The antibacterial activity of Citrus karna fruit peel extracts was evaluated on bacteria strains like Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis. Hexane, chloroform and methanol were used for extraction and the antibacterial activity was performed by agar well diffusion method. The results were compared with ampicillin, a commercial antibacterial agent...

The objective of the study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effects of aqueous extract of Cucumis melo fruit on human prostate cancer cell line (PC-3) using MTT and neutral red assays. The crude aqueous extract of C. melo was prepared by cold maceration method, filtered, concentrated and tested on PC-3 cell line. Dose-dependent cytotoxic activities were exhibited on human prostate carcinoma PC...

the present study investigates the antioxidant, anticancer, anticholinesterase, anti-genotoxic activities and phenolic contents of flower, fruit and seed methanol extracts of hypericum retusum aucher. the amounts of protocatechuic acid, catechin, caffeic acid and syringic acid in methanol extracts were determined by hplc. total phenolic content of h. retusum seed extract was found more than fru...

Adenocarpus complicatus is distributed throughout the Anatolian peninsula and is widely used for human and animal nutrition. The purpose of this work was to study the antioxidant properties and fatty acid composition of different parts of this plant (fruits and mixed materials). The species was collected from Golyuzu village of the Seydisehir district near Konya province, Turkey. Fruit and mixe...

Citrus macroptera Montr. (C. macroptera) is locally known as Satkara. The fruit of this plant is used as appetite stimulant and in the treatment of fever. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the toxic effects of the fruit extract using some biochemical and hematological parameters in rat model. The effects of methanol extract of Citrus macroptera Montr. fruit administered at 250, 500 and 100...

INTRODUCTION The present study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant and immunostimulant effects of The Carica papaya fruit aqueous extract (CPF, Caricaceae) against acrylamide induced oxidative stress and improvement of Immune functions which affected by free radicals liberating acrylamide in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty male wistar albino rats (195-230g) were assigned to four groups...

Calamus erectus Roxb. (CE) fruit under the family Arecaceae is traditionally used by the local people of Darjeeling Himalaya as an antidiabetic agent but no scientific reports are available yet. Hence this study was designed to determine the in vitro antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of two different parts viz. mesocarp and endocarp of Calamus erectus fruit. The extracts were screened for...