) are used to treat diabetes in Anatolia traditionally. In this study, the ethanol extract of R. canina fruits and its fractions were screened for their antioxidant, hypoglycaemic and antid…

8. Article

   Cytotoxic Effects of Ethyl Acetate Extract of Sambucus ebulus Compared With Etoposide on Normal and Cancer Cell Lines

   M Shokrzadeh, SS Saeedi Saravi, M Mirzayi

   pp. 316–319 · DOI: · Published 2009

   Sambucus ebulus is a native botany and exists in large amount in Iran and consists of anti-cancer substances such as ebulin (RIP-II, ribosome inactivated protein-II), flavonoids, etc. Isolation and identification of some…

9. Article

   Physico-chemical characteristics of some wild grown European elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) genotypes

   Akbulut Mustafa, Ercisli Sezai, Tosun Murat

   pp. 320–323 · DOI: · Published 2009

   Wild grown European elderberry (Sambucus nigra) plants are widespread in different parts of Turkey and have been used in folk medicine so a long time. Some selected physico-chemical characteristics such as berry weight, …

10. Article

    Cytotoxic and Antibacterial Constituents from the Roots of Sonchus oleraceus L. Growing in Egypt

    Elkhayat Ehab Saad

    pp. 324–328 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Phytochemical study of the roots of Sonchus oleraceus L. (Astraceae) Growing in Egypt, afforded loliolide 1 for the first time from the genus Sonchus in addition to 15-O- β-glucopyranosyl-11 β,13-dihydrourospermal A 2 , …

11. Article

    Chemical composition of blood orange varieties from Turkey: A comparative study

    Kafkas Ebru, Ercisli Sezai, Kemal Koc Namik, Baydar Konce, Yilmaz Huseyin

    pp. 329–335 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Three blood orange varieties, Moro Blood, Sanguinello and Cara Cara grown together in Mediterranean region of Turkey were characterized for their total lipid, fatty acids, sugars, organic acids, vitamin C, total phenols,…

12. Article

    Agrobacterium rhizogenes Mediated Genetic transformation of Abrus precatorius L.

    Karwasara Vijai Singh, VK Dixit

    pp. 336–342 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Abrus precatorius L. known as Indian liquorice is a common deciduous vine containing sweet principle compound known as glycyrrhizin. Hence it can be used as a very good substitute for Liquorice. Genetic transformation ha…

13. Article

    Isolation of Aspergillus fl avus from stored food commodities and Thymus vulgaris (L.) essential oil used as a safe plant based preservative

    Singh Atul Kumar, Seniya Chandrabhan, Prasad Shriram

    pp. 343–349 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Grain samples of Cicer arietinum (Chickpea), Zea mays (Maize), Cajanus cajan (Pigeon pea), Hordeum vulgare (Barley), Oryza sativa (Rice) and Sorghum vulgare (Millet) were procured from various retailers of market were su…

14. Article

    Development and Validation of HPTLC Method for Quantitative Estimation of Oleanolic acid as Marker in Total Methanolic extract of Fruits of Randia dumetorum Lamk.

    Dharmishtha Movalia, Shri Hari Mishra, Falguni Gajera

    pp. 350–354 · DOI: · Published 2009

    The objective of the present investigation was to develop a validated HPTLC method for the determination of oleanolic acid as marker in the Methanolic extract of fruits of Randia dumetorum Lamk. Analysis of oleanolic aci…

15. Article

    Micropropogation and Organogenesis in Adhatoda vasika For The Estimation Of Vascine.

    Dinesh Kadam Shalaka, Parameswaran Sandhya

    pp. 359–363 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Adhatoda vasika (Family: Acanthaceae) commonly known as vasaka has been used in traditional system of medicine for several respiratory tract ailments. Vasicine and vasicinone are the important alkaloids of vasaka having …

16. Article

    Therapeutic Effects of Allium sativum on Lead-induced Biochemical changes in Soft tissues of Swiss Albino Mice

    Sharma Arti, Sharma Veena, Kansal Leena

    pp. 364–371 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Allium sativum (Meaning pungent) belongs to the Alliaceae family and genus Allium, is generally known in the developing world for its characteristic flavor, a medicinal plant and a source of vegetable oil. Besides, the p…

17. Article

    Effect of Subacute Exposure of Wrightia tinctoria Bark Extract on Hematological, Biochemical and Antioxidant Enzyme Parameters of Rat.

    Bigoniya Papiya, A. C. Rana

    pp. 372–380 · DOI: · Published 2009

    Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br. extensively used in the Indian system of medicine, is a small deciduous tree of the family Apocynaceae The plant is very useful as stomachic, antidysenteric, carminative, astringent, aphr…

18. Article

    Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Grangea maderaspatana Poir.

    Patel Veena, Shukla Sangita, Patel Sandip

    pp. 381–387 · DOI: · Published 2009

    The present study was aimed to investigate the antioxidant activities of the methanolic extract of Grangea maderaspatana Poir (Compositae). The antioxidant activity of the extract was evaluated using five in vitro assays…