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Parayil Varghese Christapher, Subramani Parasuraman, Josephine Maria Arokiaswamy Christina, Mohd. Zaini Asmawi, Murugaiyah Vikneswaran

pp. 1–6 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147125 · 2014

Polygonum minus (Polygonaceae), generally known as ‘kesum’ in Malaysia is among the most commonly used food additive, flavoring agent and traditionally used to treat stomach and body aches. Raw or cooked leaves of P. min…

N’Guessan Bra Yvette Fofie, Rokia Sanogo, Kiyinlma Coulibaly, Diénéba Kone-Bamba

pp. 7–13 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147131 · 2014

Phytochemical study and research on acute toxicity were performed on the aerial parts (leaves and stems) of Euphorbia hirta Linn. The phytochemical screening and chromatography revealed the presence of saponin, sterol, t…

Essam Abdel-Sattar, Dina Abou-Hussein, Frank Petereit

pp. 14–17 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147136 · 2014

Investigation of the chloroform extract of Euphorbia ammak leaves led to the isolation of three compounds: euphol (1), D-glutinol (2) and stigmasterol (3) Their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR, as well as by …

Gautam Mandal, Chandan Chatterjee, Mitali Chatterjee

pp. 18–22 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147194 · 2014

Background Bougainvillea spectabilis (BS) (family Nyctaginaceae) is said to possess hypoglycemic and anti-inflammatory activities in experimental animals. We had set forward to examine the potential anti-inflammatory act…

Noor Hafizoh Saidan, Abdalrahim F.A. Aisha, Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Hamil, Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid, Zhari Ismail

pp. 23–31 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147195 · 2014

Background Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. (Lamiaceae) is a traditional medicinal plant which has been used in treating various ailments such as kidney diseases, bladder inflammation, arthritis and diabetes. The leaves cont…

Armaghan Shafaei, Abdalrahim F. A. Aisha, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Siddiqui, Zhari Ismail

pp. 32–37 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147196 · 2014

Background Ficus deltoidea (FD) is one of the native plants widely distributed in several countries in Southeast Asia. Previous studies have shown that FD leaf possess antinociceptive, wound healing and antioxidant prope…

Madhu Katyayani Balijepalli, Velan Suppaiah, An-me Chin, Ayuba Sunday Buru, Sreenivasa Rao Sagineedu, Mallikarjuna Rao Pichika

pp. 38–44 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147197 · 2014

Background Swietenia macrophylla King. (Meliaceae) seeds (SMS); commonly known as sky fruit and locally known in Malaysia as Tunjuk Langit; have been used in traditional Malay medicine for the treatment of diabetes and h…

B. Abdul wahab Sab, Janani Jacob, Gururaja Giligar Manjunath, Vineet Kumar Singh, Deepak Mundkinajeedu, Shashidhara Shankarappa

pp. 45–48 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147198 · 2014

Background Stereospermum suaveolens DC. (Syn. S. chelonoides) belonging to family Bignoniaceae is an important medicinal plant in India. Traditionally, it is mainly used as analgesic, liver stimulant, astringent, wound h…

J. Olorunjuwon Olugbami, Michael A. Gbadegesin, Oyeronke A. Odunola

pp. 49–56 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147200 · 2014

Background Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in various pathological conditions. Synthetic antioxidants have adverse health effects, while many medicinal plants have antioxidant components that can prevent the…

Hossein Kamali, Noushin Aminimoghadamfarouj, Ebrahim Golmakani, Alireza Nematollahi

pp. 57–65 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147209 · 2014

Aim The aim of this study was to examine and evaluate crucial variables in essential oils extraction process from Lavandula hybrida through static-dynamic and semi-continuous techniques using response surface method. Mat…

Pavan Kumar Samudrala, Bibin Baby Augustine, Eshvendar Reddy Kasala, Lakshmi Narendra Bodduluru, Chandana Barua, Mangala Lahkar

pp. 66–73 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147211 · 2014

Objective The main objective of the present study was to explore the antitumor activity of the ethyl acetate extract of the Alternanthera brasiliana (EAAB) and its antioxidant status against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EA…

Floresha Sela, Marija Karapandzova, Gjose Stefkov, Ivana Cvetkovikj, Svetlana Kulevanova

pp. 74–80 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147212 · 2015

Background: There are no information of the yield, chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of berries (EOB) or leaves (EOL) of Juniperus excelsa Bieb. (Cupressaceae) growing wild in R. Macedonia…

M. L. Vijaya Kumar, B. Thippeswamy, I. L. Kuppust, K. J. Naveenkumar, C. K. Shivakumar

pp. 81–84 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147213 · 2014

Objective To assess the anthelmintic acivity of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus pumilus metabolites. Materials and Methods The successive solvent extractions with petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol. The solvent ext…

Amarjeet Singh, Mohanjit Kaur, Adarsh Choudhary, Bimlesh Kumar

pp. 85–91 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147215 · 2014

Background Butea monosperma is a medium sized deciduous tree of family Fabaceae. It is widely used by rural people in India to cure many disorders. It possesses antioxidant and anticancer activity which is a prerequisite…

Sandip B. Patel, Devdas Santani, Veena Patel, Mamta Shah

pp. 92–99 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147217 · 2014

Context Bryonia laciniosa Linn. (Cucurbitaceae) seed is used in traditional medicine for a number of ailments including metabolic disorders. Aim This study evaluated the anti-diabetic action of the ethanol extract of B. …

Iraj Salimikia, Ali Reza Yazdinezhad, Fereshteh Golfakhrabadi, Hamid Reza Monsef Esfahani

pp. 100–104 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147218 · 2014

Background Medicinal plants are recognized as sources of natural antioxidants that can protect biological system from oxidative stress. Objective In this study, the antioxidant activities of four species of the Alkanna g…

Halkare Suryanarayana Vasavi, Ananthapadmanabha Bhagwath Arun, Punchappady-Devasya Rekha

pp. 105–109 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147220 · 2014

Background Quorum sensing (QS) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa plays a key role in virulence factor production, biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance. Because of emerging antimicrobial resistance in P. aeruginosa, the…

Goutam Ghosh, Pritipadma Panda, Meera Rath, Abhisek Pal, Tripti Sharma, Debajyoti Das

pp. 110–113 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147223 · 2014

Background Clerodendrum viscosum is commonly found in India and Bangladesh. Previously, various parts of this plant were reported for treatment of different types of diseases and there was no report on GC-Ms analysis. Ob…

Ravi Shankara Birur Eshwarappa, Shanthi Iyer, Sundara Rajan Subaramaihha, S Austin Richard, Bhadrapura Lakkappa Dhananjaya

pp. 114–120 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147225 · 2014

An excess production or decreased scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diverse metabolic disorders such as diabetes, cancer, atherosclerosis and neurodegeneration. Hence …

Palanisamy Chella Perumal, Sundaram Sowmya, Prabhakaran Pratibha, Balasubramanian Vidya, Palanirajan Anusooriya, Thangarajan Starlin, Subban Ravi, Velliyur Kanniappan Gopalakrishnan

pp. 121–125 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147226 · 2014

Background Natural products have continually played an important role in drug discovery because it serves as active principles in drugs as well as templates for synthesis of new drugs. Cayratia trifolia (L.) is a medicin…