Pharmacognosy Magazine
Volume 5, Issue 17
2009 · pp. 1–74 · 12 articles
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 17
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 1–74
- Articles
- 12
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0973-1296, Online - 0976-4062
- Journal
- PM
In this issue
Research Article
- Article
Abdolhossein Rustaiyan, Hossein Nahrevanian, Masoud Kazemi
pp. 1–7 · 2009
Malaria is one of the most serious health problems in many parts of the world, particularly in Africa and Latin America with a high mortality rate. The situation is further complicated by the spread of drug-resistant par…
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C. A. Pieme, V. N. Penlap, J. Ngogang, V. Kuete, V. Catros, J. Ph. Moulinoux
pp. 8–13 · 2009
The present study reports the effects of S. alata (Ceasalpiniaceae) extract on the metabolism of polyamines resulting from the proliferation of leukaemia cells (L1210). The results established that the inhibition of cell…
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Iliana Ionkova, Elisabeth Fuss
pp. 14–18 · 2009
Hairy root cultures were induced from leaf explants of Linum tauricum ssp. tauricum by infection with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Different bacterial strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes - TR 105 and ATCC 15834 were evaluat…
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Prasanna Galhena, Ira Thabrew, Mayuri G. Tammitiyagodage, Vasanthi .A. Hanna Rachel
pp. 19–27 · 2009
Previous studies have shown that a decoction prepared from a mixture of Nigella sativa seeds, Hemidesmus indicus roots and Smilax glabra rhizome, has the potential to protect against diethylnitrosamine (DEN) – induced he…
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Gamal A. Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Mostafa A. Fouad, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Ehab S. Elkhayat, Tatsufumi Okino
pp. 28–36 · 2009
Phytochemical study of the aerial parts of Imperata cylindrica Beauv. (Graminae), growing in Egypt afforded four methoxylated flavonoids 1-4, β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-6´-tetradecanoate 5, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-b…
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D. Srinivasan, S. Ramaswamy, S. Sengottuvelu
pp. 37–42 · 2009
PHF, a polyherbal formulation, consist of seven known herbs namely, Aegle marmelos, Elettaria cardamomum, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Citrus aurantifolia, Rosa damascena, Cissus quadrangularis and Saccharum officinarum. The PHF …
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N.S. Vyawahare, S.L. Bodhankar
pp. 43–48 · 2009
The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Argyreia speciosa (AS) on learning and memory paradigms in mice. Radial arm maze and morris water maze were the screening test…
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George K. Ainooson, Eric Woode, David D. Obiri, George A. Koffour
pp. 49–54 · 2009
Various parts of Newbouldia laevis (fam. Bignoniaceae) are used for pain and several inflammatory conditions in Ghana. This study presents the effect of a hydro-alcoholic extract of N. leavis stem bark in formalin-induce…
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J.H. J.H., M. M., H.H. H.H.
pp. 55–60 · 2009
Herb-drug interaction studies have getting attention recently due to the increasingly use of herbal products worldwide. The porpose of the present study was to examine the in vitro effect of methanol leaf extract of Orth…
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S. M. El Sohafy, A. M. Metwalli, F. M. Harraz, A. A. Omar
pp. 61–66 · 2009
Guava leaves, as most medicinal plants used in folk medicine, lack any systematic methodology needed to demonstrate genuine efficacy. The method described in this study is the first step towards establishing consumer con…
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Mohammad reza Verdian-Rizi, Abbas Hadjiakhoondi, Morteza Pirali-Hamedani, Nargess Yasa, Golamreza Amin, Mahnaz Khanavi
pp. 67–70 · 2009
Chemical examination of the needles and young stems of Taxus baccata L. from Iran, resulted in the isolation of three taxane diterpenoids , two previously reported taxoids, taxupinanane L and taxupinanane G, and a new ta…
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Yadav Vivek Ramshankar, Sarasija Suresh
pp. 71–74 · 2009
A simple, precise, rapid and accurate, binary reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the determination of curcumin a natural drugs with short run time. Chromatographic separat…