Pharmacognosy Research
Volume 1, Issue 5
2009 · pp. 238–330 · 15 articles
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 5
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 238–330
- Articles
- 15
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0976-4836, Online - 0974-8490
- Journal
- PR
In this issue
Research Article
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L. Chaires-Martínez, E. Monroy-Reyes, A. Bautista-Bringas, H. A. Jiménez-Avalos, G. Sepulveda-Jiménez
pp. 238–244 · 2009
Bauhinia divaricata and Bougainvillea spectabilis are medicinal plants widely distributed in Mexico and they are used because of its potential hypoglycemic action; however, no free radical scavenging activity (RSA) studi…
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Bruno Alves Rocha, Bruno Lemos Batista, Stella Maris da Silveira Duarte, Marcelo Henrique Dos Santos
pp. 245–249 · 2009
Residues of coffee called slurry are totally discarded after preparing coffee beverages and they do not present any potential use. These represent about 15–20% of coffee production on weight basis and attention are givin…
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A.H Roslida, Y.H Teh, K.H Kim
pp. 250–255 · 2009
Ardisia crispa Thunb D.C (Myrsinaceae), has long been used in treating various ailments among the local villagers. The objective of this study was to investigate experimentally the possible anti-ulcer activity of Ardisia…
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G.I. Okafor, C.O Okoli, A.S. Odo, N.R. Kelechi
pp. 256–260 · 2009
The leaves of Vernonia amygdalina Del (Asteraceae) was processed into herbal tea using the black and green tea processing techniques. The green tea obtained was used as such while a portion of the black tea was flavored …
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B. Villaflores Oliver, G. Macabeo Allan Patrick, Gehle Dietmar, Krohn Karsten, G. Franzblau Scott, M. Aguinaldo Alicia
pp. 261–269 · 2009
Alpinia purpurata or red ginger was studied for its phytochemical constituents as part of our growing interest on Philippine Zingiberaceae plants that may exhibit antimycobacterial activity. The hexane and dichloromethan…
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A.W.N. Huda, M.A.S. Munira, S.D. Fitrya, M. Salmah
pp. 270–273 · 2009
The phytochemical and antioxidant activity of Aquilaria malaccensis leaves were investigated. The sequential maceration extraction methods utilizing solvents with different polarities namely hexane, ethyl acetate and met…
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Badakhshan Mahdi Pour, Sreenivasan Sasidharan, Rameshwar Naidu Jegathambigai, Ramanathan Surash
pp. 274–279 · 2009
Anticancer effect of Lantana camara’s root and leaf extracts against Jurkat leukemia cell line was investigated by MTT assay. These extracts had statistically similar antineoplastic property (root IC50, 328.36 ± 53.08 μg…
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Adu Francis, Gbedema Stephen Yao, Annan Kofi
pp. 280–284 · 2009
As part of the project to identify plant natural products which modulate bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR) the methanol extract of Corynanthe pachyceras (Rubiaceae) K. Schum., were tested for in vitro antibacterial an…
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Perera Luz María Sánchez, Mancebo Betty, Regalado Ada Ivis, Pelzer Lilliam
pp. 285–293 · 2009
The effect of the freeze aqueous extract from red mangrove bark on intestinal absorption was studied in vitro e in situ models in rats. Anti diarrheic activity of this extract was evaluated using a model of ricin oil in …
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S.S. Bhujbal, S.M.K. Kewatkar, L.S. More, M.J. Patil
pp. 294–298 · 2009
Over the past decade, herbal and ayurvedic drugs have become a subject of world importance, with both medicinal and economical implications. A regular and widespread use of herbs throughout the world has increased seriou…
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Tripathi Uma Nath, Chandra Deepak
pp. 299–306 · 2009
Diabetes mellitus is associated with oxidative stress which plays an important role in development of chronic complications of diabetes. Due to various side effects associated with the drugs used for the management of di…
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V. J. Galani, B. G. Patel
pp. 307–313 · 2009
Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. (Asteraceae) is a branched herb with purple color flowers, distributed in wet places. The present study evaluated the neuropharmacological effects of the hydroalcoholic extract of S. indicus (S…
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N.S Vyawahare, V.G Kagathara, A.D Kshirsagar, R Rajendran, M.N Patil, A. A Jagtap, S. S Sadar
pp. 314–319 · 2009
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has continued to grow over the past decade, and it is an important cause of organic impotence. In the present study we investigated the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of tubers …
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M.J. Siddiqui, S. N. Hafizoh, Z. Ismail, H.B. Sahib, M.H.S. Helal, Majid A.M.S. Abdul
pp. 320–326 · 2009
Orthosiphon stamineus (OS), Benth, (Lamiaceae), popularly known as Java tea, is a useful traditional medicinal herb cultivated largely in Malaysia and in Indonesia. This study was conducted to investigate the primary met…
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Sharma Sakshy, K.K Hullatti, S.M. Prasanna, I.J Kuppast, Sharma Paras
pp. 327–330 · 2009
Aqueous and alcoholic extract of Cuscuta reflexa and Cassytha filiformis were investigated for diuretic activity in Wister rats. The extracts were administered once orally at a dose of 300mg/kg. Frusemide (20mg/kg) was u…