Antimicrobial properties and medicinal effects of Andrographis paniculata

Characterization studies on medicinal plant of Andrographis paniculata (NEES)

Andrographis paniculata (Nees), is a valuable traditional medicinal plant and it has many important bioactive compounds. It cures and prevents a number of diseases in human beings. It is a boon of the nature of human healthy life. It cures cold, fever, colic pain, active against inflammatory, antidiabetic activity, antioxidant, antifertility, cardiovascular and anti-virus including inhibited HI...

Salinity effects on macro and micronutrients uptake in medicinal plant King of Bitters (Andrographis paniculata Nees.)

Plants species require macro and micro nutrients to complete the growth cycles such as photosynthesis, enzyme activities and secondary metabolite production. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of salinity on biomass as well as macro and micro nutrients uptake in the medicinal plant of Andrographis paniculata (AP). In this regard, a split plot experiment was carrie...

Andrographis paniculata: a review of pharmacological activities and clinical effects.

Renoprotective effects of Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees in rats

BACKGROUND Renal failure is an increasingly common condition with limited treatment options that is causing a major financial and emotional burden on the community. Andrographis paniculata is the plant used in Ayurveda for several remedies. Scientific evidence suggests its versatile biological functions that support its traditional use in the Orient. The plant is claimed to possess immunologica...

Antimicrobial Properties of Various Extracts of Andrographis neesiana Wight - An Endemic Medicinal Species from India

In the present study deals with the antimicrobial properties of the Andrographis neesiana were tested against five human bacterial pathogens by using five various solvent namely, ethanol, methanol, acetone, chloroform and petroleum ether. The maximum antimicrobial activity was noted in petroleum ether extracts of stem showed activity against Escherichia coli (16mm) and the minimum was recorded ...