Pharmacognosy Research
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Pharmacognosy Research
Volume 1, Issue 6
2009 · pp. 331–439 · 20 articles
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 6
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 331–439
- Articles
- 20
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- Print - 0976-4836, Online - 0974-8490
- Journal
- PR
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S.M. Al-Nimer Marwan, Wahbee Abdul Lateef Zainab
pp. 331–335 · 2009
The effect of ionizing radiation on the constituents of solid materials of medicinal plants was studied in few reports. The present study was performed to investigate the direct effect of 1.9Gy/min X-rays radiation on th…
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Shri Richa, Singh Manjeet, Sharma Anupam
pp. 336–341 · 2009
The present study evaluated the putative anxiolytic activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and water extracts of the aerial parts of Aethusa cynapium using the widely accepted elevated plus-maze (EPM) model in…
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I. Nassar Mahmoud, A. Aboutabl El-Sayed, A. Maklad Yousreya, A. El-Khrisy Ezzel-Din, F. Osman Abeer
pp. 342–347 · 2009
Volatile oil components, fatty acids, β-amyrin, and sterols were identified in the n-hexane extract of Malabaila suaveolens Coss. fruits. Angelicin, 4,7,9-trimethyl psoralen, isopimpinellin and umbelliferone were isolate…
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Badakhshan Mahdi Pour, Sasidharan Srinivasan, Rameshwar Naidu Jegathambigai, Ramanathan Suresh
pp. 348–351 · 2009
Finding new resources of antibiotics based on natural products used by traditional practitioners was the main aim to study extracts of root, stem, leaf, flower and fruit of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), a medicinal pl…
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M.D. Rajasekhar, K. Ramesh Babu, K. Vinay, M.R. Sampath, S.K. Sameena, Ch. Apparao
pp. 352–358 · 2009
The methanolic supernatant fraction (MSF) of the aqueous extract of Momordica cymbalaria fruits when given to streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats showed a significant reduction (65.9%, P<0.001) in fasting blood gl…
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B.V.S. Lakshmi, M. Sudhakar
pp. 359–366 · 2009
Ethanolic extract of leaves of Psidium guajava was investigated on anoxia stress tolerance test in Swiss mice. The animals were also subjected to acute physical stress (swimming endurance test) and acute heat induced str…
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V. R. Chidrawar, Y. V. Ushir, S. Sudarshan, K. N. Patel, N. J. Patel, K. R. Vadalia
pp. 367–374 · 2009
Hemidesmus indicus R.Br. is a treasure of the forest and herbal wealth. It is being used as folk medicines and as an ingredient in Ayurveda and Unani preparations against diseases of blood, inflammation, diarrhea, urinar…
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R. Nanthakumar, S. Stephen Ambrose, E. Sriram, G. Babu, K. Chitra, C. Uma maheswara Reddy
pp. 375–380 · 2009
Commiphora caudata is used in Indian folk medicine as an antiulcerogenic agent. Despite of its promising use, there has been no scientific report present regarding its antiulcer activity. Therefore, this study was design…
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T. R. G. W. Fernando, W. D. Ratnasooriya, S. A. Deraniyagala
pp. 381–386 · 2009
In Sri Lankan traditional medicine mature leaves of Tetracera sarmentosa L. (Family : Dilleniaceae) is used as a healing agent in the treatment of bone fractures. A strong possibility exists that these leaves could posse…
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E.K. Ruttoh, C. Bii, P.K. Tarus, A. Machocho, L.K. Karimi, P. Okemo
pp. 387–391 · 2009
The methanol and successive (hexane, dichlroromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol) extracts of leaves, fruits, root and stem barks of Tabernaemontana stapfiana Britten were investigated for antifungal activity against fo…
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Gidado Abubakar, A. Ameh Danladi, E. Atawodi Sunday, Ibrahim Sani
pp. 392–395 · 2009
The antidiabetic and possible toxicity of ethanolic extract of the leaf of Nauclea latifolia was studied in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Doses of 100, 200 and 400mg/kg body weight were given orally to the STZ-in…
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S Sakat Sachin, R Juvekar Archana
pp. 396–401 · 2009
Gastric ulcer is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders, which affects approximately 5–10% of people during their life. In recent years, abundant work has been carried out on herbal medicine to clarify thei…
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P Nithiya., Karthik Mohan
pp. 402–405 · 2009
Migraine is considered a neurovascular disease involving the dilatation of cerebral arteries. Because of their dual role in modulating neuronal and vascular events, neuropeptides have been implied to be of importance in …
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Y.S Bhalodia, N.J Patel, R.K Patel, J.D Vaghasiya, N.P Jivani, N.R Sheth
pp. 406–409 · 2009
To investigate protective effect of Benincasa cerifera (BC) against kidney injury induced by Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) in hyperlipidemic (HC) rats. Hyperlipidemia was developed by cholesterol diet (2% cholesterol and 20…
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A. Abdelshafeek Khaled, Abdelrahem Fahem, A. Elwahsh Mohemmed, A. Abdelkhalek Ismail
pp. 410–416 · 2009
Teucrium zanonii (Family labiateae) is an endemic Libyan plant growing in many regions around Benghazy city. Investigation of the flavonoidal constituents of plant led to isolation of Cirsiliol, Luteolin, Chrysoeriol and…
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Hasan Kiliçgün, Altiner Dehen
pp. 417–420 · 2009
Rosa canina L. has been used since ancient times as a natural product and believed to be safe and almost without side effects. It can be administered easily for some diseases. The actual dose of Rosa canina being consume…
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Chen Jun, Han Bang-xing, Guo Shang-bin, Wang Yan, He Jia, Zhou Xiao-kun, Yang Xun, Han Fang-an
pp. 421–427 · 2009
To screen a kind of biological controlling measure against the Oncomelania hupensis snails, This study is to research the molluscicidal effect of JJ18 and identify its species. The alcoholic extract of JJ18 broth effecti…
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S. Saeidnia, A. R. Gohari, A. R. Shahverdi, P. Permeh, M. Nasiri, K. Mollazadeh, F. Farahani
pp. 428–430 · 2009
Among marine organisms, algae are a large and diverse group of organisms from which a wide range of secondary metabolites have been isolated. A number of these compounds possess biological activity. In this study, we aim…
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Hajzadeh Musa-Al-Reza, Behnam Rassouli Fatemeh, Khajavirad Abolfazl, Mahmoudian Alireza
pp. 431–434 · 2009
Renal stones are common and its prevalence has been rising in both sexes. Treatment of patients with kidney stones in primary stages can reduce the side effects and may also prevent the surgical operations and postoperat…
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Ebrahimzadeh Mohamamd Ali, Nabavi Seyed Fazel, Nabavi Seyed Mohammad
pp. 435–439 · 2009
Methanol extracts of leaves and inflorescence of Eryngium Caucasicum Trautv at flowering stage were investigated for their antioxidant activities employing six in vitro assay systems, i.e. DPPH and nitric oxide radical s…