Author's response to reviews Title:Anti-Onchocerca activity and phytochemical analysis of an essential oil from Cyperus articulatus L. Authors:

Anti-Onchocerca activity and phytochemical analysis of an essential oil from Cyperus articulatus L

BACKGROUND The lack of a safe and effective adult worm drug and the emergence of resistant animal parasite strains to the only recommended drug, the microfilaricide, ivermectin put many at risk of the devastating effects of the onchocerciasis. The present study was undertaken to investigate the acclaimed anti-Onchocerca activity of the roots/rhizomes of Cyperus articulatus in the traditional tr...

Action of essential oils from Brazilian native and exotic medicinal species on oral biofilms

BACKGROUND Essential oils (EO) obtained from twenty medicinal and aromatic plants were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against the oral pathogens Candida albicans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Streptococcus sanguis and Streptococcus mitis. METHODS The antimicrobial activity of the EO was evaluates by microdilution method determining Minimal Inhibitory Concentr...

Author's response to reviews Title:Anti-proliferative and anti-adhesive effects of four plant extracts on the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title:Anti-inflammatory effects of sargachromenol-rich ethanolic extract of Myagropsis myagroides on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV-2 cells Authors:

Phytochemical constituents, antioxidant activity and toxicity potential of the essential oil from Ferula gummosa Boiss. roots

Background and objectives: Ferula gummosa Boiss. (Umbelliferae) is a popular medicinal plant, which is known mostly for therapeutic uses of its oleo-gum-resin (Barijeh in Persian). In the present study, the essential oil of F. gummosa roots was investigated for its phytochemical constituents, antioxidant activity and toxicity potential. Method...