Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia): a possible therapeutic candidate against Blastocystis sp.
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Review on a Traditional Herbal Medicine, Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali): Its Traditional Uses, Chemistry, Evidence-Based Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Eurycoma longifolia Jack (known as tongkat ali), a popular traditional herbal medicine, is a flowering plant of the family Simaroubaceae, native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and also Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. E. longifolia, is one of the well-known folk medicines for aphrodisiac effects as well as intermittent fever (malaria) in Asia. Decoctions of E. longifolia leaves are used f...
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Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia) is an indigenous traditional herb in Southern Asia. Its powdered root has been processed to produce health supplements, but no detailed toxicology report is available. In this study, neither mutagenicity nor clastogenicity was noted, and acute oral LD50 was more than 6 g/kg b.w. After 4-week subacute and 13-week subchronic exposure paradigms (0, 0.6, 1.2, and 2...
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We studied the effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack, commonly known as Tongkat Ali in Malaysia, on the initiation of sexual performance and the weights of sexual accessories in inexperienced castrated male rats. The doses of 200, 400 and 800 mg/kg body weight, which were extracted from E. longifolia Jack, were orally administered to the rats twice daily for 10 days prior to the tests and continu...
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E. longifolia is attracting interest due to its pharmacological properties and pro-vitality effects. In this study, an online SPE-LC approach using polystyrene divinyl benzene (PSDVB) and C18 columns was developed in obtaining chromatographic fingerprints of E. longifolia. E. longifolia root samples were extracted using pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) technique prior to online SPE-LC. The e...
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s and Presentations: UWC Science Research Open Day (2011): Poster Presentation Erasmus N, Solomon MC, Fortuin KA, Henkel RR: Effect of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) extract on human spermatozoa in vitro, Bellville, South Africa; abstract book p. 33. 40 Physiology Society of Southern Africa (2012): Oral Presentation Erasmus N, Solomon MC, Fortuin KA, Henkel RR: Effect of aqueous ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasites & Vectors
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1756-3305
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0942-y