Anti-inflammatory Activity of Azima tetracantha Root Bark Extract in Rats

Antimicrobial Activity of Different Extracts of Azima Tetracantha Root

Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Azima tetracantha were screened for their antimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains. Antimicrobial activity was carried out by disc diffusion method, determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC), minimum bacterial concentrations (MBC) and minimum fungicidal concentrations (MFC) against thre...

Nephroprotective effect of ethanolic extract of Azima tetracantha root in glycerol induced acute renal failure in Wistar albino rats

The gravity of the impact of renal failure on human health is well known and as there is no specific pharmacotherapy for renal failure, the current study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of root extract of Azima tetracantha, an ancient medicinal plant used in Siddha and Ayurvedhic systems of medicine. The experiment was done in glycerol-induced acute renal failure in Wistar albino rats. Th...

Antipyretic activity of azima tetracantha in experimental animals

Antifungal activity of triterpenoid isolated from Azima tetracantha leaves.

The present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of Azima tetracantha extracts and isolated compound (friedelin) against fungi. Antifungal activity was carried out using broth microdilution method and fractions were collected using (silica gel) column chromatography. The antifungal activity of Azima tetracantha crude extracts and isolated compound (friedelin) were evaluated us...

Separation and Characterization of Triterpene Compound Euphol from the Leaves of Azima Tetracantha

Azima tetracantha is a small flowering shrub belongs to salvadoraceae family and commonly known as mulluchangu or mulsangu in Tamil. It is an best known medicinal plant ,which have a central role in the treatment of disease from pre historical period .From the plant lot of phytochemicals has been reported such as alkaloids, steroids ,tannins, terpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols etc and ...